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      Trump’s Military Parade Is Designed for TV, but It Won’t Be on Every Channel

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      A minor-league football championship game will air on ABC. Fox News, CNN and C-SPAN will carry the four-hour festivities live.Fox News is airing an extensive four-hour special called “Army 250 Parade.” CNN will carry the proceedings. And MSNBC is sticking with its usual liberal opinion shows.President Trump’s military parade in Washington, celebrating the Army’s 250 birthday and his own 79th, has the hallmarks of a made-for-TV event. The White House has hired an outside production company, Event Strategies Inc., which was responsible for some of Mr. Trump’s Wrestlemania-style campaign rallies, and cameras will be rolling as 28 Abrams tanks and 6,700 soldiers process down Constitution Avenue. (Paratroopers will swoop in from above.)Cable news channels plan to cover the event along familiar lines. And America’s three biggest television networks do not plan to carry the event live on their affiliates. Each had prior programming commitments that evening, although ABC, CBS and NBC say that coverage will be available digitally via their 24-hour streaming channels.At the time that Mr. Trump is scheduled to give remarks, CBS will be broadcasting a rerun of the comic procedural “Elsbeth,” NBC is set to air an episode of a game show called “Password,” and ABC plans to carry the championship game of the UFL, a minor football league.The festivities are set to kick off at 6 p.m. Eastern and conclude roughly four hours later, after a country music concert and fireworks.Fox News has a full day of programming planned around the event, with appearances from several on-air personalities, including a few co-hosts of “Fox & Friends.” (A former “Friend,” Pete Hegseth, is now the defense secretary and has been closely involved in the parade.)We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Iran’s Vital Oil Industry Is Vulnerable in an Escalating Conflict

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      The country’s exports mostly come from Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. But Israel’s energy facilities are also at risk.The conflict between Israel and Iran appeared to be spreading on Saturday to Iran’s energy infrastructure, raising fears about energy supplies from the Middle East.Iran’s oil ministry blamed Israeli drones for attacking part of the South Pars natural gas field, one of the world’s largest, and a refinery, causing fires at both.It is not clear how far Israel intends to go in attacking Iran’s energy facilities, a crucial source of export cash for the country as well as domestic energy that looks particularly vulnerable.“This is a first salvo into energy and a warning shot that Israel is willing to hit Iranian energy infrastructure if Israeli civilians are targeted,” said Richard Bronze, head of geopolitics at Energy Aspects, a research firm.Other Iranian installations are at risk, analysts say.“There is one clear target that would make it very easy if Israel or the United States wanted to impact Iran’s oil exports,” Homayoun Falakshahi, senior analyst for crude oil at Kpler, a research firm, said during a webinar on Friday. “And this is Kharg Island.”Nearly all of Iran’s oil exports leave from tankers at berths around Kharg Island, a small coral land mass in the northern part of the Persian Gulf off the Iranian coast, potentially making it a target in a protracted war, analysts say.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Photos and Maps: ‘No Kings’ Day Protests Across the United States

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      Large crowds across the country have gathered to protest the Trump administration — in major cities like Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York and Chicago and in smaller, rural communities as well. The “No Kings” rallies, as the demonstrations were known, were planned for the same day as a military parade in Washington, D.C., that President Trump scheduled for the Army’s 250th anniversary, which also coincides with his 79th birthday.In Minnesota, where a gunman shot and killed a state lawmaker and her husband, and wounded a state senator and his wife overnight on Saturday, demonstrators came out to protest even though the events were officially canceled. Several protesters noted that it was important to show courage on a frightening day.The demonstrations follow more than a week of large-scale protests in Los Angeles against Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown and his decision to deploy the military there. More

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      Muere Violeta Chamorro, presidenta de Nicaragua tras la guerra civil

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      En 1990 se convirtió en la primera mujer en dirigir un país centroamericano. Su presidencia llegó después de que la nación se viera sumida en luchas políticas.Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, quien llegó a la presidencia de Nicaragua en 1990 como una figura de unidad tras la guerra civil y fue la primera mujer elegida para gobernar un país centroamericano, murió el sábado por la mañana en su apartamento de San José, Costa Rica. Tenía 95 años.Su muerte fue confirmada por su hijo Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, quien dijo que llevaba muchos años delicada de salud.Violeta Barrios de Chamorro pasó al primer plano de la política nicaragüense tras el asesinato de su marido, Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, director de un periódico, una figura crítica con los revolucionarios sandinistas de izquierda y un feroz opositor a un némesis compartido: la dictadura de la familia Somoza, que comenzó durante la presidencia de Anastasio Somoza García en 1936.Barrios de Chamorro fue presidenta en la década de 1990, al final de un periodo en el que el país había sido conmocionado por la guerra. La gestión cotidiana del gobierno la delegó a un yerno y se posicionó como un símbolo de unidad en un país profundamente dividido.Su agenda política generó rechazo tanto de la izquierda como de la derecha. Sin embargo, en los últimos años, las encuestas de opinión pública sugerían que era la figura más admirada de Nicaragua, un símbolo de reconciliación teñido en un aura de profunda fe católica similar a la de una virgen maternal.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Israel Expands Attack to Include Iran’s Oil and Gas Industry

