In Need of an Emergency Goalie, the Blackhawks Turned to an Accountant. Nothing Got by Him.

Scott Foster, 36, was called in as an emergency goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. He blocked all seven shots that came his way.

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A Hong Kong Newspaper on a Mission to Promote China’s Soft Power

Since buying the South China Morning Post, the Chinese tech giant Alibaba has pumped in cash with a goal of using it to change how the West sees China.

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Michigan Ends the Loyola Dream in the Final Four

The Wolverines beat the enthralling Ramblers to advance to the N.C.A.A. men’s championship game.

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At Gaza Fence, Violence Fades as Israel Warns of Broader Response

Violence along the Gaza-Israel border significantly diminished Saturday, a day after 15 Palestinians were killed during a confrontation. Israel said it would target “other places” if unrest went on.

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‘2 Bitter Options’ for Syrians Trapped Between Assad and Extremists

With no other choice, tens of thousands of Syrians have fled to Idlib, a rebel-held province, where they are caught between government attacks from the sky and Islamists on the ground.

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Is Gibson, a Totem of Guitar Godhead, Headed for Chapter 11?

Times have changed, and the maker of the Les Paul and the Flying V is on the ropes. Can it sustain?

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Are Today’s Teenagers Smarter and Better Than We Think?

Childhood health experts have worried about kids raised on cellphones and social media. Student protests gave us a glimpse of the potential of Gen Z.

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Review: A Pulitzer Sequel for Orchestra, Packed With Drama in Microcosm

Nature-immersed, John Luther Adams’s “Become Desert” follows his “Become Ocean,” which won the Pulitzer in 2014 and a Grammy for the Seattle Symphony.

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Laura Ingraham Takes a Week Off as Advertisers Drop Her Show

The Fox News host was criticized for saying that the Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg was whining about getting rejected from colleges. Fox News said her vacation was preplanned.

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Opinion: The Americans Our Government Won’t Count

The census is scrapping new categories for Hispanics and Arab-Americans while adding a citizenship question to drive more of them into the shadows.

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Op-Ed Columnist: God and Her (Female) Clergy

Religion has been used to justify inequity among the sexes, but it can also inspire empowerment.

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Opinion: Gen X Activism: An Oral History

It was about so much more than watching John Hughes movies and figuring out how to eat sushi.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Javanka vs. the Klossy Posse

A tale of two Kushner brothers, on either side of the fractious Trump divide.

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In New York Budget, a Fusillade Against de Blasio

Gov. Cuomo is using the state’s $168 billion plan as a way to exert control over New York City, to thumb the eye of its mayor and to raise his national profile.

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After Driving Streaming Music’s Rise, Spotify Aims to Cash In

On Tuesday, the streaming music giant will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Its path ahead, however, is far from clear.

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‘Like a Dream’: Malala Makes an Emotional Visit to Her Pakistani Hometown

The Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said it was “like a dream” to return home to Pakistan’s Swat Valley, where the Taliban tried to kill her in 2012.

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Playlist: The Playlist: A Vintage Surprise From the Weeknd, and 9 More New Songs

The tracks that caught our critics’ attention this week, from Cardi B, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, John Parish with PJ Harvey and more.

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Hey, Alexa, What Can You Hear? And What Will You Do With It?

Amazon and Google have filed patent applications, many still under consideration, that outline how digital assistants can monitor more of what users say and do.

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Sporting: What Americans Really Think About Sports Betting

Our attitudes are finally catching up to gambling’s long history with sports — and a billion-dollar industry.

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Op-Ed Contributor: How to Talk About ‘Race’ and Genetics

How should scientists handle the eventuality that for a few traits, average differences among populations will be discovered?

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At the Justice Dept.’s Death Penalty Unit, Accusations of Favoritism, Gender Bias and Unwanted Groping

For years, employees complained about the behavior of the head of the division, Kevin Carwile, and what they viewed as a toxic culture.

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At Stephen Hawking Funeral, Eddie Redmayne and Astronomer Royal Give Readings

Hundreds of people lining the streets broke into applause as the hearse carrying the remains of Dr. Hawking, the famed scientist, arrived at a church in Cambridge, Britain, for his funeral service.

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What Is Former Wonder Woman Lynda Carter Doing These Days?

Touring for her fourth studio album, getting a star on the Walk of Fame and channeling her own #MeToo memories into a message of empowerment.

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Bringing the World of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Briefly, to Stage

Mr. Coates’s “Between the World and Me,” which began as a personal address to his son, is being adapted for a communal performance at the Apollo Theater.

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Congestion Pricing Falters in New York, Again

Political leaders in Albany leave an ambitious Manhattan congestion zone out of the state budget, but include new surcharges on Uber and taxi rides

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Massachusetts, a Health Pioneer, Turns Its Focus to Drug Prices. It’s in for a Fight.

A state proposal to limit the number of drugs covered by Medicaid, fiercely opposed by patients and drug companies, has drawn national attention as states struggle to pay for costly new medicines.

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Fact Check: The Facts Behind Trump’s Tweets on Amazon, Taxes and the Postal Service

President Trump renewed his attacks against Amazon on Saturday, claiming on Twitter that the Postal Service loses billions of dollars shipping packages for the online giant.

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Your Money: A Student Loan Fix for a Teacher, and Many Other Public Servants

The complexity of the public service loan forgiveness program has tripped up many teachers like Jed Shafer. An October Your Money column led to changes.

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When Bail Feels Less Like Freedom, More Like Extortion

As bail has grown into a $2 billion industry, bond agents have become the payday lenders of the criminal justice world, offering quick relief to desperate customers at high prices.

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11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

Roseanne is back, and she’s a Trump supporter. A Parkland shooting victim hits out at #WalkUpNotOut. A writer who’s gone cashless. And more.

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SURFACING: For the Compton Cowboys, Horseback Riding Is a Legacy, and Protection

A group of childhood friends wants to create a safer community and challenge the notion that African-Americans can’t be cowboys.

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In Balkans Tour, Russia’s Night Wolves, a Bike Gang, Are More Bark Than Bite

A Kremlin-funded tour by a biker gang known as “Putin’s Angels,” agents of meddling and mayhem, stoked fears about what Russia is up to in Bosnia.

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Redemption of a Lost Prodigy

As a teenager, he was an elite violinist, a rare talent. Then, something happened. Fifty years later, he has found a refuge in a City Island boatyard.

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Bobbi Brown Is Ready to Slay the Wellness Industry. Nicely.

When you’ve done the makeup of basically everyone in the world except the queen of England, what else could be next?

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14 Million Visitors to U.S. Face Social Media Screening

The American Civil Liberties Union condemned the Trump administration’s plan, saying it risked chilling freedom of speech and association.

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Bar Americans From Man Booker Prize, Fed-Up British Authors Urge

With Britain’s most prestigious literary award increasingly dominated by Americans, a push to return to old rules excluding them has gained strength.

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Census Bureau’s Own Expert Panel Rebukes Decision to Add Citizenship Question

The panel, the Census Scientific Advisory Committee, said the addition of the citizenship question would depress the response to the census.

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Walmart in Talks to Strengthen Ties to Health Insurer Humana

A deal between the two companies would be the latest sign of the disruptive pressure that the health and retail industries are facing as health care costs rise.

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Baton Rouge Officer Is Fired in Alton Sterling Case; Another Is Suspended

The disciplinary actions are the first serious consequences for both men after state and federal officials declined to bring criminal charges.

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Facebook Employees in an Uproar Over Executive’s Leaked Memo

The social network’s employees were abuzz on Friday over a 2016 memo from a top executive, in which the executive defended Facebook’s growth at any cost.

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Sacramento, Gaza Strip, Orlando: Your Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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Let Us Catch You Up on the Biggest Stories in Politics This Week

From the expulsion of Russian diplomats to a citizenship question on the 2020 census, here are five of the biggest stories driving U.S. politics this week, in a nutshell.

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Lens: Dr. King’s Complex Relationship With the Camera

The most compelling photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were neither idealized nor simplistic, but endeavored to portray his complexity and humanity.

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Nonfiction: The Coffee-Flavored American Dream

In his new book, “The Monk of Mokha,” Dave Eggers describes what happened when an idealistic young American decided to revive Yemen’s 500-year-old coffee trade.

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What Happened at the Pulse Nightclub

In one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history, Omar Mateen killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Here’s how that attack unfolded.

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Caught Up in a Killing Spree, and Facing Charges

In mass rampages, even when the suspects were killed, law enforcement officials carried out exhaustive inquiries that led to charges against family and friends.

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Op-Ed Contributor: How to Talk About ‘Race’ and Genetics

How should scientists handle the eventuality that for a few traits, average differences among populations will be discovered?

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New York Has 7 Billion Reasons to Worry About a Census Question

Asking about citizenship on the 2020 census has officials worried that immigrants won’t respond, leading to an inaccurate count and cuts to federal funding.

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Built to Flood: Brutal Choice in Houston: Sell Home at a Loss or Face New Floods

A Texas suburb was intentionally flooded to save the city of Houston. We followed homeowners as they decided whether to cut their losses or rebuild.

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How Will the Midterm Elections Play Out? Watch Pennsylvania

With a clutch of newly flippable House seats and signs of growing voter restiveness, the state is shaping up as a focal point in the fight for control of Congress, strategists in both parties say.

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‘Roseanne’ Is Here to Stay: ABC Renews Highly Rated Reboot

After more than 21 million people watched the revived sitcom’s debut, the network moved quickly to lock down a second season.

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As Russia Empties Embassies, Who Will Replace That Lost Passport?

After expulsions of diplomats from 23 countries were announced, high-level discussions will go on. But life will be harder for Westerners in Russia.

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What to Pack for a Trip to Budapest

If you’re headed to Budapest to enjoy world-class art, architecture, food, and thermal baths, don’t forget these essentials to make the most of your trip.

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A Find at Gap: Steady Hours Can Help Workers, and Profits

Shifting schedules have long been a complaint in the retail field. A study of Gap stores showed that more consistent scheduling produced higher sales.

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Stephon Clark Was Shot 8 Times From Behind or the Side, Family-Ordered Autopsy Finds

A lawyer for the family said the findings proved that Mr. Clark could not have been moving in a threatening fashion toward Sacramento officers when they opened fire.

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Anita Shreve, Best-Selling Novelist, Dies at 71

Her career took off in 1999 when Oprah Winfrey chose “A Pilot’s Wife” for Oprah’s Book Club.

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A Bittersweet Journey Back to Puerto Rico After Maria

The Times joined a family on their return to Puerto Rico months after fleeing Hurricane Maria’s fury. The homecoming was not what they expected.

