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What’s the Hottest Spot in New York for Campaigning? The Club.

TROY CLOSSON

Zohran Mamdani did it last year. So did Claire Valdez in her recent run for Congress. Some candidates are campaigning after dark to court young voters.

What Life Is Like in Dahiya Amid a Hezbollah-Israel Truce in Lebanon

ABDI LATIF DAHIR AND DAVID GUTTENFELDER

Dahiya, a sprawling area and Hezbollah stronghold, is stirring back to life amid a tense truce with Israel. “This war has brought so much loss,” one resident said.

Rats, Leaks and Broken Elevators: Repair Backlog Plagues Federal Buildings

EILEEN SULLIVAN AND REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN

After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious process.

Here’s What to Know About the Standoff in the Strait of Hormuz

AARON BOXERMAN

The United States and Iran have engaged in rounds of attacks and counterattacks in recent days, eroding hopes for a quick return to normalcy in the Middle East.

A ‘Heat Dome’ Could Bring Triple- Digit Temperatures to the Midwest and Eastern U.S.

NAZANEEN GHAFFAR

Forecasters warned that temperatures could break records in some areas. The heat is expected to last into the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Iran Risks Peace Talks With U.S. to Maintain Leverage Over Strait

ERIKA SOLOMON

Iran sees its control over the Strait of Hormuz as critical leverage in peace talks with the United States. It seems willing to risk the cease-fire to maintain that power.

The Hamptons’ Essential Luxury Good: Human Labor

KELLY NANO-MIRANDA AND BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

The people who want to visit can’t function without the people who have to live there.

If These Celebrities Are Democracy’s Last Hope, We’re in Trouble

MOLLY JONG-FAST

When speaking up actually means risking something, for once, it is more necessary than ever.

Pride March Caps Joyous New York June, but Anxiety Tempers Hope

LIAM STACK AND ELIZA SHAPIRO

The annual celebration on Sunday took place in a city where many in the L.G.B.T.Q. community are optimistic about their local leaders but face challenges from the Trump administration.

Kazakhstan’s Leader Deepens U.S. Ties, Saying Trump Was ‘Sent by Heaven’

PAUL SONNE

The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors, Russia and China.

How Polymarket Traders Revolted Over One Silly Syllable

DAVID SEGAL

How one silly syllable ignited a bitter dispute over the nature of reality on Polymarket.

Central Park Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides Resume, as Push for Ban Intensifies

CAITLYN FREEMAN

The rides were temporarily shut down after Romanch Mahajan, 18, fell off a carriage and died. A City Council hearing next month will weigh a ban.

Trump Wants to Own the Nation’s 250th Birthday. States Have Their Own Plans.

JENNIFER SCHUESSLER

As partisan tensions swirl around festivities in Washington, red and blue states alike are leaning into complex history — and their own stories.

Philippe Stern, Heir to the Patek Philippe Watch Brand, Dies at 88

TRIP GABRIEL

In an era of electronic timepieces, he marketed $40,000 handmade watches as status symbols, breathing new life into a struggling industry.

Trump says work will begin on DC golf course despite judge's warning

President Donald Trump said work will begin Sept. 1 on the public East Potomac Golf Course despite a federal judge's warning.