As President Trump resumes his war, the focus is now on the Strait of Hormuz. But it remains unclear how far the U.S. military will go to exert control.President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday. The latest phase of the U.S. military campaign in Iran has a new focus, but not necessarily a clearer
Officials see a return to full-blown war as preferable to an agreement that fails to curb the threats Iran poses to Israel. Meanwhile, they wait.Israelis gathering near a public shelter in Tel Aviv after a warning of incoming missiles from Iran in March.
Plus, Chipotle is coming to Mexico.The Strait of Hormuz carried about one-fifth of the world’s oil before the war, making it one of the most critical shipping lanes.
Economic growth of 4.3 percent in the second quarter, versus the same period last year, reflected a broad slump outside of the country’s export-oriented manufacturing might.Shoppers at an electric car showroom in Shanghai. Chinese consumers have embraced a culture of thriftiness, as many are not fee
CXMT, a linchpin in China’s drive to develop homegrown artificial intelligence technology, is aiming to raise nearly $10 billion in a blockbuster public offering in Shanghai.ChangXin Memory Technologies in Hefei. Little known outside of China, the 10-year-old company is benefiting from booming deman
President Trump has urged Xi Jinping to release the scientist, Youlin Chen, the man’s family says. Dr. Chen studied the detection of North Korean nuclear tests.
The father of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the man fatally shot by a federal immigration agent on Monday, said his son had been working two jobs to support his wife and daughter.A memorial for Joan Sebastian Guerrero at the intersection where he was shot by ICE in Biddeford, Maine.
Footage obtained by The New York Times shows ICE agents in the moments before and after the killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear.
The Democrats hoping to challenge Ms. Collins, a vulnerable Republican, have seized on the fatal incident, drawing attention to her record on immigration matters.“It’s disappointing to see potential candidates use a tragedy to try to advance a political agenda,” Senator Susan Collins told reporters
Kristi Noem, the former homeland security secretary, said five months ago that the Trump administration would “rapidly” deploy body cameras to immigration agents across the country. About half still don’t have them.Law enforcement officers at the scene of the ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine, on Tue
After striking roads and railways, Kyiv is now focusing on sea routes as it tries to disrupt fuel supplies and pressure Russia to end the war.A screenshot taken from footage provided by Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces showed a drone flying toward a ship at port in the city of Kerch in Crimea in ea
The parasite, which has sickened thousands across the U.S., is notoriously difficult to track. Funding cuts haven’t made the job easier.
Cyclospora, a parasite that causes intestinal illness, is sickening many people across the United States. Health experts have tips for avoiding infection.
Todd Blanche’s role in interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will be front and center as he seeks to become attorney general.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, last month. As the Justice Department’s No. 2 official, he oversaw the
At Harvard, students, alumni and professors debate whether a storied campus group should cut ties with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest associates, and whether Harvard itself should do the same.Andrew Farkas spoke in 2014 at an event for the Hasty Pudding Institute, a Harvard group. Mr. Farkas has c
A list of alleged crimes has not prevented Diosdado Cabello, and other Venezuelan officials, from working with a U.S. government that once hounded them.Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, welcomed a flight last year bringing Venezuelan migrants from Mexico.
The Arizona Democrat said he had raised and given away $10 million to fellow members of his party and committees as he mulls a presidential run in 2028.Senator Mark Kelly’s fund-raising jumped last year after President Trump accused him and five other Democrats of “sedition” over a video in which th
His progressive, populist message was able to occupy a kind of middle ground in the party’s primary electorate.
Some of New York City’s emergency medical workers make just $18 an hour. Their boss, Zohran Mamdani, has staked his mayoralty on making New York City more affordable for all.Taysha Soto has spent the last two years in close touch with life and death in New York City as an emergency medical technicia
The road redesign to prioritize buses, the first such project in the borough, had been put on hold after the Trump administration objected to a similar plan in Manhattan.In addition to a dedicated “busway” on Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, the Mamdani administration will gather public input on plans t
The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.
Republicans should have the decency, patriotism and self-respect to vote against Mr. Blanche.
The midterms are looming. We asked people in New York City’s suburbs how they feel about the state of America.
We look at shootings by federal immigration agents.A memorial for Joan Sebastian Guerrero.
