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Los Angeles votes for mayor: What to know about today's primary

Los Angeles voters will head to the ballot box on Tuesday to cast their votes for mayor.

WATCH: Dotcakes’ creators share secrets of the viral trend

Alex and Sondra Posner, owners of “The Dotcakes” bakery, share tips for creating the perfect treat.

Trump taps Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard is set to leave her post on June 30.

Mamdani Is Under Pressure to Act Amid Slowing Job Growth in New York

EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

As New York City faces slowing job growth and broader economic concerns, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not offered a detailed plan to create jobs.

How Hezbollah Drones Changed Israel’s Strategy in Lebanon

DAVID M. HALBFINGER

An Israeli campaign that started with high hopes has devolved into a kind of impasse, with Hezbollah looking more capable than it did when the war began.

Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline

MAGGIE ASTOR AND DANI BLUM

Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.

Russia Is Showing Signs of Weakness in Ukraine. So It Hits Harder.

LARA JAKES

The war has not been going the Kremlin’s way recently, with battleground losses and mounting casualties. With renewed strikes, Moscow hopes to gain a better position for negotiations.

Mamdani Advances 34th St. Bus Lane Plan That U.S. Had Blocked

STEFANOS CHEN

The city is moving forward with a redesign of 34th Street in Manhattan that the White House halted last year after threatening to withhold federal funding for other transit priorities.

Russia Launches Deadly Strikes on Kyiv After Threatening Ukraine for a Week

MARIA VARENIKOVA AND KIM BARKER

Moscow’s repeated warnings of a major strike, combined with the delay before it happened, seemed intended to inflict a psychological toll on the Ukrainian capital.

A Whole Generation Seems to Be Using ‘POV’ Wrong

NITSUH ABEBE

Gen Z might be using the abbreviation for “point of view” incorrectly. But linguists think it’s exciting.

Trump Megadonor Gave $5.5 Million Estate to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nonprofit

REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN AND THEODORE SCHLEIFER

A Mellon heir transferred the adjacent Connecticut properties, covering about 300 acres, at no cost to Children’s Health Defense last year.

Late Night Updates America on the Lineup for Its 250th Birthday Bash

TRISH BENDIX

“Instead of music, the entertainment will be an 80-year-old man yelling about windmills,” Jimmy Kimmel said after President Trump said he would headline a summer concert series.

Group Pledges $2 Million to Fight AIPAC in House Races

MAYA KING AND NICHOLAS FANDOS

A super PAC created to counter spending from powerful pro-Israel groups will try to help Democrats critical of Israel’s wars and military actions.

Extreme Water Shortages in the West, and Hegseth’s Pentagon Purge

TRACY MUMFORD, WILL JARVIS, MARGARET KADIFA, JAKE LUCAS, IAN STEWART AND JACK HEALY

Plus, the rocky, unpredictable race for California governor.

Why America Is Its Own Biggest Geopolitical Risk

EZRA KLEIN, ROLLIN HU AND ANNIE GALVIN

The political risk analyst Ian Bremmer argues that the greatest driver of risk in the world right now is President Trump.