As Trump Weighs Possible Iran Strikes, U.S. Military Moves Into Place

President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.The U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, seen here in the North Sea last year, is making its way toward the Middle East.

H Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Ronen Bergman

Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran

President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the United States has built up its presence in the region in recent weeks. Now it’s sending even more firepower.

C Christoph Koettl, Eric Schmitt, Ashley Cai, Riley Mellen and Daniel Wood

Sugar Bowl Academy Says Multiple Victims Were Tied to Its Ski Resort School

Sugar Bowl Academy, a ski-focused private school in the Sierra Nevada, said that multiple people on the fatal trek were connected to its program.The trail to Castle Peak near Donner Pass. Eight backcountry skiers are confirmed dead from an avalanche in the Castle Peak area at Donner Pass.

S Soumya Karlamangla, Sabrina Tavernise and Deb Wandell

As ICE Buys Up Warehouses, Even Some Trump Voters Say No

The agency is ramping up arrests, but local pushback is complicating efforts to expand detention capacity and prevent overcrowding.Stacy Bradley, right, and Sarah Wellman in the parking lot of their cheerleading gym in Surprise, Ariz. The federal government plans to convert the warehouse at right in

M Madeleine Ngo, Hamed Aleaziz and Allison McCann

Administration Targets Noncitizen Voting, Despite Finding It Rare

The intensified push is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.Voters in Miami Beach in 2024. A new nationwide effort by the Trump administration to find and charge criminal voting cases appears to b

G Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett, Alan Feuer, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz

These Olympians Excel on Two Types of Tracks

Among elite athletes exists an even more exclusive club: people who compete at both the Summer and Winter Games. Many are sprinters who turn to bobsled.Salomé Kora, left, will compete for a Swiss two-woman bobsled team this week in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

H Heather Knight

Russia Celebrated Him. Now He’s Accused of Having Troops Shoot Themselves.

A lieutenant colonel is on trial after being accused of skimming payments for battlefield injuries. He denies the specifics of Russia’s accusation but acknowledges engaging in a payouts scheme.A recruitment poster in Moscow last year. The military has struggled to root out endemic corruption.

V Valerie Hopkins and Ksenia Churmanova

The Behind the Scenes Search for Compromise on Territory in Ukraine Talks

The latest round of talks ended with no indication of progress, but negotiators are bargaining over who will control land in eastern Ukraine if they reach a settlement.Soldiers monitor the sky for Russian drones in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in December.

A Andrew E. Kramer and Anton Troianovski

Money Talks as India Searches for Its Place in Global A.I.

Narendra Modi, the prime minister, convened foreign leaders, the richest Silicon Valley companies and thousands of Indian entrepreneurs for a week of deal making.The India A.I. Impact Summit unfolded across 120 acres in New Delhi this week, featuring more than 300 exhibitors and 500 sessions. Organi

A Alex Travelli and Hari Kumar

Kansas, Idaho, Utah, Oklahoma in New Push to Restrict Transgender Rights

In states that once focused mainly on health care and sports for transgender minors, debates now revolve around the validity of transgender identity.A demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the court heard arguments last month concerning transgender athletes participating in girls sports.

A Amy Harmon

In Guthrie Mystery, Rampant Speculation Is Like ‘Salt on the Open Wound’

True crime obsessives, internet theorizers and livestreamers are complicating the investigation of the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of the “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.Family members of Nancy Guthrie, mother of the TV anchor Savannah Guthrie, are “real people with hearts and souls,”

R Reis Thebault and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Ethan Hawke on ‘Blue Moon,’ ‘Reality Bites’ and the Lessons He’s Learned

A best actor Oscar contender for “Blue Moon,” the star reflects on turbulent times in Hollywood and the notion of selling out: “I think about it constantly.”Acting is “such a wonderful profession,” Hawke said, explaining, “You can use your own joys and heartbreaks and relationships to educate you, t

K Kyle Buchanan and Sela Shiloni