Mrs. Trump has spent fewer than 14 days at the White House since her husband was inaugurated 108 days ago.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/white-house-melania-absence.html
Plus, the best player in the W.N.B.A. now has her own shoe.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/podcasts/the-headlines/gaza-strike-us-flu-season-wnba.html
On the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat, echoes of tyrannies past shake a continent that is trying to find its footing in the face of President Trump’s hostility.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/europe-ve-day-trump.html
The annual Moscow parade marking victory over Nazi Germany is expected to be the largest in years, with world leaders in attendance, as the Kremlin tries to link that triumph to the war in Ukraine.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/russia-military-parade.html
The two leaders, meeting in Moscow, hailed their alliance a day ahead of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/putin-and-xi-present-a-united-front-as-they-face-an-unpredictable-trump.html
The Gospel of Matthew inspired an enduring Christian symbol: Jesus passing the keys to Peter. Cardinals are now choosing who will hold the keys — and their power — next.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-conclave-keys-of-st-peter.html
In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals have made a decision, or black if they remain deadlocked.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/world/europe/black-smoke-white-smoke-vatican-pope-vote-conclave.html
Over the past few months, an Israeli military operation has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians in West Bank cities. Some Palestinians fear it may be laying the ground to annex the territory.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/middleeast/israel-west-bank-palestinians-fear-annexation.html
After Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in the West Bank in 2022, the Israeli military never revealed the identity of the soldier who fired at her. A documentary said it had confirmed his name.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/middleeast/israel-soldier-shireen-abu-akleh-palestinian-american-journalist-shooting.html
An avatar of the long-dead British novelist is “teaching” an online writing course. But do we want to learn from a digital prosthetic built by artificial intelligence?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/agatha-christie-ai-class-bbc.html
Gang experts say the tattoos on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s knuckles are unlikely to signify gang membership. The president says otherwise.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/kilmar-abrego-garcia-tattoos-ms-13.html
Federal agents are rounding up criminal defendants and deporting them before trial. Local prosecutors say the disruptions make communities less safe.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/criminal-defendants-immigration-deportation.html
Since President Trump announced plans for mass deportations and rescinded protections for hospitals and clinics, health care facilities have seen a jump in no-shows.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/health/migrants-health-care-trump.html
The nuclear-armed rivals are also wrangling over Pakistan’s access to desperately needed foreign aid, as India explores ways to use its soft power and relationships to bedevil its old enemy.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/business/economy/india-pakistan-soft-power-kashmir.html
The United States and other regional players converged to try to head off war between the neighboring nuclear powers. But more clashes seemed to keep hostilities roiling.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/asia/india-pakistan-diplomacy-kashmir.html
Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating several diseases, but some lawmakers want to ban them and the government is cutting funding.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/mrna-vaccines-backlash-covid.html
We asked experts about how the technology works, its safety and its potential in medicine.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/well/mrna-vaccines-safety.html
Changing a law that chiefly affects all-boys Hasidic Jewish schools, known as yeshivas, has been a top priority among leaders of New York’s Hasidic communities, which tend to vote as a bloc.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/nyregion/new-york-kathy-hochul-hasidic-schools.html
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s failure to push out the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor over a scandal involving explicit photos showed the party’s divisions and the power of its right-wing base.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/youngkin-john-reid-virginia-republicans.html
The race for governor of New Jersey includes a large field of Democratic primary candidates competing against each other — and trying not to be drowned out by the drama in Washington.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/nyregion/new-jersey-democratic-candidates-for-governor.html