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Why Catholic Colleges Excel at Basketball

As Loyola-Chicago (with Sister Jean) and Villanova make the Final Four in San Antonio, here is a look at the deep connection between Catholic colleges and basketball.

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Editorial: Mitch McConnell, Your Female Colleagues Are Fed Up

As the Senate majority leader holds up reform of the congressional disciplinary process, 22 senators say, enough.

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Opinion: The Americans Our Government Won’t Count

The census is scrapping new categories for Hispanics and Arab-Americans while adding a citizenship question to drive more of them into the shadows.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Why I Am Still Grateful

It isn’t easy to feel this way, in our broken world, but it is necessary.

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Op-Ed Contributors: Linda Brown and the Unfinished Work of School Integration

We overlook the harms to white students who miss the chance to learn from and among black and Latino children.

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Russian Accused of Hacking U.S. Tech Firms Is Extradited

Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin accessed the networks of LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring, and may have compromised the information of more than 100 million people.

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It’s the No. 1 Power Source, but Natural Gas Faces Headwinds

Gas was seen as a bridge from coal to an alternative-energy future. Regulatory moves to speed that transition have unsettled the utility industry.

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Veterans Affairs Shake-Up Stirs New Fears of Privatized Care

The issue has been at the center of months of intrigue at the sprawling department charged with caring for the United States’ 20 million veterans.

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Afghan Hunger Strikers Demand Cease-Fire: ‘Our Blood Is Finished’

Protesters camped near the site of a suicide bombing in Helmand Province formed the plan after the Taliban warned them off a peace march.

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Court Dismisses Exxon’s Effort to Block Climate Investigation

A federal judge in New York called a lawsuit brought by Exxon Mobil against state attorneys general in New York and Massachusetts “implausible.”

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Noor Salman Is Acquitted in Pulse Nightclub Shooting

Ms. Salman was accused of lying to the authorities and aiding and abetting her husband, Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub.

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Trump, Lacking Leverage Over North Korea, Takes Aim at South Instead

By tying a trade deal with South Korea to progress in denuclearizing Pyongyang, President Trump is pressuring an ally hoping it will help him deal with a reclusive foe.

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Hope Hicks Is Gone, and It’s Not Clear Who Can Replace Her

Thursday was the last day at the White House for the 29-year-old from Connecticut, who followed an unlikely career path to become a presidential confidante.

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California Today: California Today: In Oakland, a Clash of Artists vs. Big Cannabis

Friday: Cannabis and the art world collide, looming emissions fight with President Trump, Stephon Clark funeral, Tesla’s woes, coffee warnings, and finally, opening day.

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Afghan Hunger Strikers Demand Cease-Fire: ‘Our Blood Is Finished’

Protesters camped near the site of a suicide bombing in Helmand Province formed the plan after the Taliban warned them off a peace march.

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Clashes on Gaza’s Border With Israel as Protests Start

Thousands of Palestinians have set up tent cities along the frontier, beginning a six-week campaign meant to culminate in mass marches.

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Russia, E.P.A., Laura Ingraham: Your Friday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Bus Fire in Thailand Kills 20 Migrant Workers From Myanmar

The workers, who were headed to a factory district near Bangkok, had completed a difficult new registration process to work in Thailand.

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Hope Hicks is Gone, and It’s Not Clear Who Can Replace Her

Thursday was the last day at the White House for the 29-year-old from Connecticut, who followed an unlikely career path to become a presidential confidante.

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‘Roseanne’ Reboot Sprang From ABC’s Heartland Strategy After Trump’s Victory

The network realized it was leaving some viewers behind — and put into effect a plan that brought back a working-class sitcom.

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Sessions Rejects Republican Calls for Second Special Counsel

Lawmakers had sought an independent inquiry into the surveillance of a former Trump aide, but the attorney general said the matter was already being investigated.

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Tesla Looked Like the Future. Now Some Ask if It Has One.

Production delays and other problems have presented the electric-car maker and its founder, Elon Musk, with a crisis of confidence among investors.

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Op-Ed Contributors: Ronny Jackson’s Disturbing Lack of Independence

He’s a friendly, affable physician. Which is why he shouldn’t be in charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: The ‘Roseanne’ Reboot Is Funny. I’m Not Going to Keep Watching.

Nothing will change if we keep consuming problematic pop culture without demanding anything better.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Is It Policy, or Just Reality TV?

What nothingburger trade deals and unqualified appointees have in common.

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Trump Heralds a New Trade Deal, Then Says He Might Delay It

In a meandering speech, Mr. Trump seemed to undercut his own administration’s initiatives, including on infrastructure and a trade agreement with South Korea.

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Citing Trump’s ‘Racial Slurs,’ Judge Says Suit to Preserve DACA Can Continue

A federal judge in Brooklyn said President Trump’s language had created a “plausible inference” that the decision to end DACA violated the Constitution.

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Russia, Venezuela, Malala: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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Editorial: A Coup at Veterans Affairs

President Trump replaced David Shulkin with his White House doctor, Ronny Jackson. Among the prime beneficiaries may be the billionaire Koch brothers.

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Laura Ingraham, Facing Boycott, Apologizes for Taunting Parkland Survivor David Hogg

Ms. Ingraham, a Fox News host, had mocked Mr. Hogg over his college rejections. “She only apologized after we went after her advertisers,” he said. “It kind of speaks for itself.”

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E.P.A. Prepares to Roll Back Rules Requiring Cars to Be Cleaner and More Efficient

The Trump administration, handing automakers a victory, is preparing to announce an effort to weaken strict Obama-era pollution standards.

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Opinion: Gen X Activism: An Oral History

It was about so much more than watching John Hughes movies and figuring out how to eat sushi.

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Op-Ed Contributor: How Much Stadium Netting is Too Much?

The issue for ball clubs and fans this season isn’t safety, but rather at what point do safety measures become too extreme.

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Hard Choice for Cities Under Cyberattack: Whether to Pay Ransom

Recovering from a ransomware attack like the one plaguing Atlanta can be so expensive that forking over may be the cheapest way out — but no one wants to make crime pay.

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Asia and Australia Edition: Russia, Malala, North Korea: Your Friday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Adnan Syed of 'Serial’ Is Granted a New Trial

A Maryland appeals court affirmed a ruling that Mr. Syed, who is serving a life sentence, should get a new trial. His case was the subject of the popular podcast’s first season.

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India Spurns the Dalai Lama’s Celebration, Worried About China

With tense meetings ahead with Beijing, Indian officials have been ordered to stay away from the Dalai Lama’s rally thanking India for hosting his exile.

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Russia Will Expel 150 Diplomats, as Tensions With West Reach Fever Pitch

The move was in retaliation for the expulsion of diplomats by Britain, the United States and their allies. The U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg will be closed.

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Britain Signals Harder Look at Wealthy Russians and Russian Wealth

The government said it would review access to financial markets, and how wealthy Russians have gained residency in Britain.

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Common Sense: Facebook Falls From Grace, and Investors’ Stock Holdings Tumble Too

The company’s stock has declined precipitously since hitting its peak in early February, battered by disclosures about improper use of its data.

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To Avoid More Racist Hoodies, Retailers Seek Diversity

Fast fashion giants like H&M and Zara are hiring diversity managers and using screening technologies to catch offensive designs before shoppers do.

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Yulia Skripal, Poisoned Daughter of Ex-Spy, Out of Critical Condition

Ms. Skripal was caught up in an apparent nerve-agent attack on her father, Sergei V. Skripal, in Britain, and the authorities have blamed Russia.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Passover in a Land of Jewish Ghosts

On Friday night I will celebrate the Seder in Spain, where piety and poetry once flourished.

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Op-Ed Contributor: The Baseball Season Begins. So You Think You Know Your Teammates?

Many experts have tried to quantify team chemistry. Easier said than done.

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California Today: California Today: Sacramento Mayor Questions Police Training

Thursday: Sacramento’s mayor on the Stephon Clark shooting, Gavin Newsom skips debates, paying for water tunnels, and the mysterious Mendocino car crash.

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In Arizona Race, Conservatives View Stormy Daniels as a ‘Little Hard to Believe’

Many voters in Arizona’s Eighth Congressional District seem to take Stormy Daniels’s claim of an affair with Donald Trump with a dose of skepticism.

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$9.5 Billion Purchase by Concho Is Latest Sign of West Texas Oil Boom

The acquisition will make Concho Resources the biggest producer in the oil-rich Permian Basin, where production risks overwhelming pipeline capacity.

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Trump Attacks Amazon, Saying It Does Not Pay Enough Taxes

The president’s commentary, made in a Twitter post, comes amid reports that Mr. Trump has expressed an interest in reining in the e-commerce business.

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Deal With U.S. Military Sets Off Protests in Ghana

An agreement expanding the American military’s relationship with Ghana struck a nerve on a continent where the presence of United States soldiers is receiving more scrutiny.

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BMW and Daimler, Once Rivals, Join Forces to Fend Off Silicon Valley

The German carmakers said they will merge their car-sharing and other digital businesses, amid threats from the likes of Uber and Google.

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Malala Returns to Pakistan for First Time Since Attack

Malala Yousafzai, a Nobel laureate studying at Oxford, met with the prime minister and will visit a school she helped build near her native Swat Valley.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Facebook Isn’t Just Violating Our Privacy

It is also ripping apart the social fabric.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Character Should Still Matter

Remember when Mike Pence said Donald Trump would bring the highest level of integrity to the Oval Office?

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Op-Ed Columnist: Jeremy Corbyn, Accidental Anti-Semite

Britain’s Labour leader has an odd way of tripping into the arms of Jew haters.

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Editorial: The Trump Administration Sabotages the Census

For the first time in 70 years, the 2020 count will include a question about citizenship — a move that could benefit Republicans.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: The 2016 Exit Polls Led Us to Misinterpret the 2016 Election

Recent analyses of who actually voted for whom have serious ramifications for both parties, but especially for the Democrats.

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‘Kiss Up, Kick Down’: Those Recalling Bolton’s U.N. Confirmation Process Say He Hasn’t Changed

The five months in 2005 that the Senate took to decide whether John Bolton should go to the United Nations is the only extensive examination of his record.

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His Clients Weren’t Complaining. But the Judge Said This Lawyer Worked Too Hard.

When judges appoint the lawyers in their courtroom, speed can be more important than a vigorous defense, a lawsuit says.

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Family’s S.U.V. Plunges Off Cliff, and Death Toll Is Feared to Be 8

In 2014, one of the Hart family’s six adopted children drew widespread attention when he was photographed hugging a police officer during a demonstration.

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Bulletin Board: ‘He Is Not a Victim’: Our Austin Bomber Coverage Explained

Times journalists responded to some of the most common questions received from readers about our coverage of the bomber.

