A measure to direct an end to U.S. engagement in Iran was adopted with a handful of Republicans in support, sending a signal of opposition to the president’s handling of the war.The vote on Wednesday was the latest reflection of divisions between Republicans in Congress and President Trump on a rang
Also, the N.B.A. finals tips off. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Tuesday that the administration was “not moving forward with the fund, period,” after the plan drew bipartisan backlash.President Trump on Wednesday in the Oval Office. In one of his first official acts of his second term, Mr. Trump issued a grant o
Critics say it is unseemly for retired judges to trade on the prestige of their former positions.President Trump at the White House last month.
Originally estimated to cost $2.4 million, the government will now spend $5 million to restore the bronzes in time for Independence Day.Workers built scaffolding around one of the two The Arts of Peace statues near the Lincoln Memorial for a restoration project in Washington.
Democrats cheer there is a way, even as new worries emerge over whether Graham Platner can flip a Maine seat. Republicans remain confident they will prevail in Texas, Iowa and Alaska.Democrats believe Josh Turek, who is running for a Senate seat in Iowa, can be competitive despite being in a red sta
The $135 share price means Elon Musk’s rocket maker is poised to exceed the 2019 initial public offering of Saudi Aramco in both valuation and money raised.SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifted off last month during a test flight from Starbase in Texas.
The artist shares stories behind some of her biggest hits, her love of a “rant bridge” and how life in the public eye informs the stories she tells in her songs.
In her first public comments on the firing, Ms. Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief, said that the longtime correspondent had “broken” the trust in the newsroom.“Despite our attempts to engage with Scott Pelley and to find a way back, unfortunately we weren’t able to do so, and so we had to part way
In an emergency ruling on Tuesday night, the court’s conservative majority gave a first glimpse into congressional district battles under a weakened Voting Rights Act.The Supreme Court’s emergency Alabama ruling provided a look into how it may handle congressional district battles going forward.
Demonstrations outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center have at times turned violent, with the authorities deploying tear gas and wielding batons as protesters resisted calls to disperse.
A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog described officers putting one man in a chokehold and stabbing another with a pen.The Winn Correctional Center, an ICE detention facility in Winnfield, La. Multiple instances of mistreatment were documented at the correctional cente
The immigration agency had apparently cut training requirements as a part of its enforcement push over the past year.Markwayne Mullin, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, addressed congressional panels on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has long said he would willingly go to Costa Rica. His lawyers sent the new homeland security secretary’s comments to the judge handling his deportation case.It remained unclear whether Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s statements reflected a genuine change
A man was shot dead surrounded by witnesses in Skidmore, Mo., but no one was ever prosecuted. Now that act of vigilante justice has inspired the play “Kenrex.”The spot where Kenneth Rex McElroy was fatally shot, in broad daylight, outside the D & G Tavern in Skidmore, Mo.
James Dolan, the longtime owner of the N.B.A. team, has faced years of jeers. Could a championship change all that?James Dolan, center, at a New York Knicks game in 2023. In his nearly 30 years owning the team, it had one of the worst records in the N.B.A.
Prime tickets on the floor for the N.B.A. Finals are coveted and very hard to get. The No. 1 requirement: You must love the Knicks.Timothée Chalamet, Kylie Jenner and Ben Stiller are courtside regulars at Knicks games.
From Spike Lee to die-hard fans haunted by the 1999 finals, New Yorkers have descended on San Antonio in hopes of witnessing the franchise’s first championship in more than 50 years.Eric Tom, left, and his wife, Mary Anne, were among a slew of New York Knicks fans descending on San Antonio Internati
The fecklessness of Washington leaders contrasts with the courage of doctors, nurses and aid workers in places like Congo.
The Knicks are New York’s soul, and they are bringing us together again in the championship series against San Antonio.
Despite long-established procedures for bringing Americans home for monitoring and treatment, the Trump administration has not said that it will allow those at risk of Ebola back into the country.Health workers wearing protective equipment walk through the isolation ward of a newly established Ebola
