Euan Ward il 17/04/2026

Lebanon’s Cease-Fire Buys Time, Not a Way Out

The country’s leaders secured a truce through risky talks with Israel, but the government now finds itself caught between competing pressures.A family returning to Dahiya, Lebanon, after the cease-fire on Friday.

E Euan Ward
David M. Halbfinger il 17/04/2026

Lebanon Cease-Fire Leaves Netanyahu in an Uncomfortable Spot

Most Israelis wanted the fight against Hezbollah to continue. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s critics say he is showing that he cannot, or will not, stand up to President Trump.Thousands of families made their way along the highway south of Beirut and Saida, Lebanon, on Friday after the ceas

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Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Ian Stewart, Christina Goldbaum and Ash Wu il 17/04/2026

What to Know About the Israel-Lebanon Cease-Fire, and R.F.K. Jr.’s Shifting Tone on Vaccines

Plus, the Friday news quiz.Thousands of displaced families flooded the main highway to southern Lebanon on Friday, after a cease-fire pausing Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah went into effect.

T Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Ian Stewart, Christina Goldbaum and Ash Wu
Charlie Savage il 17/04/2026

House Votes to Extend Expiring FISA Surveillance Law for 10 Days

The Senate would need to also approve the stopgap measure that passed the House early Friday. Libertarian-leaning House Republicans had balked at a long-term extension.Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, the director of the National Security Agency, during his confirmation hearing in January.

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Caroline Kitchener, Charo Henríquez and Hamed Aleaziz il 17/04/2026

She Made Sure Her Baby Was Born an American. Then Federal Agents Separated Them.

Diana Acosta Verde, who came into the United States illegally when she was six months pregnant, had to leave her baby at a hospital while she returned to a detention center.Diana Acosta Verde and her baby, Gael, at a farm in Honduras owned by her partner’s family earlier this month.

C Caroline Kitchener, Charo Henríquez and Hamed Aleaziz
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Catherine Porter il 16/04/2026

ICE Has Detained Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, an 85-Year-Old Widow

After Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé’s husband died, an inheritance battle exploded. Her stepson then used his influence to have her arrested, an Alabama probate judge said.

N Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Catherine Porter
Madeleine Ngo and Hamed Aleaziz il 17/04/2026

Acting ICE Director Says He Plans to Resign in May

Todd Lyons said he would leave to spend more time with his family. He has spoken about a surge in threats against ICE officers, saying that he knew the reality firsthand.The exit of Todd Lyons as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raises more questions about the direction of the

M Madeleine Ngo and Hamed Aleaziz
Elisabeth Egan il 17/04/2026

Lena Dunham Takes to Her Bed to Promote Her Memoir, “Famesick.”

Forget demure conversations in spindly chairs. To promote “Famesick,” a new memoir, she’s taken to her bed and invited friends to jump in. Onstage.Lena Dunham and Andrew Rannells during the “Famesick” book tour stop at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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Michael D. Shear, Catherine Porter, Jane Bradley and Christopher F. Schuetze il 17/04/2026

The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe

Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the Trump administration’s push to upend America’s postwar relationship with Europe.

M Michael D. Shear, Catherine Porter, Jane Bradley and Christopher F. Schuetze
Tracey Tully il 17/04/2026

Analilia Mejia, a Progressive Democrat, Wins Mikie Sherrill’s House Seat

Ms. Mejia, who helped run Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign, beat her Republican opponent, Joe Hathaway, to win a seat Ms. Sherrill vacated after she was elected governor of New Jersey.Analilia Mejia, a progressive Democrat, will serve out the remaining eight months of Gov. Mikie Sherrill’

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Tyler Pager, Scott Dance and Zolan Kanno-Youngs il 17/04/2026

Trump to Pick Ousted FEMA Head to Lead Agency Again

Cameron Hamilton is a former Navy SEAL who ran unsuccessfully for Congress.Cameron Hamilton told a House committee last May, when he was the acting chief of FEMA, that the agency was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated. He was ousted the next day.

T Tyler Pager, Scott Dance and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Matt Stevens il 17/04/2026

The Lurid D4vd Case and the Fervid Hunt for Details

A teenage girl went missing. The police found her remains in a musician’s car. Then the Los Angeles media machine got to work.A memorial for Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in a car trunk in September.

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Matt Stevens and Orlando Mayorquín il 17/04/2026

D4vd Arrested in Connection With Death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

The singer was detained in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who died before her 15th birthday. D4vd’s lawyers said they would vigorously defend his innocence.The body of a teenage girl was found in a car belonging to the singer D4vd.

M Matt Stevens and Orlando Mayorquín
Troy Closson, Matthew Haag and Jeff Adelson il 17/04/2026

As Enrollment Dips, School Administrators Turn to TikTok to Advertise

Birthrates are down. Families are leaving New York City. So educators, especially at charter schools, are expanding their marketing efforts on social media and in subway stations.Ads in a subway station in Flushing, Queens, tout Zeta Charter Schools, which has campuses in Upper Manhattan and the Bro

T Troy Closson, Matthew Haag and Jeff Adelson
Evan Gorelick and Anna Griffin il 17/04/2026

A Family Feud at an Oregon Winery Turns to Vinegar Over A.I. Slop

She wanted to pry her late mother’s vineyard from two of her brothers. Instead, her lawyers were fined nearly $110,000 for citing bogus case law generated by artificial intelligence.Michael and Mark Wisnovsky had to battle their sister and her fictitious artificial-intelligence output to keep contro

E Evan Gorelick and Anna Griffin