Katie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Fired After 5 Days

The ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.Katie Zacharia during her first briefing at the White House on Tuesday. She was fired on Friday.

S Shawn McCreesh, Tyler Pager and Hamed Aleaziz

Young Voters Say They Are Turning Their Backs on Trump and His Party

One of the biggest surprises of 2024 was the swing of young voters, particularly men, away from Democrats to Donald Trump. Now they are swinging back.“I’m sure you know who Andrew Tate is,” said Suzanna Bridges, a conservative Catholic who sees misogyny laced into Trump world. “This administration i

S Sabrina Tavernise and Ruth Igielnik

Oregon Has Approved Tight Gun Laws, but They Have Been Held Up in Courts

The state has passed restrictive measures popular among gun safety activists. The Silver Rail Elementary School shooting seemed poised to set off conversations about gun control.A sheriff’s deputy outside Silver Rail Elementary school, where a shooting took place on Thursday.

O Orlando Mayorquín

What Life Is Like in Kyiv as Russia Tries to Make It Unlivable

A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks.A destroyed garage on Oct. 7 after an attack on an industrial complex that killed two security guards in Kyiv.

K Kim Barker, Maria Varenikova, Oleksandra Mykolyshyn and Jędrzej Nowicki

More Trump Allies Aided Pro-Russian Balkan Government

The daughter of the president’s chief of staff joined an American businessman in Republika Srpska as he explored a gas pipeline. And six current and former campaign advisers recently traveled there for an election.

K Kenneth P. Vogel

Japan’s Leader Says She Loses Hours to Makeup and Chores. Opinions Abound.

Sanae Takaichi said she has a busier schedule than her male predecessors, a nod to the disproportionate share of household tasks in Japan that fall to women.Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said her all-male team of aides has had trouble adapting to her schedule.

J Javier C. Hernández and Kiuko Notoya

Handcuffs in Schools

Let’s look at what happens when school police arrest children.In Corpus Christi, Texas.

S Sam Sifton