The president wants a negotiation, but the Iranians say they are refusing until a cease-fire is declared. And while Marines and the 82nd Airborne Division offer new leverage, the risks escalate quickly.President Trump and his tight circle of close aides have made opening the Strait of Hormuz a new,
The state and more than 20 others restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under 18.Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor, at her office in Colorado Springs in September. Mrs. Chiles filed suit in 2022 over Colorado’s ban on conversion
As the justices prepare to hear a landmark case about birthright citizenship, their family stories are a reminder that the law has shaped who can be an American.
A month since the first U.S.-Israeli attacks and Iran’s response effectively shut off Persian Gulf oil, drivers are paying significantly more to fill up.Lines in mid-March at a gas station in Hawthorne, Calif.
Presidents since at least the Carter administration have seen their approval ratings tied to gas prices. But there are signs the correlation may be weakening.
Sightings of drones around Fort McNair, the Army base where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live, have prompted consideration of deploying the new technology.The LOCUST, an anti-drone laser system that has been used recently along the border with Mexico, may be depl
The taboo-busting, gasp-inducing Broadway musical comedy has been a hit with audiences and critics. But could it be produced today?When “The Book of Mormon” opened in 2011, Matt Stone, left, Trey Parker, center, and Robert Lopez were worried that their creation would flop.
The panel voted to override Endangered Species Act restrictions on oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico, home to critically endangered whales and other imperiled wildlife.Demonstrators outside the Interior Department in Washington on Tuesday.
Michael Haskell, 17, set out to make some money from his locker dives. He ended up learning about life.Driving back home to Bergen County, N.J., with the latest haul.
With new outages and blockages, President Vladimir V. Putin is taking his boldest steps yet to control Russians’ communications.Of all the examples of growing repression in Russia during four years of war in Ukraine, few have touched more people than deepening internet restrictions.
The United Farm Workers co-founder had been celebrated as an exemplar of civil rights. Then, a Times investigation found extensive evidence of his abuse of women.A mural dedicated to Cesar Chavez, among others, was covered in San Juan, Texas, after allegations that the United Farm Workers co-founder
The reconsideration of the legacy of Cesar Chavez after he was accused of abusing women and girls has led some to question the lionization of icons, when reality is so often a letdown.Cesar Chavez speaking in New York City in 1971.
The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years investigating. They spoke to “The Daily” about how they uncovered the story.Cesar Chavez speaks to farmworkers and other unionized laborers in Foley Sq
Can the four astronauts of the NASA mission Artemis II make a difference in a distracted and divided world?
A free preschool center in one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods raises questions about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s vow to expand universal child care.Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made creating a free, universal child care system his top policy priority.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is lifting the ban on governmental use of the social media app, one of a handful that the mayor used to amplify his campaign messaging.Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a private “new media” news conference at City Hall in January where he invited TikTok and other social media influence
The social media giant, under legal pressure from the Motion Picture Association, has retreated from its use of the movie rating in its marketing.Instagram introduced Teen Accounts in 2024 in an effort to beef up privacy and address concerns about inappropriate content for teenage users.
The arrests were part of an investigation that is also examining the conduct of a city councilwoman, her sister and the Brooklyn Democratic leader’s husband.Councilwoman Farah Louis is part of the focus of a federal inquiry but is not expected to be arrested on Tuesday, people familiar with the inve
Almost every ideology can be wielded to make women feel that they’re failing.
The president and the Republican Party deserve to pay a political price for the pardons.
We look at the energy crisis on the Caribbean island.A tanker off the coast of Cuba yesterday.
We’re responding to readers’ travel quandaries with our suggestions.
The Justice Department is examining Gustavo Petro for possible ties to drug traffickers. U.S. officials have told him that for now he does not face criminal charges arising from the probes.President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at the presidential palace in Bogotá in March.
The deal ends Unilever’s time in the food industry and will create a multibillion-dollar group under the McCormick name.An employee on the production line at a Unilever factory in Gloucester, England, last year.