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Ronny Jackson, North Korea, ‘Roseanne’: Your Thursday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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New York Today: New York Today: Managing the Major Leagues

Thursday: Our teams’ new leaders, jazz then and now, and a chat room on the subway.

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North and South Korea Set a Date for Summit Meeting at Border

Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, will hold talks on April 27 at the so-called truce village of Panmunjom, officials said on Thursday.

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Chile and Its Scientists Protest Research on Tiny Mummy

The Chilean government said it would start an inquiry into whether the remains of a tiny baby girl were illegally exhumed and smuggled out of the country.

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Trade Deals Take Years. Trump Wants to Remake Them in Months.

A series of looming deadlines will put pressure on U.S. partners to reach deals, in a high-risk strategy that may not solve deeper and more persistent problems.

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White House Looks to Use Emergency Law to Halt Chinese Investment

As the Trump administration prepares to roll out tariffs on Chinese goods, it is also planning a much more strategic strike, this time on investment.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Trade Is Not a Job Killer

Routine job destruction, innovation and changing tastes destroy a lot more jobs than China does.

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Editorial: Trump’s Heartless Transgender Military Ban Gets a Second Shot

The president announced late last week that he is trying again to keep many transgender people from being able to defend their country.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Trump’s Visitor From Outer Space

All together now: We love a parade. …

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Op-Ed Columnist: These Kids Could Tutor World Leaders

On my win-a-trip journey, a visit to a dirt-floor schoolhouse where kids struggle, but still manage to inspire.

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Opinion: Nine Reasons Not to Buy Time Magazine

There are other ways to spend $10 million.

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Is Women-Only Club the Wing Discriminating in a Bad Way?

As a New York City Commission opens an investigation into possible human-rights violations, members defend their chic pink safe space.

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Ecuador Cuts Off Julian Assange’s Internet Access. Again.

The government said it was concerned that Mr. Assange, who lives in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, was harming the country’s international relationships on social media.

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Woman Becomes First South African Imprisoned for Racist Speech

The viral video of Vicki Momberg’s 2016 rant against black police officers has set off a national debate about the limits of free speech.

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Kim Jong-un, Michael Flynn, Stephon Clark: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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Protesting the Death of Stephon Clark: ‘You Murdered a Son’

Hundreds of people filled Sacramento City Hall to protest the killing of Stephon Clark, who was shot by police officers who mistook his cellphone for a gun.

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A Dying Southern Town Needed a Miracle. Marijuana Came Calling.

Cotton Plant, Ark., a small city hollowed out by racism and economic change, may get a boost from the state’s recent legalization of medical marijuana.

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Is Latest to Go as Trump Shakes Up Cabinet

The move punctuated what has been a sharp fall from favor for David J. Shulkin, who delivered President Trump a string of bipartisan legislative victories.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Don’t Turn a Radical Activist’s Death Into a TV Melodrama

Marielle Franco, a Brazilian City Council member who was assassinated this month, fought racism and oppression, not “violence.”

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Sanctuaries of Silence

Discovering quiet in an ever-noisier world

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Op-Ed Contributor: The Baseball Season Begins. So You Think You Know Your Teammates?

Many experts have tried to quantify team chemistry. Easier said than done.

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Trump Secures Trade Deal With South Korea Ahead of Nuclear Talks

President Trump won his first bilateral trade deal with South Korea this week but whether it is a template for future agreements remains in question.

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Morgan Stanley Knew of a Star’s Alleged Abuse. He Still Works There.

A top Morgan Stanley broker was repeatedly accused of violence against ex-wives and girlfriends. Bank managers were told. But he kept his job.

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Under Ben Carson, HUD Scales Back Fair Housing Enforcement

The department is aiming to roll back Obama administration attempts to curtail racial, ethnic and income segregation in federally subsidized housing and development projects.

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After a Year of Turmoil, Menendez Announces He’s Seeking Re-Election

Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat of New Jersey, officially announced he’s running again, months after the corruption charges against him were dropped.

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Your Cute Rubber Duck May Be a Haven for Bacteria

A study of bath toys found the water inside yellow ducks swimming with microbes, including bacteria often associated with hospital infections.

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As Russia Mourns Victims of Mall Fire, Some Chant, ‘Corruption Kills!’

Funerals began for the 64 victims in Kemerovo, many of them children, while outrage mounted over a perceived lack of official accountability.

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Asia and Australia Edition: China, Kim Jong-un, Easter: Your Thursday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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What to Expect From the Housing Market This Spring

The economics of home buying are getting interesting, thanks to higher mortgage rates, tax changes and a supply-demand imbalance.

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Lawsuit Over Trump’s Ties to His Businesses Is Allowed to Advance

The suit accuses the president of violating the Constitution by refusing to divorce himself from the Trump Organization, and could allow the plaintiffs to scrutinize its records.

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Trump’s Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In

The episode raises questions about whether the president’s lawyer was trying to influence Mr. Trump’s former advisers and their cooperation with the special counsel.

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Supreme Court Again Weighs Voting Maps Warped by Politics

The new case is a Republican challenge to a Maryland congressional district. A second case, a Democratic challenge from Wisconsin, is pending.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: The World Is Evolving and Ricky Gervais Isn’t

The comedian says he doesn’t care who he offends. But he appears to be obsessed with the topic.

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Editorial: The Trump Administration Sabotages the Census

For the first time in nearly 70 years, the 2020 count will include a question about citizenship — a move that could benefit Republicans.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Does Gay Hollywood Have Room for Queer Kids?

The unspoken rule of gay cinema and television: Masculine leads only.

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Opinion: ‘Only the Extremists Want to Ban All Guns’

Readers debated gun rights in response to an op-ed by the former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment.

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Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence

The campaign official, Rick Gates, has pleaded guilty in the investigation by the special counsel into Russian election interference.

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Kim Jong-un’s China Visit Strengthens His Hand in Nuclear Talks

The North Korean leader’s first diplomatic trip since taking power was a reminder of how much he has set the agenda over his nation’s nuclear arsenal.

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Hundreds at Sacramento City Hall Protest Police Killing of Stephon Clark

Black leaders expressed frustration about the shooting death of an unarmed black man last week. California’s attorney general has taken over the investigation.

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Baton Rouge Officers Will Not Be Charged in Alton Sterling’s Killing

The Louisiana attorney general’s decision came almost a year after federal prosecutors declined to file charges in connection with the fatal shooting.

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Police Officer Is Charged With Lying About Finding a Gun

The officer, Joseph Moloney, is accused of repeatedly lying about how the police found a gun in an apartment at the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn.

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For as Little as $3 a Vote, Egyptians Trudge to Election Stations

With no real challenger in this week’s election, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is cajoling, coercing and paying voters to ensure a credible turnout.

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Motion Picture Academy Finds No Merit to Accusations Against Its President

The ruling is the first test of rules the powerful Hollywood group enacted in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

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H&M, a Fashion Giant, Has a Problem: $4.3 Billion in Unsold Clothes

The company outlined the inventory buildup in its latest quarterly report, prompting questions of whether it can adapt to fierce competition and changing consumer tastes.

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California Today: California Today: Orange County Backs Trump on Immigration

Wednesday: Orange County joins a Trump lawsuit, Sacramento protests, Mark Zuckerberg to testify, and finally, the In-N-Out impostor.

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When Xi Met Kim: How China and North Korea Depicted It

The meeting in Beijing between President Xi Jinping of China and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un provided propaganda opportunities on both sides.

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Facebook Introduces Central Page for Privacy and Security Settings

As the social network grapples with the way it handles consumer data, it has unveiled a centralized page for people to control their privacy and security settings.

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Trump Says Second Amendment ‘Will Never Be Repealed’

President Trump’s declaration, after days of silence on gun control, came in response to an Op-Ed by the retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

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New York Today: New York Today: City in Bloom

Wednesday: Looking for a new city flower, what closing Rikers means for Brooklyn, and a political egg hunt.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Marco Rubio Must Be Destroyed

Is smash-mouth liberalism the way to a majority or the satisfaction of self-righteousness?

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Don’t Turn a Radical Activist’s Death Into a TV Melodrama

Marielle Franco, a Brazilian City Council member who was assassinated this month, fought racism and oppression, not “violence.”

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Op-Ed Contributor: Finding the Poetry in March Madness

At Loyola, our poetry workshop was energized by our team’s win, not overshadowed by it.

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Op-Ed Contributor: What Trump Is Learning From Singapore — and Vice Versa

He admires the city-state’s death penalty for drug dealers. It likes his war on “fake news.”

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Kim Jong-un, Facebook, Sacramento: Your Wednesday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Cambridge Analytica Whistle-Blower Contends Data-Mining Swung Brexit Vote

Christopher Wylie, who testified to British lawmakers, has become a red-haired, nose-ringed matinee idol in some technology quarters.

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Sessions and Kushner Square Off, and Prisoners Hang in the Balance

Tensions over criminal justice policy have pitted the president’s son-in-law against his attorney general, and resulted in a seesawing approach to prisons.

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Editorial: The Trump Administration Sabotages the Census

For the first time in nearly 70 years, the 2020 count will include a question about citizenship — a move that could benefit Republicans

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Op-Ed Contributor: Finding the Poetry in March Madness

At Loyola, our poetry workshop was energized by our team’s win, not overshadowed by it.

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Opinion: Nine Reasons Not to Buy Time Magazine

There are other ways to spend $10 million.

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Kim Jong-un Met Xi Jinping in Secret Beijing Visit, China Says

The meeting, Mr. Kim’s first with another head of state, added a new layer of complexity to the global diplomacy around North Korea’s nuclear program.

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At Least Twelve States to Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question

Opponents said the question was certain to depress response to the census from noncitizens and even legal immigrants.

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Trump, Famous for ‘You’re Fired,’ Offers V.A. Chief Only Awkward Silence

The peculiar, painful limbo of David Shulkin shows how the president often handles personnel matters: publicly, hoping the employee will leave instead of forcing an ouster.

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Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse

The president has remained in touch with Mr. Porter, the former White House staff secretary, since his resignation, according to people familiar with the conversations.

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Homeland Security Chief Warns Adversaries Against Election Meddling

In a closed-door meeting, Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security chief, also vowed retaliation against nations that interfere in the midterm elections this year.

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Putin’s Grim Reality: Public Fury Over Children’s Deaths in Mall

The Russian president visited Siberia to demand an inquiry into a fire there that killed at least 64 people. Thousands protested nearby.

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Citizenship, Louisiana, North Korea: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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Technology Companies Drag Stock Markets Down Again

Shares of Nvidia and Tesla were among the biggest losers in trading on Tuesday, as investors continued to lose interest in the once-hot tech sector.

