Secretary of Energy Chris Wright’s acknowledgment in a TV interview undercut President Trump’s earlier claim that price increases would be “short-term.”The price of gas has increased significantly since the war with Iran began in late February.
Maritime and military law experts say an expansion of the naval blockade announced last week raises legal and practical questions but has ample historical precedent.Tankers anchored off Iran on Saturday.
Traders, hopeful on Friday that a peace deal was near, were digesting the developments over the weekend.
The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president’s second term.Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat, two of three Syrian-born brothers, at their company’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar.
Weighed down by President Trump’s approval ratings, some Republican incumbents are struggling to raise money while Democrats look for targets like a Tennessee seat south of Nashville.“We need to be a little nicer,” said Chaz Molder, the mayor of Columbia, Tenn., who is running for a Republican House
As Democrats try to find a way back to power in Washington, some see tax cuts as a quick and easy way to address affordability. The wonks are freaking out.
Some Muslim voters were once drawn to Republican positions on family values and individual liberty, but as Southern politicians stoke anti-Islamic sentiment, many feel threatened.Amal Altareb, a Yemeni American, moved to Memphis in 2012, one of many Muslim Americans drawn to the South by economic op
The Department of Justice is seeking ballots and other materials from the 2024 election. Michigan officials call it election interference.A voter is handed a ballot in Woodworth School in Dearborn, Mich., during the 2024 election.
Americans have enjoyed lifestyles that would normally be out of reach to them by working remotely in countries with lower living costs.Nino Trentinella has built a new life in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she can afford a housekeeper and regular meals at restaurants.
Advice on building a rewarding work life, even amid employment gloom.
After the State Department overhauled the process for choosing an artist for the Venice Biennale, it gave control to a woman who previously owned a pet food store.
At churches with connections to Pope Leo and the Trump administration, pastors and parishioners speak out on the feud between the president and the pontiff.Pope Leo has found himself in a feud with President Trump, who has called the pontiff “weak on crime.”
Leo XIV has had a reputation for being cautious. But since President Trump attacked him at the start of his Africa trip, he has been more combative.Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon on Friday. His strident speeches in Africa this week have marked a shift in his rhetoric.
The new proposal would make Grand Army Plaza more friendly to pedestrians. It was all the talk at the local farmers’ market on Saturday.Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposal would ban cars from a dangerous stretch of road separating the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza from Prospec
Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s precise and devastating memoir chronicles the 328 days her son was held hostage in Gaza, and what came after.Rachel Goldberg-Polin during her remarks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, where she called for help in getting her son released after 320 days.
Many youth-led protests around the world have failed to bring meaningful change. But in Nepal, a new government is promising to do things differently.A youthful revolution changed Nepal. It gave hope to Gen Z worldwide.
He won a Grammy for the Kenny Rogers song “The Gambler,” and also wrote for Randy Travis, the Judds and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
“You know what you’re going to get with me,” said Lynch, who went from candid athlete to coveted actor in “Euphoria” and more.“He has this natural charisma,” another “Euphoria” actor said of Marshawn Lynch. “It’s like an innate confidence, a sense of self, and he oozes that.”
What a shift in the dating preferences of younger men reveals about our changing norms.
Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom — as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.
A chance encounter led to overnight success for the Sequence, a seminal trio whose “Funk You Up” broke barriers.The Sequence in 1980. From left: Cheryl Cook (Cheryl the Pearl), Gwendolyn Chisolm (Blondy) and Angela Brown, later Angie Stone (Angie B.).
A fellow student who had witnessed the kidnapping called the police, and other students helped track the girl to a gas station.
The authorities said a total of 10 people had been shot in a crime scene in Shreveport that involved multiple sites. The gunman was fatally shot by officers, the police said.Police tape blocks off a house in Shreveport, La., that is one of the locations tied to a mass shooting.
With its citizens yearning for the kind of prosperous life enjoyed by other Europeans, Bulgaria held its eighth election in five years.Former President Rumen Radev of Bulgaria at a polling station in Sofia on Sunday.
