Luke Broadwater and Glenn Thrush    The president openly attacked his predecessor, former President Donald J. Trump, deploying direct criticism he has frequently avoided, at an event announcing billions for high speed rail service.

Stephanie Saul and Anna Betts    In her first campaign stop since Wednesday’s heated Republican debate, Ms. Haley suggested that fierce criticism from her opponents continued to not be worth her time.

Danny Hakim    Current and former European diplomats said there was growing concern a second Trump presidency could mean an American retreat from the continent and a gutting of NATO.

Catie Edmondson    The Biden administration is pressing Israel to do more to protect civilians. But it has not publicly discussed any consequences if it does not.

Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage    The charges against the president’s son may add momentum to the investigation just as House Republicans are holding a vote to formally authorize it, but they do nothing to implicate President Biden.

Eduardo Medina    The gunman, who carried out the deadliest high school shooting in the history of the state, will not be eligible for parole.

   Kenneth Chesebro, an architect of the plan to deploy people claiming to be Trump electors in states won by President Biden, is cooperating with inquiries in Michigan, Arizona and Nevada.

   Bipartisan efforts to extend and expand a program granting compensation to victims of government caused nuclear contamination are faltering. It is set to expire in June.

   The decision largely left in place an order limiting what the former president can say about his upcoming federal trial but allowed him more leeway to criticize Jack Smith, the special counsel.

   The National Retail Federation had said that nearly half of the industry’s . billion in missing merchandise in was the result of organized theft. It was likely closer to percent, experts say.