In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.In response to Iranian threats, commercial shipping has come to a standstill in the Gulf, and oil pric
The conflict is reshaping travel patterns, energy dependencies, living costs, trade routes and diplomatic alliances.Smoke rising from oil storage in Tehran on Sunday.
Drivers are paying an average of 20 percent more at the pump since the strikes on Iran began. The global oil price was up and stocks in Asia rose.
Plus, iPads in kindergarten.Many in Iran say they feel helpless in the face of their entrenched system, and some are becoming increasingly embittered by the fierce American and Israeli bombardment.
President Trump wants to strike cartels inside Mexico. In Sinaloa State, a cartel stronghold, some residents said they were willing to entertain U.S. intervention.National Guard soldiers last month in Sinaloa, Mexico.
The attorney general relocated from a Washington apartment to a base in the area within the past month, according to people familiar with the situation.The immediate catalyst for moving Attorney General Pam Bondi was an increase in threats following the capture and prosecution of President Nicolás M
The program for people traveling internationally, set to come back online at 5 a.m. Wednesday, had been paused amid the shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.The Homeland Security Department had said in late February that it would pause its T.S.A. PreCheck and Global Entry programs to “refocu
Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.Thomson Reuters is a $50 billion Toronto-based company that owns the Reuters news service. Its widely used legal research tool
The police in London interviewed Virginia Giuffre three times over her allegations about Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell, but never began a criminal investigation.Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York in 2005. Ms. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence fo
Clayton Fuller will face Shawn Harris, a Democrat, in an April runoff. Mr. Fuller’s win over a flashier Republican showed the power of the president’s support.
The victory by Mr. Thompson, the state’s longest-serving Black Democrat, offers a counterpoint to the broader push nationwide for younger leadership in Congress.Representative Bennie Thompson, the longest-serving Black Democrat in Mississippi, won his primary race for the Second Congressional Distri
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“Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!” is a familiar reminder that growing up in showbiz can lead to awards and adulation, but also to heartache.Liza Minnelli in 1972, the year she starred as Sally Bowles in “Cabaret.”
The country has prioritized self-sufficiency in producing a crucial battlefield weapon, though weaning itself fully off cheaper Chinese components is difficult.Ukrainian drone operators in the Donetsk region in 2024. Drones now account for most Russian casualties, a Ukrainian commander said.
Ukraine said the attack struck a key electronics plant, highlighting how it remains capable of hitting high-value targets inside Russia.A still from a video released by the Ukraine armed forces of a strike on a Russian missile plant in Bryansk, Russia, on Tuesday.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he wants to raise taxes on New Yorkers who earn more than $1 million per year. Some millionaires actually agree with him.Craig Kaplan, Marissa Hersh and Marc Baum of the New York chapter of Patriotic Millionaires. All of them support Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax plan.
Trump’s agenda for the high-stakes meeting remains unclear to Beijing, Chinese analysts say, while American executives say they haven’t been invited along.President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meeting in Busan, South Korea, in October, where they announced a yearlong trade truce.
For years, China has flown military jets near Taiwan almost daily. Then they suddenly stopped, leaving analysts to wonder why.A photo released last year by Chinese state media showing aircraft on the Fujian, China’s third aircraft carrier.
“Sync music” has become the soundtrack to our lives — whether we realize it or not.Kara Talve (left) and Anze Rozman, who are married to each other, collaborating on a composition at Bleeding Fingers studios in Santa Monica, Calif.
Practitioners nationwide are striving to do what’s best for children’s health, while staying supportive in the face of mistrust and confusion.
Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.
Trump’s Iran war will affect more than just gas prices.
The fairy tale was 1990s New York.
The Weather Service issued several of its most urgent alerts on Tuesday night.A damaged home after a tornado tore through Beggs, Okla., on Tuesday.
