Netanyahu Hopes Strikes on Iran Will Lead to Uprising and Regime Change

Israeli attacks have targeted the command centers of Iran’s repressive, internal security forces in hopes that Iranians will overthrow their rulers. Some see that as wishful thinking.A new billboard in Tehran shows Iran’s three supreme leaders.

A Adam Rasgon, Ronen Bergman and David M. Halbfinger

Trump’s Friendship With Japan’s Leader Takaichi Faces Test Over Iran

In Washington on Thursday, President Trump is expected to press Sanae Takaichi for military help in the Strait of Hormuz. But she faces constraints on what she can offer.President Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan aboard the U.S.S. George Washington at Yokosuka Port south of Yokohama,

J Javier C. Hernández

Kharg Island Is an Appealing Target for Trump, With High Risks

A U.S. attack or a move to seize control of Iran’s main oil export hub could cripple the country’s ability to profit from its natural resources. But it would also risk sending energy prices even higher.The Kharg Island oil facility off the coast of Iran in 2017.

A Anton Troianovski, Rebecca F. Elliott and Peter Eavis

How TrumpRx Drug Prices Compare With Those in Other Countries

The TrumpRx website claims to offer the best prices for medications. Here’s where Americans still pay more — and much more.President Trump unveiled the TrumpRx website last month. Visitors to the site are greeted by a promise: “Find the world’s lowest prices on prescription drugs.”

R Rebecca Robbins

Firm That Planned Trump’s Jan. 6 Rally Received No-Bid Contracts

This administration has given the company, staffed by the president’s allies, multimillion-dollar contracts it was guaranteed to win.President Trump addressing the crowd at his rally on Jan. 6, 2021, that Event Strategies Inc. helped organize. Attendees overran the Capitol later that day.

D David A. Fahrenthold and Andrea Fuller

How The Times Handles Congressional Hearings

Three editors in Washington discuss their approach to coverage of politicians and witnesses who sometimes seem to be performing for the cameras.Hearings in Washington are made for the attention economy. Above, Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat (on the screen), questioned Attorney

M Mike Abrams

Pritzker’s Gamble to Become a Kingmaker in Illinois Pays Off

Gov. JB Pritzker invested capital, both political and the more traditional kind, in the Senate race of his lieutenant governor, Juliana Stratton. Her victory could help them both.Gov. JB Pritzker applauding Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton at a campaign stop on Tuesday. Mr. Pritzker’s support has made Ms.

R Reid J. Epstein

He Lost a Leg for Russia. Then, He Says, His Country Betrayed Him.

Imprisoned for murder, Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan sought a new start in life and freedom by signing up to fight in Ukraine. But he says promised benefits proved illusory.Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan in the factory dormitory where he works, reattaching his prosthesis after disinfecting stitches on his

V Valerie Hopkins

California Heat Wave Makes Winter Feel Like Summer

An unusual heat wave is pushing temperatures in San Francisco into the 80s this week, and Los Angeles hit 98 on Tuesday.Sunbathers enjoyed an unusually warm March at Baker Beach, just west of the Golden Gate Bridge.

H Heather Knight, Orlando Mayorquín, Jill Cowan and Amy Graff

Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography

In the 1980s, Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard created a new kind of encryption that would be impregnable.On Wednesday, the Association for Computing Machinery said Charles Bennett, left, and Gilles Brassard had won this year’s Turing Award, often called the Nobel Prize of computing.

C Cade Metz

An Unexploded Bomb Near the Colombia-Ecuador Border Leads to a Diplomatic Clash

The Times photographed an unexploded munition in southern Colombia, near the Ecuadorean border. A high-stakes feud between both countries quickly ensued.The remnants of a 500‑pound undetonated bomb dropped by the Ecuadorian army that fell on a coca crop in Colombia.

L Luis Ferré-Sadurní, John Ismay and Federico Rios

An Army Reservist Owns a Cannabis Dispensary. It May End His Career.

Selling marijuana is strictly prohibited in the military. What that means for soldiers who own businesses is unclear.William Norgard in his Manhattan apartment. He is a reserve officer who has been reprimanded by the Army for his role in owning a state-licensed cannabis dispensary.

A Ashley Southall