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      Iran has been battling an acute energy crisis for months because of gas shortages, and repairing any damage would both be costly and take significant time.In a widening of its military campaign against Iran, Israel targeted Iran’s critical energy infrastructure at gas and petrochemical refineries on Saturday, according to a statement from Iran’s oil ministry.The statement said Israeli drones had targeted a section of the South Pars Gas Field in Bushehr Province. South Pars is one of the world’s largest gas fields and a critical part of Iran’s energy production. The Fajr Jam Gas Refining Company was also targeted, the ministry said.Iran is one of the world’s major energy producers. It has the second-largest gas reserves in the world and fourth-largest crude oil reserves.Videos posted to social media and verified by The Times showed a large fire burning at the South Pars gas refinery in Iran’s southern Bushehr Province.The explosions took production lines at both facilities offline, the ministry statement said, even as firefighters and emergency crew had largely contained the blazes.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      ‘I Was Afraid I’d Die’: Iran’s Missiles Rained Down on Tel Aviv

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      At least three people were killed and scores were wounded during an aerial battle over Tel Aviv, as Iranian missiles rained down and Israeli rockets attempted to intercept them.A chorus of alarms from damaged cars and buildings wailed on Saturday afternoon through the empty streets of central Tel Aviv. Iran’s missile attack the night before had left a gaping hole in one high-rise and had blown out windows for a block around.Six miles south, residents of the quiet suburb of Rishon LeZion were piling up shattered roof tiles and glass along the sidewalks after a projectile killed two of their neighbors in a two-story home on Saturday morning. Those who lived close to the impact site were busy gathering their belongings to evacuate to temporary housing.The Israeli government said 17 missile impact sites had been identified across the country after Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel between Friday evening and Saturday morning. The strikes were in retaliation for Israeli attacks earlier in the day. Three civilians in Israel were killed and over 170 wounded, including seven soldiers, the authorities said.It was not immediately clear whether the damage and deaths had been caused by the missiles themselves or interceptors sent to shoot them down, or falling fragments of both. The Israeli military said both missiles and interceptors had hit areas in Israel but declined to give details.The damaged high-rise in central Tel Aviv was near a government quarter and the military’s headquarters. Residents who had evacuated from their high-rise complex after it was struck on Friday lined up to speak with a municipal official at a makeshift checkpoint near the impact site. Many appeared shaken.Amit Tzur-Amrani, 26, said she and her husband were huddled in a fortified room in their apartment on Friday when the air-raid alarms went off after 9 p.m. Then there was a loud blast and smoke poured into their shelter.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Washington, DC, Forecast Shows Thunderstorms on Saturday

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      The weather could affect the military parade. Here’s the latest forecast.There is a significant chance of rain across the Washington, D.C., area on Saturday, the National Weather Service said, and thunderstorms late in the afternoon or evening could coincide with events near the National Mall to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.Thunderstorms can bring a variety of threats, including hail, lightning and damaging winds. Jeremy Geiger, a meteorologist at the Weather Service office that covers Baltimore and Washington, said the agency predicted up to an 80 percent chance of rain during the afternoon and evening.“I think it’s going to rain based on everything I’m seeing, but there is a small chance that it just misses parts of the District,” Mr. Geiger said on Saturday morning.Conditions are expected to be cloudy and humid for much of the day, with a high temperature of about 83 degrees Fahrenheit.Skies were cloudy on Saturday morning but conditions were dry. Scattered thunderstorms will come from northern Maryland as the day progresses, and it’s difficult to predict their exact trajectory and where the heaviest impact will be, Mr. Geiger said. “It could be anywhere within a 50-mile area from just south of D.C. up to Baltimore,” he said.Rainfall amounts are most likely to range from a half inch to 1.5 inches, but Mr. Geiger said there was a “reasonable worst-case scenario” of two to four inches, possibly even up to six inches, if the capital falls within the bull’s-eye of the heaviest thunderstorms.

      Forecast risk of severe storms for Saturday

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      Defying Calls for De-Escalation, Israel and Iran Exchange Deadly Fire

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      As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to fight “as long as it takes,” Iran fired missiles at Israel, and Israeli warplanes attacked air defenses around Tehran.Israel widened its targets in Iran on Saturday to strike at oil and gas installations, as leaders of both countries vowed to intensify their attacks despite international pleas for de-escalation.In a sweeping assault on Iranian nuclear and military assets that began early Friday, Israel initially focused on Iranian nuclear sites, air defenses and military targets. But the strikes on Saturday went a step further, targeting an energy industry that is vital to Iran’s economy. So far, Israel has killed more than 70 people, including four top security chiefs and several nuclear scientists, damaged Iran’s main nuclear site at Natanz and systematically degraded air defenses, particularly around the capital, Tehran.Iran, in turn, has launched barrages of ballistic missiles and drones at Israel targeting what it says are military assets, but with less apparent success. At least three people have been killed and dozens more wounded.The fighting, the most intense in decades between the two heavily armed countries, has stirred anxiety over the prospect of an increasingly deadly conflict that could draw in the United States and other major powers.The salvos of missiles scuttled talks between the United States and Iran aimed at curbing the Islamic Republic’s progress toward obtaining a nuclear weapon. The talks had been scheduled to resume in Oman on Sunday, but American and Omani officials said they were canceled.A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baghaei, said on Saturday that the negotiations would remain suspended until Israel ends its attacks, and he accused Washington of supporting the Israelis.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More