Coveted U.S. Nuclear Deal Is a Coup for Saudi Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia has for years sought a deal to obtain American nuclear technology. The agreement, signed on Wednesday, could deepen U.S.-Saudi ties for decades to come.Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto Saudi ruler, and President Trump at the White House in November.

V Vivian Nereim

How the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia May Work

The Trump administration announced an agreement with Saudi Arabia on a civilian nuclear program. Such deals, known as 123 Agreements, are designed to prevent the development of weapons.President Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Washington last year.

L Lynsey Chutel

House Adopts $95 Billion G.O.P. Budget for Iran War

Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint for the war and other measures, but its prospects were far dimmer in the Senate.In the days leading up to the vote, various House Republican factions had quietly voiced grievances about the plan.

C Catie Edmondson

House Passes Defense Bill Amid Iran War Divide

Republicans pushed through the $1.15 trillion bill over opposition from Democrats, who said backing it was akin to embracing the war.Speaker Mike Johnson said the bill codifies “over 65 of the Trump administration’s executive orders and legislative proposals.”

R Robert Jimison

House Republicans Have Tied the Defense Policy Bill to Trump’s SAVE Act

House Republicans have tied their entire legislative agenda to President Trump’s voting restriction measure, as he has demanded.Speaker Mike Johnson, pictured with other House Republican leaders at a news conference in June, has acted to placate Republican colleagues enraged that the SAVE America Ac

M Michael Gold

He’s the Last Great Land Artist You’ve Never Heard Of

Charles Ross spent 50 years building “Star Axis,” a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to share it with a changed world?The Milky Way ribbons through the sky above “Star Axis.”

T Travis Diehl and Brad Trone

Women Are Too Controlling, She Wrote. Her Message Still Resonates.

The message in “The Surrendered Wife,” the best-selling book by Laura Doyle, was provocative. Many women credit it with saving their marriages.Laura Doyle, author of “The Surrendered Wife" and several other books, alongside her husband, John Doyle.

V Vivian Yee and Isadora Kosofsky

Israeli Banks Threaten to Cut Off Palestinian Economy

Two Israeli financial firms have long served as partners to Palestinian banks, handling transactions that make possible the West Bank’s imports and exports.The Bank Hapoalim tower in Tel Aviv. Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank have written to their Palestinian counterparts saying they will end

D David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon

With 2 Hires, Mamdani Blends Economic Development With Economic Justice

Anthony E. Shorris, a former deputy mayor and a partner at McKinsey, and Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, will lead the city’s Economic Development Corporation.Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that in New York City “economic development and economic justice must go hand in hand.

J Jeffery C. Mays

Louvre Gallery Reopens After Brazen Jewel Heist

Thieves stole crown jewels from the Apollo Gallery at the Louvre Museum in October, forcing its closure. Tourists finally returned on Wednesday.Visitors arrive during the reopening to the public of the Apollo Gallery, at the Louvre museum in Paris on Wednesday.

C Catherine Porter