How the $1.8 Billion Trump Fund May Violate Past Practice and Policy

The fund that could offer payouts to Trump allies who accuse the government of mistreatment is not only highly unusual but also appears to violate the administration’s own policies.On Pam Bondi’s first day as attorney general in February 2025, she signed a directive that appeared to prohibit the kin

D Devlin Barrett

Trump’s Government Moves to Spare an Unhappy Taxpayer Named Trump

No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.President Trump seems even less inhibited by the rules, written or unwritten, that governed his predecessors.

P Peter Baker

Colorado Governor Censured for Commuting Sentence of Election Denier

The Colorado State Democratic Party, reflecting the anger of rank-and-file Democratic voters, rebuked Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday over his decision to release Tina Peters from prison.“The man is wildly out of touch with the party he effectively leads.” Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, a Democrat, inf

J Jack Healy

News of U.S. Indictment Slow to Reach Cubans Waiting for a Breakthrough

While many Cubans were divided over the legitimacy of the U.S. charging Raul Castro with murder, the hope for developments that might ease their suffering is widespread. “This has to change.”A furniture workshop in Havana carries reminders that the Castro family has been part of Cuba’s ruling elite

E Emma Bubola

Justice Dept. Charges Raúl Castro as Trump Escalates Pressure Campaign Against Cuba

The indictment was an extraordinary escalation of the Trump administration’s multifaceted pressure campaign against Cuba’s Communist government.The indictment of Raúl Castro, the former president of Cuba, comes as the country’s oil supplies for domestic use and power plants has been exhausted.

A Alan Feuer, Frances Robles and David C. Adams

The Hard-Line Military Fraternity Running Iran

Decision making in Iran is guided by a small group of men associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.A billboard in Tehran showing the three supreme leaders, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son, Mojtaba Khamenei.

N Neil MacFarquhar

Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda

The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.Russia hacked into the accounts of real people on Bluesky to spread fake articles, the social media platform said.

S Steven Lee Myers

Musk’s SpaceX Reveals Its Finances for the First Time as It Readies for IPO

Mr. Musk’s rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.A successful SpaceX offering would bring riches to Wall Street, the company’s employees and, of course, Elon Musk, who is already the world’

R Ryan Mac and Lauren Hirsch

Experimental Drug Yields Dramatic Weight Loss

People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said.Eli Lilly’s headquarters in Indianapolis.

G Gina Kolata and Rebecca Robbins

Lights, Camera, Budget: Mamdani’s Municipal Spectacle

Mayor Mamdani’s executive budget was met with hero worship online. What did the social media chatter miss about the messy reality of municipal policymaking?Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s executive budget release earlier this month was given the star treatment by some of his followers on social media.

E Emma Goldberg

Mira Nair Finds a New Audience as Mother of Zohran Mamdani

“I feel like we have given him to the world,” the filmmaker said in a conversation with The New York Times. Her next movie is about one of India’s greatest artists.Mira Nair, the acclaimed film director and mother of Zohran Mamdani, in Amritsar, India, in March.

A Anupreeta Das

Thousands of N.Y.C. Jobs Could Be Lost to A.I. Boom, Report Says

A report by the New York City comptroller argues that the city’s economy will be transformed by artificial intelligence. “We’ve never seen anything like this,” he said.A report by Mark Levine, the New York City comptroller, marks the first major effort by the city’s leaders to engage with the loomin

E Emma Goldberg