Two Days of U.S. Strikes in Iran Signal a Sharp Escalation

U.S. forces hit more than 170 targets, including air defense systems, drone and missile storage sites, and military speedboats.The funeral procession in Tehran on Thursday for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former leader, who was killed in February during U.S. and Israeli military strikes on his cou

E Eric Schmitt

The U.S. and Iran Are Fighting Again. Is the Cease-Fire Over?

Eric Schmitt, a New York Times National Security correspondent, analyzes recent skirmishes between the U.S. and Iran and whether they threaten ongoing negotiations for a peace deal.

E Eric Schmitt, Gilad Thaler, Jon Miller, Rafaela Balster, Stephanie Swart, Jon Hazell and Whitney Shefte

Iran’s Supreme Leader Remains Absent, a Void at the Top of the Regime

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei did not appear at his father’s funeral this week, fueling speculation about his physical condition and leaving a power vacuum in a divided country.A pro-government demonstration in Tehran in May, with a banner showing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

Y Yeganeh Torbati

Trump Administration Fires Members of Independent Election Group

The firings and a resignation render the Election Assistance Commission useless. The moves come as President Trump seeks to impose control over how ballots will be counted in the midterms.The White House confirmed that it had dismissed members of the Election Assistance Commission, a bipartisan grou

E Erica L. Green

Why Some Women in Maine Are Mourning the End of Graham Platner’s Campaign

They believe the accuser, but they also grieve the demise of a campaign that promised that politics could be different — and they blame those who failed to find a less flawed candidate.Democrats at every level of the party assumed that women who had supported Mr. Platner would be thrilled that he wa

E Emily Davies

How Volkswagen’s Troubles Were Made in China

The German auto giant’s push into China powered it for decades, but now the company faces fierce competition from Chinese automakers in markets around the world.A Volkswagen booth at the Shanghai auto show. For many years, China generated at least half of the German car company’s profits.

K Keith Bradsher

Nine Years Later, They’re Still Restoring a House Bought at Auction

First-time buyers from the Bay Area won an abandoned house at a Kingston, N.Y. tax auction. Eight years later, they’re still restoring it.Aimee Gardner and David Linnard on the front porch of their “Disaster Mansion,” which they bought for $53,500 and have been renovating for years.

A Alexandra Marvar and Lauren Lancaster

The Work of Helping A.I. Destroy Work

Start-ups are paying white-collar professionals to teach their jobs to artificial intelligence models. It’s a bonanza. It’s bleak. Where will it end?

L Lora Kelley

How Terrorist Groups Are Using A.I. to Gain an Edge in Battle

A.I. chatbots are not just a propaganda tool for violent extremists but are aiding in bomb construction and attack planning, new research finds.Nigerian soldiers training at a military base in Monguno, Nigeria, last year amid a surge in attacks by jihadists. Extremist groups like Boko Haram are turn

D Dustin Volz and Eric Schmitt

Bayeux Tapestry Arrives in U.K. After Maximum-Security Operation

The 11th-century tapestry will go on display at the British Museum in September. Tickets for the exhibition have already been selling rapidly.The tapestry in Bayeux, France, in 2018. British museums and officials have repeatedly asked to borrow it.

A Alex Marshall

The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate

Advancements in renewable energy are paving the way for a new climate politics. The environmentalist Bill McKibben articulates some of the possibilities in this new era of energy abundance.

E Ezra Klein and Jack McCordick

The Housing Crisis

Happy Friday. I want to tell you about a rare instance of bipartisan cooperation in Congress.Speaker Mike Johnson in the Capitol late last month.

S Sam Sifton

At Least 12 People Die in Southern Spain Wildfire

More than 20 people were still missing after the blaze in Andalusia, one of the deadliest on record in the country. Many of the victims were foreign tourists, the Spanish authorities said.A still from a video provided by the Andalusia Wildfire Service of the wildfire in Los Gallardos district, Spain

C Carlos Barragán