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Singapore Journal: Cosmetic Surgery for a Pet Fish? In Asia, This One Is King of the Tank

Known as the “dragon fish” in Chinese, the Asian arowana is one of the world’s most expensive aquarium fish and a popular luxury item, especially in China.

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If Census Asks About Citizenship, Some Already Have an Answer: No Comment

Some undocumented immigrants are already wary of plans to ask 2020 census respondents whether they are United States citizens.

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Op-Ed Contributor: I Was Kind to Nikolas Cruz. He Still Killed My Friends.

The notion that he wouldn’t have become a murderer if only his classmates had been kinder is deeply dangerous.

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Vietnam '67: Why Were the Russians in Vietnam?

There were in fact remarkable parallels between American and Soviet involvement in Vietnam.

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Op-Ed Contributor: The Orphans of China’s Economic Miracle

Millions of migrants have left their children behind in the villages — sometimes to live with family members, sometimes to fend for themselves.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Is This Dog Actually Happy?

How Twitter and Hollywood are robbing dogs of their dignity.

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Firefighter Killed in Harlem Blaze Praised as a ‘Hero of the Highest Order’

A 15-year veteran, Lt. Michael R. Davidson died on Thursday, while fighting a basement fire on a film set in Harlem.

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Here’s Why an Accurate Census Count Is So Important

The 2020 census will influence everything from the number of congressional seats to where businesses open to funding for local governments, which is why an accurate count matters.

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Asia and Australia Edition: North Korea, Facebook, Vladimir Putin: Your Wednesday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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California Attorney General to Investigate Stephon Clark’s Killing

The move comes after a public outcry over a police shooting in which an unarmed black man was killed in his own backyard in Sacramento.

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Said to Agree to Testify Before Congress Over Data Privacy

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, has agreed to testify in Washington over how his social network handled people’s data, according to people familiar with the decision.

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Medicare Is Cracking Down on Opioids. Doctors Fear Pain Patients Will Suffer.

Officials are close to limiting doses of the painkillers, but doctors say doing so could put older patients into withdrawal or lead them to buy deadly street drugs.

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Roseanne Conner Has Become a Trump Supporter. Just Like Her Creator.

After 21 years, “Roseanne” returns to ABC, and Roseanne Barr’s portrait of working-class Americans is as topical as ever.

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How Should I Rewatch ‘Roseanne’?

Before the reboot arrives, revisit some of the family sitcom’s smartest, funniest and most poignant episodes.

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Ex-Boss of Larry Nassar Is Charged With Criminal Sexual Conduct

William D. Strampel, the former dean of Michigan State University’s osteopathic medical school, faces four counts, including misconduct of a public official.

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‘I Know I Will Be Criticized’: The Latino Evangelical Who Advises Trump on Immigration

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez represents a singular voice in the immigration debate — the rare Latino in a small clique of evangelicals advising President Trump.

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Facebook Vowed to End Discriminatory Housing Ads. Suit Says It Didn’t.

Allowing advertisers to limit who sees ads based on interests or demographics violates federal laws, the groups behind the lawsuit argue.

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Nazi-Era Abortion Law Strains German Coalition

Germany is the only country in Europe that forbids doctors to publicly advertise that they perform abortions. Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged change, but her conservatives are balking.

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New York Fed Weighs a Wall Street Overseer, and Left Spies an Opening

Progressive groups want a New York Fed chief who is independent of the financial sector, a voice for labor and a reflection of diversity.

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Editorial: Congress Resists the President, for a Change

In a rare act of bipartisanship and good sense, Congress refuses Mr. Trump’s most extreme proposals on foreign aid, the environment and a border wall.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Is China’s Version of Capitalism Winning?

As China’s state-directed economy marches forward, Washington is stuck in neutral and the American economy is in danger of falling behind.

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Baton Rouge Officers Will Not Be Charged in Alton Sterling’s Killing

The Louisiana attorney general’s decision came almost a year after federal prosecutors declined to file charges in connection with the fatal shooting.

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California Today: California Today: A Space for Students Who Need Something to Eat

Tuesday: A food pantry at the University of California Irvine, counting bald eagles, and a crowd for whales near the shore.

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Why Asking About Citizenship Could Make the Census Less Accurate

Distrust of the government's intentions toward noncitizens may be hard to overcome, research suggests, and political developments have increased levels of distrust.

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What Kim Jong-un May Get in Reaching Out to China

In an unexpected burst of diplomacy, North Korea’s leader may be playing the role of international statesman while courting an ally that was losing patience with his country.

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Taliban’s Rare Silence on Talks Charges Up a New Peace Conference

A sweeping Afghan offer to bring the insurgents to the table has led to a hint of optimism among diplomats, and internal discussion by Taliban leaders.

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Op-Ed Contributor: John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment

This weekend’s marches make it clear: To enact real gun control, we need to change the Constitution.

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The Conversation: ‘Hush Money,’ Now Playing Everywhere

It was a dark and stormy night. Of that much we can be sure.

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Bulletproof, Slow and Full of Wine: Kim Jong-un’s Mystery Train

In earlier incarnations, the North Korean leader’s train has featured sumptuous feasts, cases of fine French wines and female entertainers known as lady conductors.

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A New Cold War With Russia? No, It’s Worse Than That

After the expulsions of Russian diplomats from the United States and Europe, analysts say relations have reached an alarming state of volatility.

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News Analysis: The Post-World War II Order Is Under Assault From the Powers That Built It

Since the end of World War II, the victorious powers have promoted, trade, democracy and collective security. Now, that order is under assault.

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Trump’s New Judicial Litmus Test: Shrinking ‘the Administrative State’

The Trump administration has been surprisingly frank in saying it wants to use the courts to curb the power of federal agencies, a longstanding goal of conservatives.

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Feature: Is the Next Nobel Laureate in Literature Tending Bar in a Dusty Australian Town?

With the publication of two new books, Gerald Murnane might finally find an American audience.

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China’s Space Station May Crash to Earth on April Fools’ Day

Experts predict the abandoned space station, Tiangong-1, will fall back to Earth around this weekend. But the risk to anyone on the ground is almost nil.

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Russia, Census, Women’s Final Four: Your Tuesday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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New York Today: New York Today: A Sunny Day at the Death Cafe

Tuesday: A lively conversation on a taboo subject, Mozart on Coney Island, and shared sacred sites.

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Editorial: Why Is Trump So Afraid of Russia?

Nary a bad word about Vladimir Putin can the U.S. president find.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Putting the Ex-Con in Conservatism

The modern G.O.P. is no country for honest men.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Beware of A.I. in Social Media Advertising

Disinformation operations will gradually become concerted, automatic and seamless.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Yes, You Can Indict the President

A trial might have to wait, but a formal accusation at least takes care of statutes of limitations.

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The E.P.A. Says It Wants Research Transparency. Scientists See an Attack on Science.

A proposed policy would bar the E.P.A. from considering research that doesn't release its raw data for review, blocking some significant work.

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Linda Brown, Symbol of Landmark Desegregation Case, Dies

She was a child whose exclusion from a whites-only school led to the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.

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Editorial: All the President’s Thugs

Stormy Daniels said she was physically threatened after agreeing to sell her story of a sexual liaison with Donald Trump. It rings all too true.

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Stormy Daniels, Russia, Cricket Scandal: Your Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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Exits Blocked and Alarms Disabled in Deadly Russia Mall Fire

Panicked people were unable to escape the blaze in Siberia, officials said. At least 64 people were killed, many of them children.

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Passenger’s Harness May Have Tripped Switch in Deadly Helicopter Crash

The pilot, who was the only survivor of the crash, said that an emergency fuel shut-off had been tripped and that the harness of a passenger was underneath the lever.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Can Teenagers Save America? They’ve Done It Before

In the late 19th century, it was young people who broke a partisan divide and ushered in the Progressive Era.

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Op-Ed Contributors: Scott Pruitt’s Attack on Science Would Paralyze the E.P.A.

He wants to prohibit his agency from using certain peer-reviewed scientific studies in order to thwart regulation.

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Asia and Australia Edition: Russia, Stormy Daniels, Facebook: Your Tuesday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Is Kim Jong-un Visiting Beijing? Online Video Fuels Speculation

The Japanese broadcaster NTV aired footage of what it said was a train similar to the ones used in the past by the North’s leadership.

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Trump Can’t Stop Tweeting, but Goes Silent on Stormy Daniels

After sixty-one weeks in the White House, President Trump has found someone he won’t attack on Twitter: Stormy Daniels.

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Expelling Russians, Europe and North America Show Unity With U.K.

The expulsion of dozens of diplomats from Europe, and dozens more across the Atlantic, came weeks after the nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain.

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How Stormy Daniels Out-Trumped Trump

In a “60 Minutes” interview, the pornographic film star was blunt and unapologetic. That might remind you of someone.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Donald Trump, Mustache Lover at Heart

In John Bolton, the president has found an adviser whose facial hair sends a message: Negotiation is for wimps, and so are razors.

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Op-Ed Contributor: The War on Drugs Breeds Crafty Traffickers

The people in prison are the ones who are dumb enough to get caught. The ones we miss are the most cunning.

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U.S.-Russia Relations: A Volley of Diplomatic Punishments Over Spying

The expulsion of Russian officials in response to the alleged poisoning of a former spy resembles the tactics of the Cold War.

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They Push. They Protest. And Many Activists, Privately, Suffer as a Result.

At least five activists pushing social justice agendas have died over the last two years, drawing attention to the pressures they face.

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How Stephon Clark Was Killed by Police in His Backyard

Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed man, was shot by the police in his backyard in Sacramento on March 18. Police body camera and helicopter footage shows details of what happened.

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California Today: California Today: They Marched for Gun Control. Will Anything Change?

Monday: Gun control proponents march throughout the state, fresh uproar over a fatal shooting by the Sacramento police, and concern over a new housing bill.

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Trump Orders Expulsion of 60 Russians Over Poison Attack in Britain

The expulsion order included 12 people identified as Russian intelligence officers stationed at the United Nations. The Russian Consulate in Seattle also must close.

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South Korea Agrees to Alter Trade Pact With U.S. to Avoid Steel Tariffs

The deal comes amid a flurry of exemptions and revisions to the steel and aluminum protections announced this month by the White House.

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Stormy Daniels, Russia, N.C.A.A. Basketball: Your Monday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Editorial: Victims Get a Voice in Chicago Police Reform

An effort to remake the city’s troubled department is gaining steam.

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Remington, Centuries-Old Gun Maker, Files for Bankruptcy as Sales Slow

One of the oldest U.S. gun manufacturers borrowed heavily after the Sandy Hook shooting, when sales surged because of concern of impending regulation. But now demand has fallen.

