The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world’s biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries’ supplies of jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.A refinery in Jiujiang, China. Traditionally, oil exporting countries, like Saudi Arabia and the United States, have held the power, not
Many countries blunted the most painful effects of the energy shock from the war in Iran. But prices remain elevated and risks are multiplying.An onion field in Somalia. Spiraling costs for imported energy and fertilizer threaten to reduce harvest yields and drive up food prices across Africa, hitti
The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.The political environment has worsened for Republicans as they try to defend control of Congress, though the party has a big cash
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican, released a television ad on
Bruce Blakeman is trying to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, attacking her on the economy, crime and immigration by using Trump-like tactics and A.I.Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, is seeking to become the first Republican governor of New York in 20 years.
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.OpenAI offices in San Francisco.
There has been considerable debate over regulating the artificial intelligence industry, but much of that effort has stalled. Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, explains why.
The collected essays of Dario Amodei help explain why some people are so worried about artificial intelligence.Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, on Tuesday.
The president blasted the rest of the Fed — and kept up his demand for a cut — but spared Fed Chairman Kevin M. Warsh from the criticism.From left, Fed Chairman Kevin M. Warsh and President Trump. While Mr. Trump is still pursuing lower borrowing costs, he has afforded Mr. Warsh more leeway than his
The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices.
The face of London in the 1960s is living her best life at the age of 77.“Twiggy: The Woman Behind the Icon,” arrives in America this month.
Images captured through the windows of Air Force One showed President Trump reviewing a poster with the title “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.”President Trump aboard Air Force One after landing at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday night.
The institution shut its doors to the public on Tuesday in a decision that a federal judge will scrutinize.Matt Floca, the executive director of the Kennedy Center, has said the building has serious maintenance needs, including structural steel corroded by water infiltration.
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in his courtroom. A former clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court, he does not have the pro
The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy smarts and deft political sensibilities.Jon Kyl, often described as a low-key workhorse, in 2018. “You can accomplish a lot if you’re not necessarily out in front on everything,” he o
One superintendent is trying to apply what he’s learned to other shattered districts — and reckoning with the toll of the disaster on his own life.C.J. Huff
For decades, his bold colors and benign peace-and-love message captivated those who saw America shining.
With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.Peter Max, one of the most visible and successful artists of his generation, in 1967.
The New York Philharmonic’s season started with a barnstorming tour of Manhattan to celebrate Dudamel’s arrival as music and artistic director.
This is what I see when I look at the picture Bo French hates.
A 35-foot fall didn’t kill Michael Wagner. The nearly 18-year failure of the safety net did. Before he died, he recorded 694 videos explaining how.
We look at revenue-sharing deals in college sports.University of Oregon players.
Prime Minister Mark Carney told European lawmakers that an alliance would help to secure sovereignty and independence for his country. The moves come amid a historic low for U.S. ties with Canada.Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Thursd
