The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.President Xi Jinping’s arrival at the White House was celebrated with pomp and circumstance that were not covered by American televi
President Trump pressed his personal brand of diplomacy as President Xi Jinping of China made his first trip to the White House in more than a decade.President Trump, Melania Trump, President Xi Jinping of China and Madame Peng Liyuan at the White House during a state visit on Thursday.
The White House said that the three-course menu, including sea bass and bok choy, featured American ingredients with a “subtle Chinese influence.”China’s leader, Xi Jinping, speaking at a state dinner at the White House on Thursday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also reserved some of his ire for the mayor of the city hosting him, Zohran Mamdani.“Shame on you!” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to Israel’s critics as he addressed the General Assembly on Thursday.
The Israeli prime minister accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel, of antisemitism. The mayor has become a political foil for the prime minister.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took aim at Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York during his address to the United Nations Gene
Large groups gathered in Midtown Manhattan to demonstrate as the Israeli prime minister spoke to the General Assembly.Protesters near the United Nations headquarters on Thursday.
Under the offer, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen and nuclear talks would be revived.The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, at the General Assembly on Wednesday.
The vote came as a growing number of Republicans have broken from President Trump on the conflict, reflecting voters’ concerns ahead of midterm elections.Mourners at the Iranian school that was hit by strikes on the first day of the United States’ war with Iran.
Attacks on Saudi cities on the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen have added to pressure on global oil supplies.President Emmanuel Macron of France, speaking before the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
Investigators found that New Jersey’s lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, sought a promotion for his girlfriend and made a sexually charged comment to a staff member.Lt. Governor Dale Caldwell was found to have violated state workplace and ethics policies in a report released Thursday.
Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.Vidalia High School, part of Louisiana’s Concordia Parish School District, operated under a court-ordered desegregation plan dating to 1965 unti
Revelations about the conduct of former Representative Mary Peltola may not faze voters who have long elected abrasive and sometimes violent figures to represent them.Mary Peltola drew criticism from Republicans who suggested that revelations this week about her conduct toward staff showed her unfit
Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos.Former Representative Mary Peltola of Alaska is facing Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, in a competitive race that could be crucial for Senate co
Our national political correspondent, Shane Goldmacher, explains how a growing number of Republican candidates in key battleground states are making calculated decisions to distance themselves from President Trump and his policies.
Most cases involved noncitizens who registered to vote, attesting that they were U.S. citizens, state officials said.Earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed into a law requiring people registering to vote show proof of U.S. citizenship.
Though likely to avoid a direct hit, parts of the state could receive nearly three feet of rain, forecasters warned.
Rain, flooding and gusty winds are all in the forecast for the Northeast this weekend, but just how much is still a little uncertain.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who was the country’s most visible Roman Catholic clergyman of the 20th century, is one step closer to sainthood after a ceremony in St. Louis.Beatification typically requires evidence of a miracle resulting from prayer to the person in question. In Archbishop Fulton J. S
After touring Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day visit to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds.Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by France’s President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at Orly airport on the outskirts of Par
A prolific scorer and rebounder, in 1958 he delivered one of the most remarkable performances in playoff history.Bob Pettit was named Most Valuable Player of the N.B.A. All-Star Game in 1958.
The president has an edifice complex.
“Trump picked him up at the airport? OK, that is friendship,” Lydic said on Thursday’s “Daily Show.”
The professor had catalyzed debates over diversity efforts in higher education.Tributes to Jason Arday outside Jesus College at the University of Cambridge in England last month.
