Republicans Wrestle With Trump’s Demands for Tax Cuts

House Republicans are planning to include several of President Trump’s campaign promises in the first draft of the bill, which they hope to release soon.Congressional Republicans are straining to incorporate several of President Trump’s novel tax plans into legislation.

A Andrew Duehren

Trump Gets a Slow Start on Judges After Setting a Record Pace in First Term

The president named his first appeals court candidate this week, but fewer vacancies and other priorities have led to a lack of judicial nominations from the White House so far.Senators Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, and Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, the chair and ranking members of

C Carl Hulse

How Rubio Proved Himself as Trump’s Loyal Foreign Policy Foot Soldier

As Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has been Donald Trump’s reliable echo on issues like Iran, Ukraine and Gaza. But Steve Witkoff, the president’s friend, remains the chief negotiator.Marco Rubio will help run Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda from inside both the White House and the State Depart

M Michael D. Shear

Explosions Cripple Ship Carrying Aid to Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea

A human rights group operating the ship blamed a drone attack for the explosions, which caused a fire on the vessel. The crew was safe and remained on board.A tug vessel putting out a fire on a ship bound for Gaza off the coast of Malta on Friday, in a handout picture provided by the Maltese governm

J John Yoon and Adam Rasgon

Prince Harry Says He Would ‘Love Reconciliation’ With Royal Family

In a BBC interview, Harry said he didn’t know how long King Charles, who has cancer, had left to live, and he expressed a desire to make peace with his family.Prince Harry in London in April. On Friday, he said he wants to reconcile with the royal family. “There’s no point continuing to fight anymor

L Lizzie Dearden and Esther Bintliff

Justice Dept. Lawyers Say US Wants to Break Up Google’s Ad Technology

In a hearing on Friday, lawyers for the Justice Department indicated the government would double down on its requests to break up the tech giant’s business.A lawyer for the Justice Department said that the government expected to ask the court to force Google to divest tools used to run its ad busine

D David McCabe

Illinois Man Sentenced to 53 Years in Killing of Palestinian American Boy

A jury in suburban Chicago convicted the man of murder and hate crime charges in the 2023 killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, 6. He was the boy’s landlord.A makeshift memorial near the home where Hanan Shaheen and her son, Wadee Alfayoumi, were attacked in Plainfield Township, Ill., in 2023.

R Robert Chiarito and Mitch Smith

The Real ID Deadline Is Coming. Here’s What You Need to Know.

After years of postponed deadlines, passengers will have to show security-enhanced IDs to board domestic flights starting on May 7. What to know if you’re traveling.The long-delayed deadline for passengers to present a Real ID at airport security is set for May 7.

C Christine Chung and Debra Kamin

Paramilitary Fighters Massacre More Than 100 Civilians, Doctors’ Group Says

The Sudan Doctors Network said that the Rapid Support Forces had killed at least 21 children on Thursday, the latest violent spasm in Sudan’s civil war.A photograph made from video released by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces showing its fighters in the capital, Khartoum, in 2023.

A Abdalrahman Altayeb and Alan Yuhas

Ruth Buzzi, Purse-Wielding Gladys of ‘Laugh-In,’ Is Dead at 88

She had other roles onstage and on TV, but none more memorable than the wary spinster fending off male advances on that raucous sketch show.Ruth Buzzi as her best-known character, Gladys Ormphby, on “Laugh-In” with Sam Shepard, left (the playwright was moonlighting as a drummer), and Peter Stampfel

B Bruce Weber