Climate Change Raises Risk of Disasters Like Nepal Floods

Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.Mud-laden water and debris surges through the widened channel of the Bhotekoshi River in the northern Rasuwa district of Nepal, on Thursday

M Maxine Joselow and Leo Sands

Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules

The government retaliated against the A.I. start-up “for constitutionally protected expressive activities,” a federal judge in California wrote.Anthropic, led by Dario Amodei, was barred from government work after it insisted that its technology not be used in mass surveillance of Americans or for a

S Sheera Frenkel

Trump Plans to Mark 9/11 at the Pentagon, Not Ground Zero

President Trump originally intended to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with remarks at ground zero, but the memorial’s organizers do not allow speeches. Mr. Trump changed his plans.Memorials left at the south tower reflecting pool last year at the World Trade Center in Manhattan.

M Maggie Haberman, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Dana Rubinstein and Sally Goldenberg

Judge Says Trump’s Name Should Stay Off Kennedy Center for Now

After the court forced the removal of the president’s name from the building’s title, the center devised a plan to add an inscription honoring President Trump.Though President Trump’s name was taken down weeks ago, the scaffolding and tarps used in the process remain up outside the Kennedy Center.

Z Zach Montague and Julia Jacobs

Trump Administration to Expand Deportation Flights to Haiti

Flights to the Caribbean nation will increase from once a month to once a week now that the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to cancel a humanitarian program.Deportation flights to Haiti will increase as soon as this week.

H Hamed Aleaziz, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Frances Robles

Judge Once Again Bars Postal Service From Restricting Mail-In Vote

After reviewing the agency’s final plan to comply with President Trump’s demands, a federal judge barred the Postal Service from imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.In a filing on Thursday, the Postal Service denied that its proposal left any room for it to second-guess states on which voter

Z Zach Montague

Progressives Condemn Pick of Pro-Israel Democrat Atop House Panel

Outrage over making Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is vocally pro-Israel, the top Democrat on a Middle East policy subcommittee reflected the party’s rift over Israel.On Tuesday, Representative Jared Moskowitz of Florida, a vocally pro-Israel Democrat, was chosen to serve as the ranking member

A Annie Karni

LA Mayor Karen Bass Eases Street Vending Crackdown After Debate

Mayor Karen Bass had compared the ubiquitous purveyors of street food with homeless encampments. Her opponent, Nithya Raman, said vendors should be brought into the system.A street vendor in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles.

L Livia Albeck-Ripka

C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit

John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine.John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, delivered an urgent message to Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s F.S.B. intelligence service this week in a secret

A Adam Entous and Julian E. Barnes

Yielding on French Could Restart Trade Talks, Canadian Officials Say

Canada’s minister in charge of trade with the U.S. was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative. But that was before any mention of Lake Ontario.Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister responsible for trade with the United States, center, with Prime Minister Mark Carney of

I Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai

Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities

A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.McGill University in Montreal is one of the schools that has benefited from the Canada-bound brain drain from U.S. institutions.

V Vjosa Isai

How SSENSE, a Canadian Retailer, Is Grappling With Trump’s Tariffs

Ssense’s comeback efforts include moving a core part of its business to the United States so American customers can avoid hefty tariffs.A stylist prepared a rack of clothes at a Ssense store in Montreal. The company, an online clothes retailer, is trying to lessen the burden of U.S. tariffs on its b

P Peter Eavis

Near-Total Lunar Eclipse Will Turn Moon Blood Red

People in the Americas, Africa and Europe will have a chance to see Earth’s shadow create a near-total blood moon.Moon gazers in South America and the eastern half of North America will be able to see an entire eclipse on Thursday night as long as clouds don’t interfere.

K Katrina Miller

Fans Push to Rename Nashville Airport for Dolly Parton

A surging online push to rename Nashville International Airport for the beloved Tennessean superstar could get snagged in bureaucracy and politics.“Who doesn’t want to be ‘departin’ from Parton’?” said one of the fans behind an online petition to rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Part

C Christine Chung and Emily Cochrane

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Hamptons Dinner for Sam Altman Postponed

The actress and wellness entrepreneur did not deny her plans to host an intimate gathering for Sam Altman. But it will have to wait.Gwyneth Paltrow at her home in Amagansett, N.Y. The actress and mogul was scheduled to host an event for OpenAI’s Sam Altman that has been postponed.

J Jacob Bernstein