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Saudis Claim to Intercept 7 Houthi Missiles Fired at Multiple Cities

The missile attack came as the Saudi crown prince, the architect of the military intervention in Yemen, is visiting the United States, which has aided the Saudi military.

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Fund-Raiser Held Out Access to Trump as a Prize for Prospective Clients

The fund-raiser, Elliott Broidy, suggested to prospective clients of his security firm, including some with unsavory records, that he could arrange meetings with the president or his associates.

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At a Crucial Juncture, Trump’s Legal Defense Is Largely a One-Man Operation

President Trump is struggling to find any top lawyers willing to represent him as he faces a critical decision: whether to give the special counsel an interview.

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When Professionals Rise Up, More Than Money Is at Stake

The teacher uprising that began in West Virginia has exposed a trend among white-collar workers: a feeling that their credentials are being devalued.

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In Gun Control Marches, Students Led but Adults Provided Key Resources

The March for Our Lives demonstrations were triumphs of organic, youthful grass-roots energy, and of sophisticated, experienced organizational muscle.

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Editorial: An Ohio Bill Would Ban All Abortions. It’s Part of a Bigger Plan.

Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would outlaw abortion, period. It’s unconstitutional, but that’s the point.

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Op-Ed Contributors: America’s Warped Elections

A potential blue wave may crash up against a wall of extreme gerrymandering.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Trump and Bolton’s Plan to Isolate Allies and Encourage Enemies

The new national security adviser’s appointment has cemented the expectation that the Iran deal’s life expectancy is short. What follows will be bad.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Donald Trump: Man at War

This is the big leagues, and this little man is feeling the stress and strain of it.

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Op-Ed Columnist: The Growing College Graduation Gap

More poor students are going to college than in the past. And yet the number who graduate is falling even further behind.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Easter Is Calling Me Back to the Church

A church isn’t a necessary thing to a believer who finds whole world holy, but I still want a place in mine.

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Vietnam '67: Why Lyndon Johnson Dropped Out

He had known for years that the Vietnam War would destroy him. In March 1968, it did.

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At Least 37 Die as Fire Sweeps Through Siberia Shopping Mall

A local official said the fire had started in the children’s entertainment room, where there was a trampoline with foam rubber, and many of the victims were children.

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Solving the Dutch Pot Paradox: Legal to Buy, but Not to Grow

Small amounts of marijuana can be bought in the Netherlands, but it is illegal to grow cannabis, and coffee shops must turn to the black market to stock up. A pilot program will test legalizing production.

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Kansas Edges Duke in Overtime to Reach the Final Four

The top-seeded Jayhawks will face another No. 1 seed, Villanova, in the national semifinals after defeating Duke, 85-81, in overtime.

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Stormy Daniels Says She Stayed Silent on Trump Out of Fear

The adult film actress, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, told “60 Minutes” that a man had threatened her after she sold a story to a magazine in 2011.

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A First in Flight: Australia to the U.K., in 17 Hours

Qantas calls its first direct, nonstop Dreamliner flight from Perth to London a “game changer.”

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Villanova Returns to Final Four After Holding Off Texas Tech

The No. 1 Wildcats emerged amid a bracket full of upsets to become the first top-seeded team to reach the national semifinals.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Trump’s Trans Ban Shows Who He Really Is

The Pentagon doesn’t want it. The military doesn’t need it. Only bigotry explains it.

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U.S. Strikes Qaeda Target in Southern Libya, Expanding Shadow War There

The United States acknowledged its first ever drone strike in southern Libya, hitting a suspected Qaeda safe house and killing two militants.

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Gun Marches Keep Republicans on Defense in Midterm Races

The March for Our Lives is another display of energy on the left, but the gun issue could play out differently in House and Senate races.

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Where Fear and Hope Collide: Images From Mexican Border, and Beyond

Traversing the border area, the photographer John Moore covered the story of immigration from all sides. Here are 17 striking photographs.

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Asia and Australia Edition: John Bolton, Gun Control, China: Your Monday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Militants Linked to Al Qaeda Unleash Deadly Car Bombings in Somalia

The Shabab claimed responsibility for bombings over three days that killed nearly 20 people and injured many others.

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Opinion: Francis, the Anti-Strongman

In our authoritarian age, the pope offers a different model of power.

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Opinion: A Voodoo Curse on Human Traffickers

A Nigerian spiritual leader has just done more to help trafficked sex workers than any international aid group.

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Op-Ed Columnist: A Hawk Takes Flight

With John Bolton, Trump turns to Cheneyism.

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Opinion: The Man With the Battery-Powered Heart

“When the pump goes down, I go down,” he told me.

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Vietnam '67: Why Lyndon Johnson Dropped Out

He had known for years that the Vietnam War would destroy him. In March 1968, it did.

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When the Elderly Call for Help, a ‘Chain’ Immigrant Often Answers

A proposal to change the immigration system from family-based to skills-based could shrink a primary source of workers for the growing senior-care industry.

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He Left Soviet Army for Afghan Life 35 Years Ago. Now, He Sees Russians Return.

A deserter from the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan dreamed for decades of going home, but he has lived long enough to see Russian influence return to northern Afghanistan.

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Finding a Home After a Fire: ‘It Feels Like Your Life Is on Pause’

One family’s search for an affordable apartment in an increasingly unaffordable city after one of New York City’s deadliest fires.

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Trump Won’t Hire 2 Lawyers Whose Appointments Were Announced Days Ago

The upheaval on the legal team comes at a critical time for Mr. Trump. The president’s former lead lawyer, John Dowd, quit the team on Thursday, just as Mr. Trump is deciding whether to sit with Mr. Mueller for an interview.

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China Splits Top Jobs at Central Bank, Adding Another Reformer

Guo Shuqing, the top banking and insurance regulator, was picked to be the central bank’s Communist Party secretary, overseeing the governor, Yi Gang.

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Editorial: New York Forgets Its Juvenile Lifers

A new lawsuit challenges the parole board’s routine denials, even to those who have served decades and pose little or no safety risk.

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Gray Matter: How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’

If scientists avoid discussing the topic candidly, racist theories will fill the vacuum.

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Nicholas Kristof: ‘Conflict Is More Profitable Than Peace’

Perhaps the most devastating blow anyone can suffer is to lose a child. In the Central African Republic it happens all the time. Welcome to the world's most neglected crisis.

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A Last Holdout on Divorce, Philippines Tiptoes Toward Legalization

“I’m in limbo, I cannot move,” said one woman from the Philippines, where divorce is illegal. But a bill to let couples end a marriage is moving, slowly, through Congress.

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Catalan Ex-Leader Carles Puigdemont Detained in Germany

Mr. Puigdemont was on his way back to Belgium from Finland, where the authorities had received an international warrant for his arrest.

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Using Digital Firm, Brexit Campaigners Skirted Spending Laws, Ex-Employee Says

Two advisers to Prime Minister Theresa May supervised a puppet group funneling money to a company indirectly linked to Cambridge Analytica, he said.

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Gun Control, John Bolton, Facebook: Your Weekend Briefing

Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories.

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What Emma González Said Without Words at the March for Our Lives Rally

Ms. González, a survivor of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., used her time onstage at Saturday’s rally in Washington to convey the length of the attack.

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Friends and Family Wonder: Why Did the Austin Bomber Choose Us?

Mark Conditt went to the same barber shop as one of his victims. Friends and relatives of the victims try to understand the connection.

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Big City: Someone Went Too Far at Friends Seminary, but Who?

After a longtime teacher was fired for using the Hitler salute as an illustration in class, a school is torn over how to best represent Quaker principles.

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‘We Are Ready to Die.’ Five North Korean Defectors Who Never Made It.

Around 30,000 North Koreans have successfully defected to the South. But under the reign of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, far fewer people are getting out.

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A Top Candidate for New York Fed’s Leader: San Francisco’s

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is set to retire this year. One possible replacement is John Williams, who has led the San Francisco Fed since 2011.

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At Rallies, Students With a Different View of Gun Violence: As Urban Reality

The protests in Washington and Chicago drew young people for whom the anguish of shootings feels different: The bloodshed comes not in isolated bursts of mass slaughter, but instead in a ceaseless rhythm.

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Michel Temer, Brazil’s Deeply Unpopular President, Signals Run for a New Term

President Michel Temer’s approval ratings have been in the single digits for months. But he says he has a legacy to defend. “It would be cowardly not to be a candidate,” he said.

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Demonstrators Who Brought Guns and an Opposing Message

Supporters of the Second Amendment gathered at state capitals and in city centers on Saturday, hoping to counter hundreds of thousands who rallied for stricter gun laws.

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‘Done Hiding’: Students Lead Huge Rallies for Gun Control Across the U.S.

The young people, as they seized the nation’s attention, vowed that their grief about school shootings and their frustration with adults’ inaction would power a new generation of activism.

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Opinion: We’re All in the Ghetto Now

African-Americans know what it feels like to be ignored by those in power. Thanks to Trump, the rest of America is getting a taste of that now.

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Opinion: Are You Really in Love if It’s Not on Instagram?

Your #weekiversary posts are lame.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Bolt the Oval Against Bolton

After years of mocking his Republican predecessor, is President Trump now following in W.’s pre-emptive footsteps?

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Opinion: Francis, the Anti-Strongman

In our authoritarian age, the pope offers a different model of power.

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Opinion: Stop Asking About My Kid’s College Plans

“Have you guys made your list yet?” everyone asks. I hate this question. “We” aren’t going to college; my daughter is.

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For Parkland Students, a Surreal Journey From ‘Normal’ to a Worldwide March

Little is ordinary for the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who arrived in Washington Saturday to protest gun violence with huge crowds.

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Stormy Daniels, Trump’s Unlikely Foe, Is ‘Not Someone to Be Underestimated’

To many in the capital, the pornographic actress has become an unexpected force. But those who know her well view the moment differently.

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Drilling in ‘Australia’s Galápagos’ Raises Hopes of Jobs and Fears of Spill

The Great Australian Bight, a pristine stretch of ocean, is believed to have enormous natural gas reserves. The local fishing and tourism industries worry the risks of drilling outweigh talk of jobs.

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As Ties With Mexico Fray, Kushner Works Quietly to Mend Them

Allies of Jared Kushner and Mexican officials say he has worked, with some success, to preserve a relationship that has been corroded by President Trump’s clashes with his Mexican counterpart.

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Transgender Workers Gain New Protection Under Court Ruling

Federal judges say that employers cannot legally discriminate against employees transitioning from one sex to the other.

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How Calls for Privacy May Upend Business for Facebook and Google

Internet companies were built on a model in which people gave up their information for free services. Now, that idea is under siege.

