The plan, outlined by officials and in a written document, provides rare clarity about the extent to which the Trump administration intends to reduce its commitment to NATO.An American F-16 jet at Andravida air base, Greece, last year.
Plus, the Friday news quiz.SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, will soon end up in index funds after rule changes by Nasdaq and other index providers.
The previous record was set over six years ago. But SpaceX, whose stock begins trading on Friday, is on track to raise tens of billions of dollars more.
Two Times tech reporters and their editor talk about assessing the sky-high valuation of the rocket and satellite maker, the potential economic impact of its public debut and the role of the world’s richest man in it all.Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX set a price of $135 a share, which would value
Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal.In Tehran on Monday, a billboard featuring the Iran theocracy’s first two supreme leaders loomed over passers-by.
The amount of oil and fuel stored by businesses and governments has fallen sharply since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
With more than 500 ships still stranded in the Persian Gulf, pressure on the shipowners and sailors is growing by the day.Supplies of fresh food and water have been running low for the roughly 11,000 sailors stuck on hundreds of ships anchored in the Persian Gulf.
One day before a deadline to take the president’s name off its facade, the arts institution appealed a federal judge’s ruling that also temporarily blocked it from closing.Judge Christopher R. Cooper ruled that only Congress had the power to alter the name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Perfo
At least five have declined to participate, the latest sign that the national 250th birthday celebration has become a fragmented and partisan affair as the president seeks his imprint.Construction on the National Mall in preparation for the Great American State Fair.
The Trump administration cited misspending among the reasons for blocking funds to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Mayor Karen Bass warned that “people will lose their lives.”Scott Turner, the housing secretary, said his agency would not fund what he called the “corrupt failure” of Los
Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union.
His colorful figurative paintings were both conservative and iconoclastic, defying the dominant abstract schools of the mid-20th century.
The curator Norman Rosenthal knew the artist for over 60 years and still discovered something new when they collaborated on a final blockbuster show.Journalists looking at David Hockney’s work before the opening of the exhibition “David Hockney 25” at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris in April 2025.
Polaroids and photocopiers also gave the artist possibilities for creating in forms vastly different from his paintings.“Mulholland Drive, June 1986,” a homemade print from a photocopier.
In his first extensive interview since his defeat by a Trump-backed challenger, the Texas Republican said the Senate was in for a “bumpy ride” as he and others flex new political freedom.“There’s never going to be good enough for him, other than 100 percent, you know, slavish adherence to whatever h
A runoff in the Dallas suburb of Frisco is testing whether anti-Muslim rhetoric, prominent in G.O.P. primaries this year, can win over a broader set of voters.Campaign signs in support of candidate Rod Vilhauer in Frisco, Texas.
Astronomical ticket prices, soaring security costs and concern over traffic and transit snarls is mixed with pride in host cities and excitement over the U.S. team.The United States plays Paraguay on Friday in the first U.S.-hosted game of the World Cup, at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles. FIFA is req
Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, it is now a polarizing force in the party.
The inquiry comes after a report that Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the physician for the team, supported the U.F.C. star Conor McGregor in using performance-enhancing drugs while recovering from an injury.Dr. Neal ElAttrache with Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers during a game in Tokyo in 2025.
A lawsuit by a group of 17 county law enforcement officers is another front in the Trump-era fight over local police’s role in immigration enforcement.Maryland’s Community Trust Act, among other measures, bars local officials from asking people about their immigration status.
Competitions that give soldiers a brief break from the front have a festival-like atmosphere, a mix of potentially deadly weapons and frolicking children.An audience watched the Wild Drones military drone-flying competition in Truskavets, Ukraine, last month.
Some Knicks fans have predicted series sweeps. Others, conditioned by decades of failure, pay more heed to jinxes and superstitious rituals.The Knicks’ championship run has revealed a fundamental difference among some fans, with some unafraid of making boastful predictions and others recoiling at th
Decades of bottled-up hopes and frustrations have created a frenzy around the New York Knicks that has brought out the worst in some fans.Police officers stood guard as Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals drew a massive number of fans to Midtown Manhattan.
The director narrates a scene from his movie that is a continuation, of sorts, of a sequence he filmed for his feature-length debut, “Duel,” in 1971.
