Democrats Clash Over Who Replaces Platner Even Before He Exits

Progressives and moderates are gearing up for a fight over an as-yet-undecided process in Maine to name a Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner after a rape accusation. He still wants a say, too.More Democratic allies of Graham Platner called on Tuesday for him to end his campaign for Senate afte

S Shane Goldmacher, Reid J. Epstein and Katie Glueck

The World Cup Stood as a Break From U.S. Politics. Then Trump Got Involved.

The president’s call to the head of FIFA underscores that he has yet to find an area of American, or even global, life where he is unwilling to assert himself.President Trump accepting the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize” from Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, last year. Mr. Trump called Mr. Inf

L Luke Broadwater

Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports

As the administration works to expand gun rights, hospitals and community groups have lost funding, and reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites.Senator Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut has pushed to make the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention perm

S Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Trump Promised a Foreign Investment Boom. It’s Getting Harder to Deliver.

The threat of tariffs may have helped push more capital into the United States, but other factors are pushing it away.President Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last year in Yokosuka, Japan. The country has long been the biggest source of foreign investment for the United States.

L Lydia DePillis and Ana Swanson

After Courting Black Voters, Trump Downplays Black Unemployment

The president has glossed over persistently high unemployment among African Americans, a group he needed to secure a second term.President in the Oval Office on June 4, when he said that the opening of new factories was a reason for Black workers to have hope.

E Erica L. Green

The Accused Is in Court but Conspiracy Theories Still Swirl Around Kirk Case

Mr. Kirk’s assassination played out live on the internet, but since then, it has become fodder for fantasy.Keli Rabon, a podcaster from Houston, filming outside the courthouse in Provo, Utah, on the first day of a pre-trial hearing for Tyler Robinson, who was charged with killing Charlie Kirk last y

R Robert Draper

Businesses Fear Politicization as Trump Gains More Power Over U.S. Agencies

A Supreme Court ruling that presidents can fire independent regulators without cause has added volatility for industries that prefer stable enforcement.A ruling last week by the Supreme Court, above, affects federal agencies that regulate tech companies, investment banks, railroads, utilities and la

D David McCabe and Steve Lohr

A Supreme Court Case on AR-15s Could Hinge on Their ‘Common Use’

Last week, the Supreme Court took up challenges to two assault weapons bans. Its decision could seriously limit the government’s ability to ban certain guns.Two new cases present the Supreme Court with its clearest opportunity yet to explain what kinds of guns are covered by earlier rulings.

M Mike McIntire

Venezuelans Criticize Own Government Response After Twin Earthquakes

Venezuelans are publicly expressing their anger over their government’s disaster response, despite the risk of imprisonment.People look for their relatives in the rubble of a public housing complex in La Guaira, Venezuela on Friday, after twin earthquakes destroyed it.

J Julie Turkewitz

Court Upholds Le Pen’s Conviction, but Leaves a Path to Presidency

An appeals court confirmed Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction, but shortened a ban on her eligibility for elected office. That could let the French far-right leader to run for president in 2027.Marine Le Pen meeting with supporters at a country fair in Liévin, France, on Saturday.

M Mark Landler and Ségolène Le Stradic

A Supreme Leader’s Final Crowds

What you could see when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin was being driven to a public space in Tehran.

A Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times

Caribbean Disparity

We look at U.S. relief efforts in Haiti in 2010 and in Venezuela now.In Venezuela.

S Sam Sifton