The president’s pick for governor of Iowa lost his primary, while Democrats in the state chose their nominee in what they hope will be a competitive Senate race.Representative Randy Feenstra, a Republican, lost his primary bid for governor of Iowa despite a late endorsement from President Trump.
Without a dominant candidate in the governor’s race, Democratic voters ultimately wanted to ensure that their party wasn’t shut out of the general election.Kevin Stull, right, fills out a ballot as barber Bryan Diaz waits to give a haircut at Ana’s Hair Salon on Election Day in the Mission District
Ms. Haaland, a former Interior secretary, took a big step toward making history as the first Native American woman to be a governor when she won the primary in her Democratic state.Deb Haaland, former secretary for the Interior Department, spoke to a group gathered at a Veterans Helping Veterans bui
Plus, how Marcia Lucas was “the heart” behind “Star Wars.”Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist who leads the federal housing finance agency, will oversee the U.S. intelligence agencies.
Over the past two decades, Iran repeatedly threatened to close down the waterway. President Trump underestimated Iran’s ability to do so.Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz has become a huge source of leverage in negotiations with President Trump.
The acting attorney general said the administration was preserving a broad order protecting the president and his family from audits of already filed returns, despite dropping a $1.8 billion payout fund.
The acting attorney general told lawmakers that he would leave in place an order forcing the I.R.S. to drop investigations into President Trump, his family and his businesses.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, made clear to a House committee on Tuesday that the fund proposal would be permane
Republicans hoped the acting attorney general’s vow that the administration was “not moving forward” with a fund for people claiming to be victimized by the government would unlock the votes.Senator John Thune, the majority leader, at a news conference on Tuesday.
Mr. Pulte has had difficulty boosting the housing market as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Now he will also serve as acting intelligence director.Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, had some early success in bringing down mortgage rates, but housing prices ha
Trump administration officials said they planned to impose levies of up to 12.5 percent on countries that failed to crack down on goods made with forced labor.Cotton being loaded in Xinjiang, China, in 2021.
Mr. Trump said that the candidate, Abelardo De La Espriella, was important for the U.S.-Colombia relationship and called his left-wing rival a “Radical Left Marxist.”Abelardo De La Espriella at his closing rally in Medellín, Colombia. He gave campaign speeches from a bulletproof booth.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated in pointed testimony to senators that he was reclaiming control of the U.S. relationship with Gavi, an international vaccine alliance.The State Department is “going to be re-engaging on the issue of Gavi,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a hearing on T
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.
The league is rolling out music by the composer Nicholas Britell and the rapper Nas that, if successful, could become the sport’s sonic shorthand.Sonic dream team: Nas, left, and Nicholas Britell in Brooklyn.
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
Mr. Pelley, a former “CBS Evening News” anchor, was ousted after months of tensions between staff and Bari Weiss, the network’s editor in chief.Scott Pelley was fired a day after a tense meeting where he accused the CBS editor in chief, Bari Weiss, of “murdering ‘60 Minutes.’”
The former congressman was referred to federal authorities after he bet on his own attendance at the State of the Union address, a person familiar with the matter said.The inquiry into former Representative George Santos is the third insider trading case to come to light in recent weeks.
The arts school and camp is still contending with the fallout from its former ties to Mr. Epstein, an alumnus and donor accused of preying on two girls he met there.
Here is what we know about the sexual predator whose secrets spurred an international reckoning over money, power and complicity. Check back for updates.
In the first major case since the justices narrowed the Voting Rights Act, the court cleared the way for Alabama to use a map preferred by Republicans that leaves the state with only one majority-Black district.The Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that an Alabama congressional district map with only one
Mr. Platner, the likely Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, met in Washington with several senators. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, dodged questions about his confidence in Mr. Platner.Graham Platner met with Democratic senators in Washington days after reports that he had sent sexual messa
Black-crowned night herons could go the way of the passenger pigeon, vanishing from the city. Why remains a mystery.They’re big, and they’re friendly (mostly). But black-crowned night herons and their chicks, pictured above, face perilous times.
The claim that their loved ones’ deaths and disappearances are linked is almost certainly false — but the loss remains real.Elizabeth Weiss, an anthropologist whose husband, Nick Pope, a prominent U.F.O. researcher, died in April. “If you start looking for patterns, you will find them,” she said, qu
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.