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Timeline: Facebook and Google Under Regulators’ Glare

In 2011, the F.T.C. first required a company to create a comprehensive data privacy program for consumers. Europe will soon take another big step.

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What Bananas Tell Us About Trade Wars

The banana wars were spats that escalated, tariff by tariff, into a decades-long dispute between the United States and the European Union.

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Egypt’s Election Should Be a Lock. So Why Is President Sisi Worried?

The campaign has exposed tensions in Egypt’s security establishment that appear to have rattled Mr. Sisi, who has ratcheted up repression.

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A Dying Southern Town Needed a Miracle. Marijuana Came Calling.

Cotton Plant, Ark., a small city hollowed out by racism and economic change, may get a boost from the state’s recent legalization of medical marijuana.

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Opinion: Stop Shielding Gun Makers

The firearms industry cannot be held legally accountable for the mayhem their weapons cause. That needs to change.

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Opinion: Don’t Delete Facebook. Do Something About It.

Getting rid of your Facebook account will only offload the platform’s problems onto someone else.

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Op-Ed Contributor: How to Prevent Smart People From Spreading Dumb Ideas

Think first before you retweet that bit of fake news.

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News Analysis: ‘America First’ Bears a New Threat: Military Force

Not since the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, have key national security leaders so publicly raised the threat of armed confrontation if foreign adversaries do not meet America’s demands.

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Thousands March to End Gun Violence

On Saturday, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets in Washington and cities across the globe to take a stance against gun violence.

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In France, Officer Slain After Swapping Places With Hostage Is Hailed as Hero

France mourned a police officer who died of his injuries after swapping places with a hostage held by a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State.

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Vietnam '67: The Tragedy of Hubert Humphrey

If he had won in 1968, the Vietnam War would have ended sooner, and America would be a much different place today.

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Trump’s Tariffs Keep Allies, Markets and Industry Guessing

A chaotic rollout of steel and aluminum tariffs, including a last-minute list of countries temporarily exempted from them, has left trade experts puzzled.

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Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones

F.B.I. and Justice Department officials have been quietly meeting with security researchers who have been working on approaches to provide such access to encrypted devices.

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150 Whales Beached in Australia, as Rescuers Fight to Save Them

Poor weather and the threat of sharks were hindering emergency efforts.

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Julie Yip-Williams, Writer of Candid Blog on Cancer, Dies at 42

More than chronicling her colon cancer, she wrote about hope, love and family and recalled being born blind in Vietnam and her family’s escape in a boat.

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Globalization’s Backlash Is Here, at Just the Wrong Time

The world economy became more interconnected in the 1990s and 2000s, delivering immediate pain to rich countries, along with benefits that only now are starting to be more apparent.

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The Interpreter: Trump’s Tariffs: Another Retreat From the Postwar World Order

Whether a return to 19th-century-style geopolitics and great-power rivalry will help or hurt China’s global position is unclear.

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Built to Flood: Houston Speculators Make a Fast Buck From Storm’s Misery

A new economy has arisen in the suburbs of Houston battered by storms: the buying and selling of flooded homes.

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11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

The suffering and spirit of San Juan, P.R. Kayaking across the Atlantic Ocean at 70 years old (for the third time). David Bowie as you’ve never seen him, and more.

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What to Watch for at March for Our Lives as Students Protest Guns

Thousands of people, outraged by a recent school shooting and energized by the student survivors, were expected to protest in Washington and around the world on Saturday, demanding an end to gun violence.

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At Swedish Preschool, Boys Learn to Dance and Girls Learn to Yell

The state curriculum urges teachers to “counteract traditional gender roles,” and at one school, girls are encouraged to shout “No!” and boys run the play kitchen.

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This Is What I Do When I Hear the Bombs Explode

A Times reporter in Kabul has experienced eight suicide bombings since 2016, seven in the last year. Sick of it, she still goes to the scene. “If I don’t, who will?”

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The Former Khmer Rouge Slave Who Blew the Whistle on Wells Fargo

Duke Tran was a prisoner in Cambodia. He escaped to America and got a job at Wells Fargo. Then he encountered what he alleged was wrongdoing and had to decide what to do.

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Will the Spirit of Burning Man Art Survive in Museums?

Seeking new audiences, the countercultural desert festival is replanting its radical art at the Renwick Gallery in Washington. Touching (not burning) is encouraged.

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Harry Reid Bids Washington Goodbye: ‘Shake My Head Is All I Can Do’

The former Senate Democratic leader plans to pull up stakes in the capital, saying that his “life’s not the Senate any more.”

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Fact Check: Trump’s Objections Require Some Corrections

President Trump said that American troops would receive the largest pay raise in a decade and that Democrats fought against a solution for Dreamers. Neither claim is true.

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Iowa Family of 4 Vacationing in Mexico Found Dead in Condo

Officials said Kevin and Amy Sharp and their two children were found in a condominium on the Yucatán Peninsula. The specific cause of death was not known.

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British Authorities Search Offices of Cambridge Analytica

The company harvested data from 50 million Facebook users to develop psychological profiles on behalf of political campaigns, including that of President Trump.

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Three Billboards Call Out Sexual Abuse

A former student at the Emma Willard School has spent $14,000 on signs accusing a teacher of misconduct, and pushing for change in New York’s statute of limitations.

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John Bolton, China, Uber: Your Friday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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For the U.S. and China, a Technology Cold War That’s Freezing Over

In advanced industries like chip development, the rivals are vying for dominance in a fight that is as much about national security as economic might.

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Tariff Battle: Where the U.S. and Chinese Moves May Lead

The two-pronged trade offensive aimed at China, and China’s initial response, may be only the start of a complex, escalating economic battle.

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Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Were Struggling Before Arizona Crash

Company documents obtained by The New York Times show Uber was becoming more aggressive with its autonomous car research, even as the technology faltered.

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Even by Trump Standards, a Lot Has Happened This Week. Let Us Catch You Up.

Here are six of the biggest stories driving American politics this week.

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Justice Dept. Proposes Banning Bump Stocks, Setting Aside Its Own Recommendations

The moves come amid rising public pressure on the Trump administration to find ways to limit gun violence after a mass shooting in Parkland, Fla.

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‘The Whole World Should Be Concerned’: U.S. Allies React to Bolton’s Appointment

John Bolton, the next national security adviser, is likely to reinforce Mr. Trump’s instincts to dump the Iran nuclear deal and to confront North Korea, raising fears of instability.

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Austin Bomber Had a List of Other Potential Targets

Mark Conditt, the suspect in a series of deadly bombings in Austin, left behind evidence of potential future targets before he killed himself.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: When Republicans Were Afraid of John Bolton

John Bolton is best known for his hawkish views on North Korea and Iran. But Republicans once criticized him for being hotheaded and vindictive.

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After Another Week of Chaos, Trump Heads to Palm Beach. No One Knows What Comes Next.

President Trump prepared to leave the White House for Florida after a head-spinning series of moves on national security, trade, the budget and with his legal team.

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After Another Week of Chaos, Trump Heads to Palm Beach. No One Knows What Comes Next.

President Trump prepared to leave the White House for Florida after a head-spinning series of moves on national security, trade, the budget and with his legal team.

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Responding to Trump’s Tariffs, China Shows ‘Cautious Anger’

Beijing’s response to tariffs proposed by the United States has been restrained, so far. But China knows it has more weapons in its arsenal.

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U.S. Charges 9 Iranians in Huge Theft of Intellectual Property

The suspects worked at the Mabna Institute, a contractor for the Iranian government, which benefited from the sensitive information obtained in the hacks, officials said.

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Zell Miller, Feisty Democrat Who Sided With G.O.P., Is Dead at 86

Mr. Miller rose to governor of Georgia, then filled a Senate seat, where he showed his independence with a tart convention speech backing George W. Bush.

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Finding a Home After a Fire: ‘It Feels Like Your Life Is on Pause’

One family’s search for an affordable apartment in an increasingly unaffordable city after one of New York City’s deadliest fires.

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Watch Live: President Trump Delivers a Statement

President Trump is expected to address the spending bill that recently passed through Congress.

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Opinion: 20 Years After the Shooting on the Playground

It was jarring to find a group of survivors — my former classmates — as divided as our country.

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Nicholas Kristof: ‘Conflict Is More Profitable Than Peace’

In Central African Republic and other anarchic states, people suffer and perish under rule of the AK-47.

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Opinion: Quitting Heroin in the Sunshine State

They call it the South Florida Shuffle: from detox to rehab to detox again, from Tampa to Boca Raton to Delray Beach.

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‘Something About Parkland Has Been Different’: Survivors From 20 Years of Mass Shootings Speak

We spoke to survivors of mass shootings and others affected by them about the demonstrations planned for Saturday.

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American Adults Just Keep Getting Fatter

A large scale federal survey has documented the continuing rise in severe obesity, which increases the risks for heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.

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Inside Broadway’s Secret Laboratory: ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Frozen,’ and So Much More

A day in the life of the New 42nd Street Studios, the building where Broadway rehearses. Featuring “Margaritaville,” “Pretty Woman,” child stars and cronuts.

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Trump Just Pushed the World Trade Organization Toward Irrelevance

In announcing tariffs on Chinese goods, President Trump bypassed the body founded 23 years ago to keep the peace in global commerce.

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California Today: California Today: Bullet Train Is Not Top Priority, a Candidate for Governor Says

Friday: Questions for Delaine Eastin, protests over a police shooting in Sacramento, #DeleteFacebook and the weekend’s gun marches.

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Bolton Was Early Beneficiary of Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook Data

The political action committee founded by John Bolton hired Cambridge Analytica specifically to develop psychological profiles of voters — and it knew the firm was using Facebook data.

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Trump Says He May Veto Spending Bill, Risking Government Shutdown

The president complains the spending bill fails to address immigration issues and the border wall. A presidential veto could shut down the government.

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Op-Ed Columnist: John Bolton Has ‘No Moderating Tendencies’

Welcome to the new Trump team — not the same as the old team.

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John Bolton, Fresh From Fox News, Joins the Trump Cast

Mr. Bolton, the next national security adviser, was a longtime commentator. He’s the latest TV personality to go from the small screen to the White House.

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Editorial: Yes, John Bolton Really Is That Dangerous

There are few people more likely to lead the country into war, in more than one place.

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Police in France Respond to Reports of Gunshots in Trèbes

A police operation is underway in the Carcassonne area after reports that a gunman had fired shots and possibly taken hostages at a supermarket.

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Op-Ed Contributor: What McMaster Leaves Behind

The outgoing national security adviser failed to contain his erratic boss. But his replacement is worse.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Bumbling Into a Trade War

What Trump doesn’t know can hurt us — and help China.

