Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking are facing potentially lasting economic damage.Oil tankers and cargo ships on Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s bellicose and vengeful rhetoric describing the military’s war in Iran grew out of his experience in Iraq.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending the dignified transfer of six troops killed in the Middle East last week. For the mission in Iran, Mr. Hegseth signed off
Mojtaba Khamenei struck a defiant tone and signaled that Iran would not back down in a war that has spread across the Middle East.A billboard in Tehran depicts Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei taking an Iranian flag from his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
By suing Republican states and making sharp reversals in old cases, the Trump administration is using courts to fast-track major shifts in policy.In some cases, the legal maneuver has helped the Trump administration lock in changes at the federal level that could persist for years after President Tr
The case is mostly moot, a federal judge said, because the administration has resumed the flow of more than $200 million in funding that it had temporarily stopped.The Gateway project under the Hudson River would double passenger capacity in the tunnel, which sits in the busiest rail corridor in the
The lopsided vote to approve the measure was a rare bit of election-year bipartisanship on a major affordability issue, but G.O.P. disputes and President Trump’s disinterest have left its fate uncertain.Home construction in South Carolina earlier this year.
The number of assaults and threats against Jews has increased in recent years, with anxiety growing further since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.Damage to the Beth Israel synagogue in Jackson, Miss., in January.
A gunman who killed one person and injured two others at the university in Norfolk, Va., had previously been convicted on terrorism-related charges.The police responded to a report of a shooting on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., on Thursday morning.
Two Black female candidates may split Democratic primary voters in Illinois, and anger is growing at well-funded efforts to widen the divide.Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, left, and Representative Robin Kelly are at the center of a fight for Black voters in the Democratic primary race for Senate in Illi
The Trump administration is putting the weight of the federal government behind his false claims about the 2020 election in order to investigate key swing states ahead of the midterms. Nick Corasaniti, a New York Times reporter focusing on elections, homes in on the states that have become the prime
The Democratic power broker had kept his plans under wraps but signaled he wanted to be around to see the first Black speaker elected, a milestone the party is well positioned to reach next year.Representative James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, was first elected to Congress in 1992.
The president called Mr. Paul, a boxer and provocative influencer, a “great guy” and predicted that he would run for an elected position.President Trump predicted that Jake Paul, who rose to prominence as a vlogger and provocateur, would run for office “in the not-too-distant future.”
The billionaire is said to be willing to spend up to $5 million to help Assemblyman Micah Lasher in his bid to replace Representative Jerrold Nadler, bypassing a Kennedy scion, Jack Schlossberg.Michael Bloomberg is endorsing Assemblyman Micah Lasher, who worked for Mr. Bloomberg while he was mayor o
“Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” have been neck and neck all season. Here’s what our expert thinks will go the distance.
Ahead of the Oscars on Sunday, Food and Film writers and editors recount the moments that filled them most.
In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
Despite locals’ concerns about noise and possible pollution, Mississippi is allowing Mr. Musk’s company to operate gas turbines there that will help power its chatbot.The xAI power plant in Southaven, Miss.
The globally acclaimed restaurant had the power and influence to remake restaurant culture. Instead, it perpetuated the darkest parts of that world.Noma opened in 2003 in Copenhagen. Twenty years later, the restaurant announced that it would close to focus on other efforts, like the pop-up it starte
A New Jersey jury found Harris Jacobs guilty of leaving the scene of an accident after he struck a pedestrian with his S.U.V. But jurors would not have the final word.The scene of the crash where Orlando Fraga-Seruti was fatally struck.
President Trump is tempering the political ambitions of María Corina Machado, a Nobel laureate, as he deepens ties with her foes in Venezuela.María Corina Machado after leaving a meeting with senators outside of the U.S. Capitol in January.
The inauguration of Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, is the latest milestone in a broader shift toward conservatism and pro-Trump alignment in the region.President José Antonio Kast of Chile and his wife, María Pía Adriasola, at the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on Wedne
Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have been hailed as miracle treatments. But one in 10 people are what scientists call “non-responders.”
Visitors are flocking to see a bonanza of wildflowers that has transformed this barren desert.
Washington, D.C., was warm and sunny on Wednesday. By Thursday, snow was falling.Rain fell outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday. March is an especially unsettled time for weather across the United States.
