As Moscow’s forces retake land from which they were ousted at the end of 2022, the Ukrainian military has adopted a strategy of fighting while slowly falling back to more heavily fortified positions.

House Republicans are pushing legislation to crack down on voting by noncitizens, which is allowed in some local elections but illegal — and exceedingly rare — at the federal level.

The bills under consideration in the House have virtually no chance of becoming law, but Republicans are using them to amplify former President Donald J. Trump’s false claims of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens.

Translated by Michael Hofmann, it’s the first novel originally written in German to win the major literary award.

The hottest May on record for the city has experts worried about the summer — and hurricane season — to come.

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers mounted a minimal defense after prosecutors called 20 witnesses. Closing arguments in the first prosecution of an American president will take place May 28.

The former president suggested he might support letting states place restrictions on contraception, then said amid criticism that he didn’t support restrictions.

Prosecutors vehemently denied the accusations in newly unsealed motions that show how the former president’s defense team has used often-baseless assertions to undercut the indictment.

Moscow has said the exercise is a response to “provocative statements and threats of individual Western officials.”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sister has become the face of the Kennedy family effort to block his candidacy and re-elect President Biden. She has more at stake besides her relationship with her brother.

The Ukrainian president spoke to Times reporters in Kyiv for nearly an hour.

A total of 50 people, including former President Donald J. Trump, are now facing charges in four states related to efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power after he lost in 2020.