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Op-Ed Columnist: The White Southern Anti-Trump

Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans defends the values Trump trashes.

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Gray Matter: How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of ‘Race’

If scientists avoid discussing the topic candidly, racist theories will fill the vacuum.

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John Bolton, Stocks, Spending Bill: Your Friday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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New York Today: New York Today: The Right to Disconnect

Friday: A bill to cut back on after-hours email, weekend events, and your thoughts on working after clocking out.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Macron-Trump, a Friendship that Must Deliver

As Trump surrounds himself with hawks, Macron may be a bulwark against disaster.

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Editorial: Young Slovaks Show Extremism in Europe Can Be Defied

Protesting the murder of a journalist, a generation on the rise refuses to be silent when unscrupulous politicians erode hard-won freedoms.

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Trump’s Appointment of John Bolton Raises Concern in Asia

“We will have to see if Bolton opens his mouth and launches his verbal attacks against the North,” said one South Korean analyst, fearing that talks with Kim Jong-un would be derailed.

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De Blasio Donor Says He Steered Thousands in Bribes to Mayor’s Campaigns

A Long Island restaurateur testified that Bill de Blasio not only knew of the illegal scheme; he said that the mayor encouraged it.

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Editorial: Would You Want to Be Donald Trump’s Lawyer?

We didn’t think so.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: If You Love High TV Bills, This is the Merger for You

An antitrust challenge to AT&T’s merger with Time Warner is the last chance to stop pay-television bills from getting any higher.

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Op-Ed Contributor: How to Prevent Smart People From Spreading Dumb Ideas

Think first before you retweet that bit of fake news.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Speaking as a White Male …

How much does identity shape opinion?

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Spending Plan Moving Through Congress Is a Rebuke to Trump. Here’s Why.

Even with Republicans in charge, the measure increases funding for many programs the president had sought to cut or kill, and in some cases bars him from pursuing his goals.

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Sports of The Times: Sisters of Sister Jean Embrace Her Loyola Team and Marvel at Her Fame

At the Iowa home of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt is more than an overnight superstar at the N.C.A.A. tournament.

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AT&T Would Use Time Warner as a ‘Weapon,’ Justice Dept. Says

In opening statements of government’s case to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, the two sides offered starkly different visions of the TV industry.

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McMaster to Resign as National Security Adviser, and Will Be Replaced by John Bolton

General McMaster had struggled for months to impose order not only on a fractious national security team but on a president who resisted the sort of discipline customary in the military.

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Facebook, John Dowd, Syria: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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‘I Take Responsibility,’ Carson Says of $31,000 Furniture Purchase

Facing withering criticism from a Senate subcommittee, the secretary of housing and urban development followed the advice of his aides, who in recent days have urged him to apologize for the purchase.

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Strikes Disrupt France as Thousands Protest Macron Overhauls

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across the country as civil servants and railway workers angry with President Emmanuel Macron’s reforms went on strike.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Will Canada Elect a Tin-Pot Northern Trump?

Doug Ford’s rise to power in Ontario signals the Conservative brand is now principally a marker of contempt for political order itself.

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Stock Markets Tumble Amid Heightening Tensions Over Trade

Major indexes fell by more than 2 percent Thursday as investors began to take seriously the prospects of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

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Trump’s Trade Threats Put China’s Leader on the Spot

President Trump’s latest restrictions on Chinese goods and investments could shake China’s economy and strain the power structure Xi Jinping has created for himself.

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In Austin Bombings, Investigators Sift Through Clues, Looking for the Why

Investigators tried to determine what had motivated Mark Conditt to go on a bombing spree that killed two and terrorized Austin for weeks.

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Bits: Kevin’s Week in Tech: Zuckerberg’s Answers to Privacy Scandal Raise More Questions

Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook’s reliance on advertising aligned with its mission to build a community. But what if Facebook cost $5 per month to use?

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Op-Ed Columnist: Cynthia Nixon and the Degradation of Experience

In politics, too, training and knowledge matter. Hasn’t Trump taught us that?

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The Stone: How Democracy Can Survive Big Data

We can blame Facebook and Cambridge Analytica for the damage they’ve done, but the responsibility lies with all of us.

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Emboldened Turkey Pushes Deeper into Syria, but Risks Abound

Turkey’s expanding campaign makes it one of the big players in the seven-year conflict, but that comes with all the hazards of embroilment in a foreign war.

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Asia and Australia Edition: Tariffs, Facebook, Joe Biden: Your Friday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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House Passes $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill; Focus Shifts to Senate as Clock Ticks

Government funding is set to expire at midnight Friday, and the Senate’s approval is still needed to avert what would be the third government shutdown of the year.

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Trump Hits China With Trade Measures as White House Exempts Allies From Tariffs

President Trump said he will impose about $60 billion worth of annual tariffs against Chinese imports.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Missing: Criminal Justice Data

How many people are in jail in the U.S.? We don’t really know. Florida has taken a step toward fixing this.

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Op-Ed Contributor: America Passed Gun Control in 1968. Can It Happen Again?

The King and Kennedy assassinations spurred passage of the Gun Control Act.

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Op-Ed Contributor: What It’s Like to Be Black in Austin

Years before the bomb attacks, I felt fear and isolation even in this progressive haven.

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F.B.I. Investigated Sessions for Possible Perjury Over Russia Denials

Andrew G. McCabe, whom Mr. Sessions fired last week, authorized the investigation. Mr. Sessions inaccurately testified that he had no contacts with Russians.

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U.S. Exempts Allies From Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

Robert Lighthizer, the American trade representative, outlined the countries to be temporarily left off the list in comments to the Senate Finance Committee.

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John Dowd Resigns as Trump’s Lead Lawyer in Special Counsel Inquiry

Mr. Dowd’s departure is the latest change among President Trump’s legal team as the president has begun directly attacking the special counsel in public.

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Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners

The banking and financial services giant is the first on Wall Street to create gun control policies after the massacre in Parkland, Fla.

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Austin Bombing Victims Included a Father and a 17-Year-Old Musician

A finance professional and a teenage bass player were killed in a series of bombings that left five others injured and Texas’ capital city on edge.

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Sex Trafficking Bill Heads to Trump, Over Silicon Valley Concerns

The Senate gave final passage to a bill to combat sex trafficking, disregarding concerns in Silicon Valley that it could chill internet content and harm free speech.

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California Today: California Today: Schwarzenegger’s Republican Manifesto

Thursday: The former governor’s plea to Republicans, Mark Zuckerberg’s reckoning, “Greyhound therapy,” and, finally, reactions to Facebookland.

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Trump and Biden Exchange Taunts and Threats

Mr. Trump said Mr. Biden “would go down fast and hard” if the two men fought. Mr. Biden had said that, if he was in high school, he would “beat the hell” out of Mr. Trump for disrespecting women.

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New York Today: New York Today: Commuting After the Snowstorm

Thursday: A look at the morning commute, the Affordable Art Fair, and a search for commuter art.

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Facebook, Texas, China: Your Thursday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Suggests Putin May Have Compromising Information on Trump

John O. Brennan said Russia may have compromising information on President Trump, setting off furious speculation about whether the former spy chief was basing that assertion on inside information.

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Trump Plans to Slap Stiff Tariffs and Investment Restrictions on China

The president, denouncing China’s trade practices, will announce a range of stiff penalties on Chinese imports and investment, sparking concerns of a trade war.

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Can the Fed Engineer the Best Economy Since the 1960s? Chairman Powell Is Going to Try

Keeping a strong economy running hot, but not so hot as to risk inflation or a bubble, is the task facing the Fed’s new leader.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Can Australia Regulate Intra-Office Sex?

A sexual relationship between a minister and a staff member has become a firing offense, like corruption or a conflict of interest.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Trump’s Talk Worries Me, Like the Talk Before the Iraq War

His cavalier approach reminds me of Cheney’s 15 years ago.

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Editorial: Don Blankenship May Bring G.O.P. Karma in West Virginia

If a man who spent a year in prison for violating mine safety standards wins the Republican Senate primary, it would be just what the party deserves.

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While Putin Meddles, Trump Congratulates Him

Punishing Russia for election interference is not a partisan issue.

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Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings

Patrons of the social network are deleting their profiles in protest over reports that the company allowed a political data firm to harvest private information.

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Tech Fix: Want to #DeleteFacebook? You Can Try

The social network may be too large to truly quit. Our personal tech columnist answers questions from readers who are contemplating deactivation.

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F.B.I. Investigated Sessions for Possible Perjury Over Russia Denials

Andrew G. McCabe, whom Mr. Sessions fired last week, authorized the investigation. Mr. Sessions inaccurately testified that he had no contacts with Russians.

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How a Witness for Mueller and a Republican Donor Influenced the White House for Gulf Rulers

Hundreds of pages of correspondence between the two men reveal an active effort to cultivate President Trump on behalf of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, both American allies.

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Meredith Says It Intends to Sell Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Money

The magazines, some of the most celebrated titles in the industry, clashed with the lifestyle publications favored by Meredith, which bought Time Inc. last year.

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Austin, Facebook, Nor’Easter: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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AIDS Researcher Robert R. Redfield Named to Lead the C.D.C.

Dr. Redfield, a Baltimore AIDS researcher and advocate for medication-assisted therapies to treat addiction, will take over the public health agency.

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Vows Action to Bolster Data Privacy

In his first public statements on a Facebook data privacy scandal, Mr. Zuckerberg said “there’s more to do, and we need to step up and do it.”

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Efforts to Secure Elections Moving Too Slow, Senators Tell Homeland Security Chief

“When I listen to your testimony, I hear no sense of urgency to really get on top of this issue,” one member of the Senate Intelligence Committee told Kirstjen Nielsen.

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Peru’s President Offers Resignation in Vote-Buying Scandal

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, in office since 2016, was battered by secretly recorded tapes showing votes being exchanged for money and favors.

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Op-Ed Contributor: The Refugees in New York’s Hotel Rooms

Puerto Ricans like me are stranded here. It can hardly be called living; it’s barely surviving.

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Op-Ed Contributor: An End to the Class vs. Race Debate

A new study rebuts a widely shared view that racial disparities in social mobility are economic inequalities in disguise.

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Asia and Australia Edition: Austin, North Korea, Cambridge Analytica: Your Thursday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Targeting Tech Giants, Europe Unveils Digital Tax Proposal

The plan would create a system where digital businesses in Europe would have to pay taxes on their revenues, rather than their profits, to curb tax avoidance.

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Doctored Photo Prompts a Keeper of the Pope’s Image to Step Down

Msgr. Dario Vigano resigned as the head of Vatican communications after an embarrassing attempt to manipulate a letter written by the retired pope, Benedict.

