How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.Debris from fallen ceiling plaster soiled the carpet in the Grand Foyer inside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for n

E Elizabeth Williamson and Julia Jacobs

White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks during a White House event earlier this year.

C Carolyn Y. Johnson, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Tony Romm

Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia Rise

The Iranian-backed militia was engaged in fierce battles with Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen on Sunday, as it seeks to maintain momentum in the war.Smoke rising from the fuel storage depot at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. The Houthis said they had

V Vivian Nereim

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.Reflecting on her path through New York’s school system, Najya said, “I never really got the education I wanted.”

N Nikole Hannah-Jones

Reality Bites

We look at how one mother approached the decision of where her child should go to school.Najya Hannah-Jones

A Adam B. Kushner

Hundreds of Drones Target Moscow on Final Day of Russian Elections

Ukraine says it used a newly developed ballistic missile in the attacks, which also targeted other parts of Russia.Sweeping the courtyard of a residential building hit by what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike in Kotelniki, in the Moscow region, on Sunday.

V Valerie Hopkins and Andrew E. Kramer

Russia Barred Their Party, but These Antiwar Voices Are Still Standing

The liberal party Yabloko is fielding 98 candidates in this weekend’s elections, a small miracle for antiwar Russians who cannot openly express their views.Grigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.

V Valerie Hopkins and Paul Sonne

The Day Before The Times Began

Most newspapers offered scandals and ads. With The New-York Daily Times, Henry Raymond saw room for something else.

G Gail Collins

Texas Billionaire John Poindexter Plans to Revive Shafter Ghost Town

An 81-year-old billionaire has a vision for preserving a tiny West Texas mining town, even as other forces are reshaping the land around it.“This has always been a cross-border community,” said John Poindexter, owner of the West Texas luxury hotel Cibolo Creek Ranch.

S Sasha von Oldershausen and Christopher Lee