Trump Reversed Hormuz Plan After Saudis Denied Airspace Access

Saudi Arabia’s refusal of support suggests that President Trump’s unpredictable approach to Iran has strained ties with one of his closest allies in the Middle East.Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the White House with President Trump in November.

M Michael Crowley, Eric Schmitt and Vivian Nereim

Trade Court Rules Trump’s 10% Global Tariff Is Illegal

A panel of federal judges found that President Trump could not legally impose the tariff on most imports.A court found that President Trump had wrongly invoked a decades-old trade law when he applied the duties in February.

T Tony Romm and Ana Swanson

Why Stocks and Bonds Are Responding Differently to the Iran War

Stock investors are betting that companies will make enormous profits, despite the war. But investors in bonds, including U.S. Treasuries, have other concerns.People attending a pro-government demonstration in Tehran last month. The S&P 500 has hit new highs since the start of the war in Iran.

J Jeff Sommer

U.S. and Zambia Feud: Trump Health Aid Deal Stalls Over Critical Minerals

The tussle put a spotlight on the administration’s attempt to replace the United States Agency for International Development with a new, “America First” alternative.A man working with silicon manganese at the Chinese-owned Datong Processing plant in Kabwe, Zambia, in 2024. Some analysts say that the

J John Eligon and Rabecca Lungu

Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness

The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.An ambulance crew awaiting an evacuated passenger with a suspected hantavirus infection in Amsterdam on Wednesday. The U.S. government has r

A Apoorva Mandavilli

Is the Blake Lively v. Justin Baldoni Legal Fight Over? Not So Fast.

Lawyers for Ms. Lively and Mr. Baldoni have said the two sides settled much of the contentious dispute. But one major disagreement remains.Despite the joint statement they put out, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have not settled a major issue that divides them: Is she due damages in a related legal

J Julia Jacobs

Fetterman Says He Has ‘No Plans’ to Leave the Democratic Party

In an opinion piece in The Washington Post, the Pennsylvania senator wrote that while he was “at odds” with the party’s approach to some issues, his values had not changed.Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, wrote in an opinion piece in The Washington Post this week that the Democratic

T Tim Balk

Tennessee Approves New Map Aimed at Flipping the Last Democratic Seat

After a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans carved up a majority-Black Memphis seat as the national redistricting wars continue.Representative Steve Cohen, left, Tennessee State Senator Raumesh Akbari, center, and Tennessee State Senator London Lamar, right,

E Emily Cochrane

Graham Platner and Susan Collins Duel in High-Stakes Maine Senate Race Ads

In strikingly different ads, Graham Platner argued that “Susan Collins’s charade is over” while Senator Collins highlighted the economic benefits she has brought to Maine.The race in Maine between Graham Platner, a Democrat, and Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, could decide control of the Senate

L Lisa Lerer

The Empty Nesters Opting for R.V. Life

With little tethering them to home, some empty nesters are taking to the road.Beverly Brown has been living out of her camper van since 2019. “It’s my dream van now,” she said.

T Tara Loader Wilkinson

Vote Brings ‘Freeze the Rent’ Closer to Reality in New York

The panel that regulates rents for nearly one million apartments cast its first vote since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office, approving ranges that included no increases.As New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board provisionally voted on a rent freeze, a member of the audience made their views clear.

M Mihir Zaveri

Canvas Online Learning Platform Disabled After Breach by Hackers

A hacking group that claimed responsibility for attacking Canvas’s parent company said it had gained access to data from more than 275 million people across 9,000 schools.Harvard is one of the schools that experienced Canvas outages on Thursday.

H Hannah Ziegler

Cornell Is Investigating Confrontation Between President and Students

The university’s leader bumped into students as he drove away following an evening of debate over the long-running conflict in the Middle East.Cornell University students say the university president hit them with his vehicle. He says he was the victim in the incident.

S Santul Nerkar