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Congressional Leaders Near Deal on Over $1 Trillion Spending Bill

Lawmakers must approve the bill by midnight Friday to avoid a government shutdown this weekend, which would be the third closure this year.

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Is Your E-ZPass the Key to Congestion Pricing?

A Manhattan congestion plan faces not only political challenges but also divisions over whether E-ZPass is the right technology to make it a reality.

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Fed Raises Interest Rates for Sixth Time Since Financial Crisis

The Federal Reserve, buoyed by a strengthening economy, raised rates for a sixth time in three years and indicated another two increases are still expected this year.

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Boko Haram Returns Dozens of Schoolgirls Kidnapped in Nigeria

In a surprising turn, militants released most of the students they seized more than a month ago, though several are thought to have died in their hands.

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Missing From Facebook’s Crisis: Mark Zuckerberg

Amid a data scandal this week, Mr. Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, and Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer, have been nowhere to be found in public.

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Ending Secrecy, Israel Says It Bombed Syrian Reactor in 2007

The destruction of the nuclear plant in 2007 was well known in the rest of the world, but the Israeli news media was banned from reporting on it until now.

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Op-Ed Contributor: The Young Feminist Who Died for My People

Anna Campbell could not stand by as President Assad, Russia, Turkey and the Islamic State waged war on Syrian Kurds.

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Vietnam '67: The Chopper Pilots

I made over 50 helicopter assaults during Vietnam. Each one had a story.

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Who Is Mark Anthony Conditt, the Austin Bombing Suspect?

The 23-year-old is believed to be linked to six bombs that killed at least two people and injured five.

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White House Job Requirement: Signing a Nondisclosure Agreement

President Trump insisted on the agreements, but it’s an open secret in the West Wing they can’t be enforced.

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Trump Criticizes Mueller, Again, as a Former C.I.A. Director Suggests Russia ‘May Have Something’ on the President

John O. Brennan, a former C.I.A. director, speculated that the Russians “may have something on him personally,” referring to Mr. Trump.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Facebook Doesn’t Get It

Was it the reason Trump won? That’s the wrong question.

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California Today: California Today: Facebook Under Fire, Yet Again

Wednesday: The tech giant’s latest controversy, California is exporting its housing problems, and a severe storm approaches SoCal

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Op-Ed Columnist: Trump Hacked the Media Right Before Our Eyes

It was television, not Facebook, that made him president.

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Russia, a Founder of a Chemical Arms Watchdog, Is Now in Its Cross Hairs

Six months ago, chemical weapons experts celebrated Russia’s disarmament. Now they are investigating Britain’s allegation of a secret weapons program.

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Welcome to Zucktown. Where Everything Is Just Zucky.

In Menlo Park, Calif., Facebook is building a real community and testing the proposition: Do people love tech companies so much they will live inside them?

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The End for Facebook’s Security Evangelist

Alex Stamos, Facebook’s chief information security officer, who plans to leave the company by August, is known in Silicon Valley for his strong stands.

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Donald Trump, Snowstorm, Austin: Your Wednesday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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New York Today: New York Today: Spring Snowstorm

Wednesday: The latest on the storm heading toward New York City, and how it could affect your commute.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Why I Stay in Gaza

More of the same means that things are only getting worse. And yet.

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Editorial: America’s Role in Yemen’s Agony Can End on Capitol Hill

For too long, Congress has abdicated its duty as presidents prolonged and expanded wars. Proposed resolutions would say, Enough.

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Editorial: Trump’s Bluster on the Opioid Epidemic

In a speech this week, the president laid out a plan to address the crisis that was at turns thin on details and alarming in content.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Get Me Back My Turkey

A Bedouin lesson for handling President Trump and Vladimir Putin.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Bigger Is Not Better for Ocean Conservation

Nations are protecting vast expanses of open sea but their first priority should be their richly biodiverse coastal waters.

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Cynthia Nixon Asks if Cuomo Is a ‘Real Democrat’ at Campaign Debut

In a red-hot start to the governor’s race, Ms. Nixon attacked the governor’s liberal bona fides, while an ally of his called her an “unqualified lesbian.”

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Fox News Analyst Quits, Calling Network a ‘Propaganda Machine’

Ralph Peters, a retired lieutenant colonel, sent an email to his colleagues saying he was ‘ashamed’ of what the channel had become.

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Melania Trump Wants to End Online Bullying. Her Husband Doesn’t Help.

Melania Trump has long said she wants to curb online bullying. Her efforts often clash with the president's habit of using Twitter to insult people.

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President Trump Must Face Accusations of ‘Apprentice’ Contestant

A state judge has ruled that Summer Zervos, who accused Mr. Trump of groping her, can sue him for defamation for calling her a liar.

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FedEx, Facebook, Iraq: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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A Seder Feast in Provence, With Roots in Ancient Rome

There has been a strong Jewish presence in the region since ancient times, and kosher tradition is reflected in recipes for the Passover feast.

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Children’s Book About Mike Pence’s Gay Bunny Jumps to No. 1

John Oliver’s parody of the Pence family’s book about their pet bunny has bumped pre-orders of James B. Comey’s memoir from the top spot.

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Op-Ed Columnist: The Calm Before the Stormy

What’s behind President Trump’s curious silence about a porn star and her story?

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Op-Ed Contributor: The Death of a Genocide

In Argentina, murderers bought groceries at the supermarket, torturers were in line at the bank.

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Fixes: Fighting Death By Gunshot

Police departments have new tools that let them respond faster to incidents of gunfire, and to stanch bleeding when they arrive.

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Cambridge Analytica Suspends C.E.O. Over Facebook Data Scandal

The company’s board said it was suspending the chief executive, Alexander Nix, with immediate effect, pending an independent investigation.

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How Researchers Learned to Use Facebook ‘Likes’ to Sway Your Thinking

Your interest in Kim Kardashian West can tell researchers how extroverted (very), how conscientious (more than most) and how open-minded (only somewhat) you are.

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Supreme Court Warily Eyes California Law Involving Abortion and Free Speech

The justices heard arguments in a First Amendment challenge to a law requiring “crisis pregnancy centers” to provide information on abortion.

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Asia and Australia Edition: Vladimir Putin, Facebook, White Rhino: Your Wednesday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

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Peter G. Peterson, a Power From Wall St. to Washington, Dies at 91

Captain of business, financier, philanthropist and public-policy watchdog, Mr. Peterson rose from humble Kansas roots to be a force in American life.

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Saudi Crown Prince Arrives at White House to Meet with Trump

The president has lavished praise on Mohammed bin Salman, who has rapidly consolidated his position as Saudi Arabia’s heir apparent.

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Op-Ed Contributor: Avoiding Collisions in Outer Space

To sustain the commercial space race, we need to streamline and coordinate rules to manage the proliferation of private satellites.

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Ex-Playboy Model Sues to Break Silence on Trump

The former model, Karen McDougal, is the second woman this month to challenge Trump associates’ efforts to bury stories of extramarital affairs.

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Sudan, the Last Male Northern White Rhino, Dies in Kenya

Just two members of the charismatic subspecies remain, both female. But scientists still hope to prevent the extinction of the animals.

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Trump Says He Congratulated Putin on His Re-Election and They May Meet Soon

“We had a very good call,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We will be meeting in the not-too distant future to discuss the arms race, which is getting out of control.”

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The 52 Places Traveler: The Suffering and Spirit of San Juan

A visit by our 52 Places Traveler to the Puerto Rican capital, still recovering from last year’s hurricanes, was one of the most calming and soul-filling experiences of her trip so far.

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Saudi Crown Prince Arrives at White House to Meet with Trump

The president has lavished praise on Mohammed bin Salman, who has rapidly consolidated his position as Saudi Arabia’s heir apparent.

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Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Aggressive Abroad, Putin Plays a Cautious Economic Game at Home

While other leaders scramble to boost economic growth, Vladimir Putin cares only about stability. And the Russian people seem fine with that.

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Ben Carson Defends Purchase of $31,000 Dining Set at Congressional Hearing

“People were stuck by nails, and a chair had collapsed with someone sitting in it,” said Mr. Carson, describing the furniture he replaced.

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Editorial: Facebook Leaves Its Users’ Privacy Vulnerable

After learning how advisers to Donald Trump exploited the company’s vulnerabilities to get him elected, Congress needs to strengthen privacy laws.

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Up, Up, Up Goes the Economy. Here’s What Could Knock It Down.

Some economists say the recovery could continue for years. But many see the seeds of the next crisis being sown in government policy choices.

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U.S. and South Korea to Resume Joint Military Exercises

On April 1, the countries will resume the annual drills that they suspended during the Olympics and Paralympics, the Pentagon announced Monday.

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New York Region Braces for Major Snowstorm

Even as the calendar turns to spring, winter refuses to relinquish its grip with forecasters predicting 12 to 16 inches of snow starting on Wednesday.

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F.T.C. Investigating Facebook in Use of Personal Data by Firm Tied to Trump

The Federal Trade Commission is examining whether Facebook violated a 2011 agreement with the agency on data privacy, a person with knowledge of the inquiry said.

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At War: 15 Years Ago, I Helped Start a War That Hasn’t Ended

As the United States enters its 15th year of war in Iraq, a former Marine Corps tanker remembers the invasion that set the occupation, and all its destruction, in motion.

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‘At War,’ The Times’s Renegade Blog From the Front Lines, Returns

On the 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, The Times reintroduces At War, a forum for the firsthand experiences of global conflict.

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New York Region Braces for Major Snowstorm

Even as the calendar turns to spring, winter refuses to relinquish its grip with forecasters predicting 12 to 16 inches of snow starting on Wednesday.

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Nigeria Failed to Act in Schoolgirl Kidnappings by Boko Haram, Report Says

Amnesty International accused security forces of doing nothing despite warnings that the militants were nearby. The military said the findings were flawed.

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3 Injured in Shooting at Maryland High School

The shooting was reported early Tuesday at Great Mills High School in southern Maryland.

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Larry Kwong, 94, Dies; N.H.L.’s First Player of Asian Descent

Known as the China Clipper, he played only one shift of one game for the Rangers in 1948. But that was enough to earn him a place in hockey history.

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California Today: California Today: A Sheriff Speaks Out Against a Sanctuary Law

Tuesday: Sheriffs’ objection to sanctuary policies, Uber suspends autonomous car tests, and a warning about very potent pot.

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Sarkozy, Ex-President of France, Held for Questioning on Libyan Cash

Nicolas Sarkozy is facing an investigation into whether his 2007 election campaign received funding from the regime of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

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Package Explodes at FedEx Center Near San Antonio

The explosion comes amid heightened concern after a series of bombings in the nearby city of Austin, Tex.

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