Republicans Want Lower Taxes. The Hard Part Is Choosing What to Cut. House Republicans are preparing to adopt a plan that puts a $4.5 trillion limit on the size of the tax cut, but even that will not be enough for some of President Trump’s promises.

Trump Targets a Growing List of Those He Sees as Disloyal In his first month in office, the president has carried out a campaign of retribution that has little analogue in history.

An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More? A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted?

‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special Stage and audience alike at Studio 8H were packed with cast, alumni and other celebrities in a night that was in turns sweet and self-satirizing.

South Korean Actress Kim Sae-ron Is Found Dead The 24-year-old star, once a prolific child actor, appeared at the Cannes Film Festival and on Netflix, until a drunk-driving incident in 2022 derailed her career.

Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders The Trump administration is trying to bake quid pro quo deal making, coercive tactics, loyalty tests and other dishonorable practices into American government.

Trump’s First Four Weeks Felt Like Four Years The problem is that if we have another three years and 11 months of this, there won’t be a rule of law left in the United States.

What to Know About Buprenorphine This medicine may be one of the best tools doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis.

Trump’s Threats Against Canada Upend Conservative’s Playbook A darling of the American right, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, is facing an electorate worried about Trump’s vow to annex Canada.

Cutting Red Tape We’re covering a major policy challenge for Democrats.

European Leaders Meet in Paris as U.S. Pushes Ahead With Ukraine Plan The hastily called gathering was part of a flurry of diplomacy expected to center on Ukraine this week as Trump officials prepare to start talks with Russia on their own.

How Can It End? A Step-by-Step Guide to a Possible Ukraine Deal. Balancing Ukraine’s sovereignty with Russia’s demand for its own “security guarantees” promises to be the hardest part of any negotiation. But experts see possible compromises.

Palestinian Displacement in the West Bank Is Highest Since 1967, Experts Say The Israeli military launched a wide-scale operation last month against militants in several cities in the West Bank. Now, roughly 40,000 Palestinians have fled their homes — the highest since Israel occupied the territory nearly six decades ago, according to researchers.

Rubio Lands in Saudi Arabia for Talks on Gaza and Ukraine Marco Rubio’s visit to Riyadh, his first as secretary of state, came amid uncertainty about the future of Gaza and Ukraine and criticism of unilateral U.S. moves over the wars in both places.

Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Power, and Musk’s Team Wants Access to I.R.S. Records Plus, how to remember everything.

South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App Regulators said they would suspend the app until they could be sure it complied with the country’s data protection laws.

Jack Ma and Other Chinese Business Leaders Meet With Xi Jinping The once-sidelined Alibaba founder was among the executives who met with Xi Jinping, in what was seen as a show of support for private enterprise by Beijing.

Ron Travisano, Adman Behind Singing Cats and Joe Isuzu, Dies at 86 The art director for Meow Mix and other memorable commercials, he began his career at the dawn of a creative revolution on Madison Avenue.

Powerful Winds Lash the East Coast as Part of Deadly Winter Storm Wind gusts of 60 miles per hour or more were expected to take down trees, potentially leading to power outages from the South to the Northeast.

First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.