Charles Homans, a New York Times reporter who covers national politics, describes how the Democrats’ dilemma with transgender issues reflects their broader struggles after losses in 2024.

Unregulated heavy rare earth mining in war-torn Myanmar is poisoning the Kok River in Thailand. Hannah Beech, a New York Times reporter based in Bangkok, spoke to locals about the negative effects.

Officials in Kerr County made several attempts over the past decade to get funds for a flood warning system, but those applications were rejected. Christopher Flavelle, a reporter for The New York Times, breaks down what went wrong.

Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to understand how the Assad regime hid the bodies of the people it had made disappear.

There is agreement among Democrats that the party had a problem on immigration and border security in the 2024 election, but there’s no consensus on how to fix it. Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, describes how the party got here.

Damien Cave, the Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, takes us to a cemetery in northern Vietnam, where scientists are using innovative DNA analysis techniques to match unidentified Vietnamese soldiers with their living relatives before U.S.A.I.D. cuts defund the program.