With His Latest Threats, Trump Signals to Iran That He Is Willing to Escalate

President Trump is facing a critical moment in the war, which has failed to bring about the “unconditional surrender” he once demanded.“We’ll be hitting that area probably pretty soon,” President Trump said of Pickaxe Mountain on Tuesday. “And there’s not a thing they can do about it.”

D David E. Sanger

Zelensky Removes Ukraine’s Top General

Also, the Pentagon estimates the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.Oleksandr Syrskyi, left, with Volodymyr Zelensky in March.

M Matthew Cullen

Zelensky Dismisses Ukraine’s Top General After Protests

The move followed the firing of a popular defense minister, who had clashed with the general over how to fight the war.Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in March.

M Marc Santora

Trump Pushes Chinese Election Threat, but Files Show Russia’s Heavy Hand

Intelligence documents that the White House released to back up President Trump’s claims about China highlight Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections.President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in 2025. Mr. Trump has consistently resisted admitting U.S. findings that Russia has t

A Alan Feuer and Dustin Volz

Cyclospora Cases in the U.S. Hit Record High

Federal health officials have confirmed another 2,500 cases of the parasitic infection.Farmworkers harvesting lettuce in Holtville, Ca. last year.

A Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi

Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?

The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”These cyclospora oocysts were found in a stool sample. The parasite infects the small intestine, causing frequent watery diarrhea that carries its oocysts, or eggs.

A Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi

A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea

Their resolve for freedom hardened during the pandemic, when they lived through a crippling food shortage and were forced to witness frequent public executions.Kim Yu-mi, right, defected with a group that included her two children and her mother. Life in South Korea has not been quite what they imag

C Choe Sang-Hun

How Republicans Turned Olive Garden Into a Voter ID Talking Point

Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It’s not that simple.An Olive Garden in Manhattan. The restaurant chain has recently found itself at the center of a bitter political debate.

M Michael Gold

What We Know About Tuesday’s Arizona Primaries

Arizona primary voters will choose nominees for governor, secretary of state and for key races that could determine control of the House.A polling site in Phoenix in 2024.

R Reis Thebault, Kellen Browning and Sejal Govindarao

Error Led to 400 Noncitizens Voting, New Jersey Governor Says

A 2023 software glitch at the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote during the Murphy administration, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced.People who disclosed that they were not citizens were nonetheless placed on voter rolls in New Jersey.

T Tracey Tully

Troy Jackson Tightens Hold on Democratic Senate Nomination in Maine

State Democrats released a ballot for their nominating convention on Saturday that includes Mr. Jackson and two long-shot candidates with little public support from delegates.Troy Jackson appears almost certain to emerge as the winner at the Maine Democratic Party’s nominating convention on Saturday

B Bayliss Wagner

3 Myths Fueling Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in South Africa

As the nation convulses with protests and violence, data and research suggest that some of the biggest arguments against foreigners don’t stand up against the facts.Supporters of the March and March movement, one of the main anti-immigrant organizations in South Africa, demonstrating in Johannesburg

J John Eligon

Inquiry Into James Dolan’s Use of Facial Recognition Ends in Modest Fines

The New York Liquor Authority withdrew charges that tied facial recognition systems at James Dolan’s MSG Entertainment to exclusionary practices and issued $30,000 in fines for an unrelated offense.The security checkpoint through the street entrance to Madison Square Garden highlights facial recogni

D Dana Rubinstein and Corey Kilgannon