After a Bitter Split, European Leaders Play Nice With Trump

A peace framework with Iran, and hope for cooperation with Ukraine, softened the tone on Tuesday at a Group of 7 gathering in France.World leaders including President Trump during a Group of 7 session on Tuesday at Évian-les-Bains, France.

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Who Are the Leaders at the G7 Summit in France?

On a roll or against a wall, Group of 7 leaders bring sharply different agendas. The leaders of some other nations are also attending to press their own interests.Leaders meeting during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, in France, on Tuesday.

M Mark Landler

Can a Trump-Modi Meeting Reset U.S.-India Relations?

Despite mutual praise between the two leaders, there has been a series of setbacks to U.S. relations with India since they last met more than a year ago.Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in Nice, France, on Sunday.

A Anupreeta Das

Hillary Clinton Says Biden’s Re-election Bid Was a ‘Terrible Mistake’

If the former president had “passed the torch” and allowed a competitive Democratic primary in 2024, she said in a new interview, the winner “would have beaten Donald Trump.”Hillary Clinton and former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. have long maintained a relationship that is warm in public but intens

T Tim Balk

What’s in a Stadium Name? A World Cup Snub for New Jersey.

To comply with a FIFA prohibition on branding, MetLife Stadium in New Jersey was renamed “New York New Jersey Stadium.” New Jerseyans were not surprised.For the World Cup matches in the Meadowlands, signs for “New York New Jersey” hid what was MetLife Stadium just a few weeks ago.

M Matthew Purdy

Obama’s Nuclear Deal Looms Over Trump’s Iran Negotiations

President Trump is under pressure to significantly improve upon the Obama-era deal in order to justify the huge human and economic cost of taking the United States to war.President Trump campaigned against the Obama-era deal as far back as 2015, and ultimately killed it during his first term over th

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The Iran War Permanently Altered the Global Economy

The global order has been altered, and economies are unlikely to simply pick up where they left off before the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran.Fishermen repairing a boat in the port of Tyre in southern Lebanon. The war with Iran has shaken trust in the region’s peace, stability and prosperity.

P Patricia Cohen

Republicans Again Block War Powers Measure in the Senate

Four G.O.P. senators crossed party lines to back the resolution to direct President Trump to halt the war in Iran and seek authorization from Congress, but their support was not enough.The vote on Tuesday reflected a determination among Democrats to continue aggressively pushing back on President Tr

R Robert Jimison

Six Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Epstein’s Death

We considered every plausible theory of his death, both official and otherwise, seeking out the most persuasive arguments and evidence for each.The Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan, where Jeffrey Epstein arrived on the evening of July 6, 2019, and died 35 days later.

C Charles Homans, Steve Eder, Jan Ransom and Michael Rothfeld

Judge Orders Kennedy Center to Make a Plan for Staying Open

As the Trump administration seeks to move forward with renovations at the center, a judge has asked for its programming calendar.The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has three days to update a federal judge on whether it still intends to push for a two-year closure for renovations, a d

J Julia Jacobs

Trump Breaks Up Education Dept., Prompting Worries Over Civil Rights

Special education programs and the civil rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive move yet by the Trump administration to dismantle the agency.The Education Department will shift duties for its Office for Civil Rights, which for decades has enforced anti-discr

M Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein

Ebola Outbreak Could Become Worst on Record, Africa C.D.C. Chief Warns

Health workers have warned that the outbreak, already one of the worst in decades, could take as long as a year to contain if infection rates do not flatten.Treating a patient suspected of having Ebola at a hospital in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo, last month.

Z Zane Irwin

D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s Data Center

The department cited national security concerns, saying Elon Musk’s company had played a crucial role in the Iran war. It also argued it has the authority to stop environmental lawsuits brought by citizens.Construction at xAI’s power plant in Southaven, Miss., in February. The NAACP has sued the com

K Karen Zraick and Hiroko Tabuchi