Trump’s Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs

The Chinese government said it would match President Trump’s tariff, and also barred a group of American companies from doing business in China.A container ship from China’s largest shipping line at the Port Of Long Beach in California on Tuesday.

K Keith Bradsher and David Pierson

Trump Blocked America’s Front Door to China. Now He’s Closing Back Doors.

The U.S. tariffs on transshipment countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are so steep that they could force a major reassessment of global supply chains.A garment factory workshop in Guangzhou, China. President Trump has recently added tariffs totaling 54 percent on goods shipped directly from China.

K Keith Bradsher

Protesters in Gaza Call on Hamas to Step Aside

Demanding an end to the war, hundreds pressed the militants to relinquish control of the enclave, a rare demonstration against a group that has suppressed dissent with violence.An antiwar rally in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 26.

V Vivian Yee, Bilal Shbair and Adam Rasgon

Israeli Military Expands Ground Operations in Gaza City

The advance and a new evacuation order came not long after Palestinian health authorities said dozens of people, including children, were killed in strikes on a school turned shelter. Israel said it had targeted militants.Palestinians fleeing the Shajaiye neighborhood of Gaza City after the Israeli

A Adam Rasgon

F.B.I. Leaders Push to Restore Trust in the Agency They Once Undermined

In recent days, Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, and Dan Bongino, his deputy, have promised to bring change to what they have called a broken institution.Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, during a hearing at the Capitol last month. Before ascending to his post, Mr. Patel repeatedly distorted the fact

A Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer

Celebrations as South Korean Court Removes Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

The country’s Constitutional Court formally ended the presidency of Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law, ending months of turmoil. But the country remains deeply divided.At a rally of supporters of Mr. Yoon, there was loud booing after the Constitutional Court delivered its ruling. Many of them

C Choe Sang-Hun, John Yoon, Yan Zhuang and Jin Yu Young

What Is Next for Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s Ousted President?

South Korea’s former president still faces criminal charges of leading an insurrection when he declared martial law. If found guilty, he could be imprisoned for life.Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol waved a flag with his image after the Constitutional Court announced the verdict today

J Jin Yu Young and Choe Sang-Hun

Columbia Displays More Aggressive Posture in Dealing With Demonstrators

Students chained to a gate were removed by security officials. It came as the university planned to deploy 36 officers empowered to remove people from campus.Columbia University students protesting Wednesday at the school’s campus in Upper Manhattan.

S Sharon Otterman and Troy Closson

Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots

Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes.

C Cade Metz, David B. Torch and Loren Elliott

Inside the Trump Administration’s Deportation of a Migrant to El Salvador

Immigration officers asked Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia if he was a gang member, and refused to believe him when he denied it, according to court papers.Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has denied he was a member of a gang, and told an immigration judge about his family’s struggles with gangs in El Salv

A Alan Feuer

Trump Sidelines Justice Dept. Legal Office, Eroding Another Check on His Power

As President Trump claims expansive and disputed powers, his administration has curbed the influential Office of Legal Counsel.President Trump’s administration has undercut the power of the Office of Legal Counsel, speeding up Mr. Trump’s ability to act but creating mounting difficulties for Justice

C Charlie Savage

How Trump Has Tuned Out a Key Justice Dept. Legal Office

The Office of Legal Counsel issues opinions that are supposed to bind the executive branch. The Trump administration has taken steps and made claims in tension with several of them.Several of President Trump’s executive orders have come into conflict with precedents set by the Justice Department’s O

C Charlie Savage

The Stars Come Out for George Clooney’s ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Opening

As a play with parallels to today’s political climate had its official Broadway premiere, famous friends celebrated its star, George Clooney. He brushed aside talk of a political future.The after-party for the Broadway opening of “Good Night, and Good Luck” included an “E.R.” reunion with, from left

J Jacob Bernstein

Trump Just Bet the Farm

Donald Trump is upending a world that has brought peace and stability for 80 years. What is it he doesn’t understand?

T Thomas L. Friedman

Europe’s Paradox

We explain a development that may help the far right in Europe.Secretary of State Marco Rubio

K Katrin Bennhold