Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building

The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.A federal judge ruled in May that the Kennedy Center had an “obligation to both maintain and operate a premiere arts venue” and a “solemn duty to memorialize a fallen pre

J Julia Jacobs

Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.

The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.A Boeing 737 passenger jet purchased by the Department of Homeland Security parked last month at Chennault International Airport in Lake Char

D David A. Fahrenthold, Andrea Fuller, Julie Tate, Nicholas Nehamas and Hamed Aleaziz

U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.People marched through downtown Minneapolis in late January to protest the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

A Alan Feuer and Ernesto Londoño

California May Let Residents Choose ‘Jewish’ as an Ethnic Identifier

A bill would allow Jews to identify themselves as an ethnic group on state forms. Supporters argue it’s a step toward acknowledging the complex nature of Jewish identity.A bill facing a pivotal committee vote in the California Legislature would require state agencies to include an optional box for J

Y Yair Rosenberg

How Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner’s Bromance Led Them to Lakers

Bob Iger, the former chief executive of Disney, and Josh Kushner, the venture capitalist, are buying the Los Angeles Lakers. Their wives set them up.From left, the N.B.A.’s commissioner, Adam Silver, joined Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger at the 2025 U.S. Open tennis tournament.

B Brooks Barnes and Tania Ganguli

Happy Hour With the Vanishing Nuns of New York

As convents are closing all over, the sisters are facing the end of their lives together — and they have brought the party to an assisted living center in the suburbs.Having sold their convent, the Sisters of Divine Compassion (from left, Sister Joanne Fallon, Sister Mary Stephen Healey, Sister Mary

J John Leland and Roshni Khatri

A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes

The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.A health worker discarding water from a larvicide dissemination unit in Belém, Brazil, last month.

A Apoorva Mandavilli and Alessandro Falco

After Supreme Court Losses, Trump Keeps Pushing

Is the administration defying the court or pursuing lawful alternatives?President Trump has said that three Supreme Court rulings will not stand in his way and that other paths exist to get to where he wants to go.

A Adam Liptak

How a Long-Shot U.S. Oil Drilling Project Is Shaking Up Greenland

A U.S. oil company says it could be on the verge of a major discovery in Greenland. The proposal comes at a tricky time for the Arctic island, and locals are lining up against it.Ittoqqortoormiit, a settlement in eastern Greenland. The remote area has been targeted by a U.S.-British joint venture fo

J Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli

Hamas Has No More Cards to Play

The signs point to Hamas being serious about disarming. The recent Board of Peace plan for it to surrender its weapons should be carried out.

M Muhammad Shehada