Vue lecture

Senator Ron Johnson Resists G.O.P. Megabill, Warning It Will Swell Debt

The Wisconsin Republican has toned down attacks on the measure in recent days, but a new report he released undermines party leaders’ claims that the legislation won’t add to federal deficits.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Senator Ron Johnson at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Supreme Court Finds Retired Firefighter Cannot Sue for Disability Discrimination

In a tangled decision, the justices ruled against a disabled firefighter who sued her former employer for refusing her health benefits after she had retired.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

One section of the Americans With Disabilities Act specifies that it is illegal to discriminate in compensation because of a disability. The justices wrestled with whether the section included retirees.

A Potential Strike on Iran Tests Trump’s Propensity to Play to Both Sides

President Trump has excelled at letting supporters hear what they want to hear. But Iran has upended that strategy.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The war in Iran is exactly the kind of Middle East entanglement that President Trump’s anti-interventionist base believed he was bitterly opposed to, because he said he was.

2 Hikers Dead, 3 Others Injured After Rockslide in Canada’s Banff National Park

The hikers were struck by a cascade of sliding rocks on Thursday while traveling along a moderately difficult trail.

© Larry Macdougal/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press

A rockslide, center, near Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park, Canada, on Thursday.

Hundreds of Federal Workers at Voice of America Receive Layoff Notices

The terminations are the latest attack on the federally funded news networks, including Voice of America.

© Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times

Kari Lake, a senior adviser for the agency that oversees Voice of America, notified Congress earlier this month that her agency intended to eliminate most positions at the agency.

Supreme Court Rules Fuel Producers Can Challenge California’s Limits on Car Emissions

The 7-to-2 decision stressed that it did not address the merits of the dispute, and concerned only whether the producers had standing to sue.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Created under the 1970 Clean Air Act, the California waiver has for decades allowed the state, which has historically had the most polluted air in the nation, to enact tougher state-level clean air standards than those set by the federal government.

$40 Million Yacht That Mysteriously Sank Is Raised From Bottom of Sea

Investigators are hoping to find clues as to why the Bayesian superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily 10 months ago, killing seven people.

© Igor Petyx/Reuters

Cranes pulling up the Bayesian superyacht, off the coast of Sicily on Friday.
❌