NYTIMES (Heather Knight, Orlando Mayorquín, Jill Cowan and Amy Graff) - California Heat Wave Makes Winter Feel Like Summer
An unusual heat wave is pushing temperatures in San Francisco into the 80s this week, and Los Angeles hit 98 on Tuesday.
NYTIMES (Valerie Hopkins) - He Lost a Leg for Russia. Then, He Says, His Country Betrayed Him.
Imprisoned for murder, Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan sought a new start in life and freedom by signing up to fight in Ukraine. But he says promised benefits proved illusory.
NYTIMES (Sheera Frenkel) - Silicon Valley Bet on War. The Bets Are Paying Off.
After years of criticism and financial risk, Palantir, Anthropic and small start-ups are generating rewards from their investments in defense tech.
NYTIMES (Colby Smith) - What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s March Meeting
The U.S. central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady as officials assess the economic fallout from the war with Iran.
NYTIMES (Tiffany Hsu and Ken Bensinger) - Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Push to Cleanse His Past Online
After he left jail in 2009, Mr. Epstein hired a host of people to make him look better on Google, Wikipedia and many other places on the web.
NYTIMES (Kellen Browning) - Mixed Results for AIPAC and Allies in Illinois House Primaries
Organizations linked to the pro-Israel lobbying organization had some victories and some less-than-ideal outcomes in closely watched Democratic contests.
NYTIMES (Madeleine Ngo, Michael Gold and Kate Kelly) - Trump’s Pick for Homeland Security Secretary to Testify
Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma was chosen to replace the ousted secretary Kristi Noem and will face senators at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
NYTIMES (David A. Fahrenthold and Andrea Fuller) - Firm That Planned Trump’s Jan. 6 Rally Received No-Bid Contracts
This administration has given the company, staffed by the president’s allies, multimillion-dollar contracts it was guaranteed to win.
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Ian Stewart and Neil MacFarquhar) - Israel’s ‘Decapitation’ Strategy, and the Trump Official Who Resigned Over the War
Plus, how owning a car is becoming unaffordable.
NYTIMES (Javier C. Hernández) - Trump’s Friendship With Japan’s Leader Takaichi Faces Test Over Iran
In Washington on Thursday, President Trump is expected to press Sanae Takaichi for military help in the Strait of Hormuz. But she faces constraints on what she can offer.