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Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post

YEGANEH TORBATI

The appointment of Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council suggests that Iran’s old guard is consolidating power.

Hunter Biden talks about his father's 'very debilitating' battle with cancer

Hunter Biden said former President Joe Biden is living in pain as he battles cancer, but that hasn't stopped him from "doing his thing."

Anthony Scaramucci, Podcast Star, Explains U.S. Politics to the World

MATT FLEGENHEIMER

He spent 11 days in the Trump White House nine years ago. Now he has a hit podcast, helping the British public, among others, understand what’s going on.

A Maine Town, Once Dependent on a Paper Mill, Tries to Move On

STACEY FREED AND RYAN DAVID BROWN

For over a century, Madison Paper Industries was a small Maine town’s economic engine. A new owner moved in, but uncertainty persists.

Mother and Daughter Die After Boat Overturns in New York Harbor

LEO SANDS, DAVAUGHNIA WILSON AND MILES G. COHEN

Police divers found a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old baby in the water near Liberty Island. A man was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment.

Ocasio-Cortez Says She Is Freezing Her Eggs and Still Mulling a Presidential Run

CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS AND BAYLISS WAGNER

In a TV interview, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez distanced herself from positions like “defund the police” and indicated she hasn’t ruled out a presidential or Senate run.

Obama and Abdul El-Sayed Spoke to Discuss Unity After Michigan Senate Primary

TIM BALK AND BAYLISS WAGNER

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s call with the former president comes as he tries to win over wary Democrats in Michigan’s high-stakes Senate race.

Oil Prices Climb and Stocks Dip on Stalemate in Iran War

VERONICA MAJEROL

Hopes were dashed over the weekend for a breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz.

Don Nelson, Hall of Fame N.B.A. Coach and Celtics Star, Dies at 86

GLENN RIFKIN

One of the winningest coaches in league history, he led the Bucks, the Warriors and the Mavericks. He also had a brief stint with the Knicks.

'She did not do this to herself': Mother of Black woman found hanging says

The mother of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, said her daughter "did not do this to herself."

Please Judge the Books I’m Reading

RADHIKA JONES

Literary awards get dismissed for elitism. But more than ever, we need passionate and idiosyncratic champions for the books most worth seeking out.

Kalshi’s Tarek Mansour Isn’t Interested in Management Advice

JORDYN HOLMAN

Tarek Mansour co-founded the fast-growing prediction market company shortly after graduating from M.I.T., aiming to provide a “mathematical, objective” view of the world.

Lake Mead, the Nation’s Largest Reservoir, Is Smaller Than Ever

REIS THEBAULT

Water levels in the reservoir, which sits behind the Hoover Dam, are at record lows. A continued drop would imperil water supplies for millions of people and cut electricity from the dam.

She Makes the Impossible Happen for Her Ultrarich Clients

GUY TREBAY

Olivia Ferney grew up a child of schoolteachers in Ontario. Now she’s an expert in private jets, luxury cabanas and champagne-soaked revels.

Taylor Farms pulls jalapeño products sold at grocery stores

Taylor Farms is now pulling more than a dozen products with jalapeños from grocery stores across the United States.