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

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

Bombing Iran, Then a Tentative Accord Didn’t Work. Does Trump Have a Plan C?

The administration appears to be reverting to an all-stick, no-carrot approach. But it has yet to answer why it believes economic warfare and bombing will yield a different result this time.President Trump at the White House on Monday. The United States has bombed more than 170 Iranian military targ

D David E. Sanger

Mexican Man Fatally Shot by ICE Wasn’t the Intended Target

Officials say agents believed a passenger resembled one suspect, but the encounter quickly escalated into a fatal shooting.Hundreds of community members held a rally and candlelight vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who was killed after an encounter with federal

E Edgar Sandoval and Hamed Aleaziz

Contaminated Food, Unwashed Hands: Inside an ICE Detention Facility

Detainees at the Delaney Hall center in Newark have complained for months about dirty, unhealthy living conditions. Documents echo their claims.Delaney Hall has emerged as a flashpoint in President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

A Ana Ley, Claire Fahy, Mark Bonamo and Nicole Hong

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

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

12 People Die in Southern Spain Wildfire

The blaze in Andalusia prompted a major containment operation. Heat waves across Europe this summer have raised the risk of such fires, forecasters say.

C Carlos Barragán and Qasim Nauman

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

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