The 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, in a country already torn by war, was felt across Southeast Asia, and experts warned there could be tens of thousands dead.

The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.

Katrina Armstrong is leaving the post a week after the university agreed to a list of demands from the White House.

Harvard University has been under pressure by the Trump administration to follow directives related to diversity and combating antisemitism.

Also, JD Vance went to Greenland. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Republicans may seem oblivious to voter discomfort with the administration’s excesses, but Elise Stefanik’s pulled nomination shows they see trouble ahead.

The trip was both a reconnaissance mission and a passive-aggressive reminder of President Trump’s determination to fulfill his territorial ambitions, no matter the obstacles.

Voters in two heavily Republican House districts in Florida will decide who to send to Congress. See which party is ahead in turnout so far.

University officials said they had not been informed of the federal agents’ plans and called the situation “deeply concerning.”

The deal combined two of Mr. Musk’s companies, which have been on different trajectories. The transaction valued xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, the billionaire said.

Both Republicans and Democrats think Elon Musk will help them win a key race the Wisconsin Supreme Court next week.

The split between Europe and the United States over how to end the war is exposing a new, disorienting reality for an alliance in trouble.

The Trump administration seemed to hold back immediately after the January wildfires. But its multipronged assault on California has now begun in earnest.

The sheriff’s office in Grainger County, Tenn., is investigating the theft after shipments from a meat processing facility were loaded onto trucks and never reached their destinations.

The staff of U.S.A.I.D. will be reduced to some 15 legally required positions. The agency employed about 10,000 people before the Trump administration entered office.

Vice President JD Vance’s trip to an island that President Trump wants to “get” was a scaled-back version of the original White House plan. “He’s not welcome,” one Greenlander said.

The S&P 500 index dropped 2 percent as investors weighed hotter-than-expected inflation data and braced for President Trump’s next round of tariffs.

A year after getting loose on Kangaroo Island, Valerie is still out there.

The 7.7-magnitude quake caused widespread damage in a country already in chaos because of civil war.

The actress Candy Clark documented her unlikely journey through 1970s Hollywood in a series of Polaroids, now published in a memoir.