Mapping the U.S.-Led Attacks on Iran
Maps show where U.S. and Israel have struck Iran, and where Iran has retaliated.

Israel Targeted Top Iranian Leaders in Attack’s Opening Strikes
At least one gathering of senior officials and military leaders was hit, but it was not immediately clear whether the effort to kill them had succeeded.
What to Know About the U.S. Attacks on Iran
The United States and Israel launched a major assault, as President Trump called on Iranians to overthrow the government.

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’
A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.

QAnon Faithful See Validation in the Epstein Files
The nearly decade-old conspiracy theory does not align neatly with the facts emerging from the documents. That does not seem to matter.

Producers Rejected Epstein’s Offer to Help Finance a Dick Cavett Film
Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the producers did a background check on the financier.

Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team
Former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Patel beefed up field office staffing near his girlfriend in Nashville and ordered a team to ferry her on errands and to events.

OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash
The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.

A Tale of Two Seasons at Columbia, and Two Responses to Student Arrests
When Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. It was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week.

The Bloody Rise and Fall of Mexico’s Top Crime Boss
El Mencho’s brutality and business acumen put him atop the cartel world, until he made a fatal mistake.

‘You Accept the Risk and the Fear’: What It Takes to Report on the Mexican Cartels
Cultivating sources. Verifying claims. Staying safe. After the death of El Mencho, four journalists share their approach to this difficult, dangerous work.

‘Avalanche!’: Survivors Recount the Tragedy at Perry’s Peak
The story of how nine skiers were killed, and six survived, in the deadliest avalanche in modern California history.

How Wesley Hunt of Texas Is Working in Plain Sight With Outside Groups
Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.

Could the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Affect the Midterms?
The court is set to decide a major case that could scramble the country’s congressional maps. One crucial factor for this year’s elections is when the ruling lands.

Trump’s Attack on Iran Is Reckless
Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them.

How Iranians Can Take Control of Their Future
U.S. military interventions have often gone poorly for the countries in question. But there is much the world, and Iranians, can do.

Abrupt Change for Warner Bros. Prompts Many Grim Faces
Employees at the company had started to warm to the idea of Netflix as its corporate owner. Now they face the prospect of major cuts under Paramount.

No Clear Endgame in the Conflict Between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan showed its overwhelming superiority in conventional warfare, but the Taliban have refined a lethal repertoire of guerrilla tactics.

In the Northwest, Polyamory Finds Something New: Legal Protection
From big cities like Seattle and Portland, Ore., to small ones like Astoria, Ore., proponents of “nontraditional” romantic relationships are making headway in getting legal recognition.

Lloyd Blankfein on Trump, Epstein and Life After Goldman Sachs
In a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Goldman’s former C.E.O. discussed his life and new memoir.
