In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation

Israel’s government has publicly dismissed warnings of extreme food shortages after it blocked aid deliveries, but an internal analysis concluded that a crisis looms if food supplies are not restored.Palestinians waiting to receive a cooked meal in Jabaliya camp, northern Gaza Strip, in April. Food

N Natan Odenheimer and Ronen Bergman

Trump to Lift Sanctions on Syria and Meet With New President

President Trump, on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, said he made the decision after speaking to the Saudi crown prince. The president is trying to drum up Saudi investment in the U.S.President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria during an interview in Damascus, Syria, last month. Mr. al-Shara led a rebel allianc

B Ben Hubbard, Jonathan Swan and Erika Solomon

Israel Bombards Gaza Seeking to Kill Top Hamas Leader, Officials Say

Israeli officials said the military had launched an attack targeting Muhammad Sinwar, one of Hamas’s top remaining commanders in Gaza and the brother of a leader killed last year.Palestinians inspecting the site of an Israeli airstrike near the European Hospital in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, on

R Ronen Bergman, Patrick Kingsley, Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman

Chasing Tax Cuts, Trump and Republicans Want to Make States Pay

G.O.P. leaders are exploring cuts to federal aid, leaving some states fearful that their budgets cannot absorb billions of dollars in new costs.President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are coalescing around a new strategy: forcing cash-strapped states to pick up more of the bill for gov

T Tony Romm

Trump Administration Cuts Additional $450 Million in Grants to Harvard

The latest broadside from the federal government comes as Harvard faces multiple investigations from across the Trump administration.Harvard has rejected a list of intrusive demands from the federal government and filed a lawsuit to challenge the suspension of more than $2 billion in multiyear grant

M Michael C. Bender and Alan Blinder

How Pandora Is Surviving Trump’s Trade War

Pandora, the Danish jewelry company, said it was “battle ready,” with plans to raise prices and reroute shipments from the United States, but tariffs could potentially cost it millions of dollars.Shoppers in a Pandora jewelry store at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, N.J. The company, bes

E Eshe Nelson

Book Review: ‘Original Sin,’ by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson

“Original Sin,” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, depicts an aging president whose family and aides enabled his quixotic campaign for a second term.President Joe Biden delivering a foreign policy address in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13, 2025.

J Jennifer Szalai

Biden Is Being Evaluated for a ‘Small Nodule’ in His Prostate

It is common for a man of Mr. Biden’s age to experience prostate issues. His spokesman declined to elaborate on any details about his care.Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in Chicago last month, has begun appearing in public again.

S Shawn McCreesh and Tyler Pager

Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm Made $198 Million Selling Stock as Profit Fell

Robyn Denholm sold Tesla stock in recent months while Elon Musk, the chief executive she oversees, worked for President Trump and alienated many car buyers.Since becoming Tesla’s board leader in 2018, Robyn Denholm has made more than $530 million in profit from selling Tesla shares, far more than he

A Aaron Krolik, Rebecca F. Elliott and Jack Ewing

Austin Welcomed Elon Musk. Now It’s Weird (in a New Way).

The famously liberal bastion of Austin is grappling uneasily with Elon Musk’s rightward turn, which has begun transforming his adopted home into an unlikely hub of right-of-center thinkers.Supporters of the ResistAustin movement protest outside of a Tesla dealership in Austin earlier this month.

J J. David Goodman

They Invented the Game. Will They Be Allowed to Play It in the Olympics?

Lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028, on American soil. Why won’t the I.O.C. let Indigenous North American teams compete?Zach Miller, a midfielder and attackman for the Haudenosaunee Nationals, during a lacrosse game between the Nationals and Team USA in June 2023 in San Diego.

S S. L. Price

Zelensky Asks Trump to Attend Peace Talks, but Putin’s Plans Remain Unclear

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that if President Trump attended the talks, it would put pressure on Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, to meet face-to-face.A photo released by Russian state media of President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow on Monday. Russia has yet to say whether Mr. Put

N Nataliya Vasilyeva and Maria Varenikova