The New York Mets, losers of 12 straight going into Wednesday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins, face very real on-the-field challenges. As of Tuesday, they’d scored fewer than three runs in nine games. In five games, they’d given up more than seven runs. (Instagram via betmgm) By EMMA GOLDBERG It’s not that the New York Mets have needed any help from Zohran Mamdani to lose games. But for some fans, there was something fishy about the timing. On April 9, the team’s mas

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) questions Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By COLBY SMITH Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, asserted repeatedly at a combative confirmation hearing earlier this week that he would not cut

A refugee camp near Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb. 7, 2025. After halting a U.S. resettlement program for Afghans who helped the American war effort, President Donald Trump is in talks to send as many as 1,100 of them to the Democratic Republic of Congo, an aid worker briefed on the plan said Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Guerchom Ndebo/The New York Times) By MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN, EILEEN SULLIVAN and ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS After halting a U.S. resettlement program fo

By YEGANEH TORBATI Iranians crossing the country’s border with Turkey on Wednesday expressed widely differing views on the war, the ceasefire, and their government, but all voiced deep concern over an economic crisis they said was unfolding in the country. At the Kapikoy border crossing in eastern Turkey, Moji, 38, was returning to Iran after several months in Europe. She had been under constant stress while away, she said, and worried about her family back in Iran who live i

Mourners as a flatbed truck arrives carrying 12 coffins during a mass funeral in the southern Lebanese village of Aytit, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Families gathered for the funeral of 12 people who were killed in recent weeks but could not be brought to their home village during the fighting. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By LYNSEY CHUTEL, LEO SANDS, JONATHAN SWAN, SANAM MAHOOZI and MAX BEARAK Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it had seized two cargo ships Wednesd

Wall Street has roared back to record highs even as uncertainty ⁠over ⁠the conflict in Iran lingers, a risk highlighted by a steady ⁠drumbeat of CEO warnings about the economic toll of a prolonged period of high oil prices. The reason? Stocks look cheap. The S&P 500 ​is trading at the equivalent of 20.8 times its constituents’ expected earnings over the next 12 months. That price/earnings ratio is near its lowest in a year, suggesting U.S. stocks are a better buy now than at

Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in a scene from “Michael” (Lionsgate Films/Universal Pictures) By ALISSA WILKINSON Of course his songs are great. Of course his dancing is sublime. You might be lulled into thinking that’s the point of “Michael”: to spend a couple hours basking in a string of showstoppers, reveling in the transcendent talents of the King of Pop, from his days fronting the Jackson 5 to — well, to performing “Bad” at Wembley Stadium in London, anyhow. But that

POR EL STAR STAFF EL CAPITOLIO – “Están advertidos, queremos educar a todas las dependencias del Gobierno para que hagan mejores decisiones y eviten señalamientos negativos”, fue el mensaje principal de los oficiales de la Oficina del Contralor de Puerto Rico y la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental que participaron en el seminario “Uso de Fondos Públicos para Viajes”, que auspició el Comité de la Delegación de Puerto Rico que viaja a las actividades de la Semana Puertorriqueña y

Family members grieve as a convoy of ambulances carrying the coffins of their loved ones arrive in the southern Lebanese village of Bazourieh for a mass funeral, on Monday, April 20, 2026. Families gathered for the funeral of nine people — both Hezbollah fighters and civilians — who were killed in recent weeks. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD If you are looking for two pictures that summarize where Israel’s geopolitical strategy under Prime Mini

Wind farms outside of Rock Port, Mo., on April 14, 2025. A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a series of permitting decisions that wind and solar developers say have throttled hundreds of renewable energy projects across the country. (David Robert Elliott/The New York Times) By BRAD PLUMER A federal judge earlier this week blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a series of decisions that wind and solar developers say have thrott