As European leaders try to engage with the American president over Greenland and the future of Ukraine, he is mocking them as weak.President Trump, who is scheduled to speak in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, has been heaping dismissive scorn on many of the leaders he will greet there.
After a century of defending other countries against foreign aggression, the United States is now positioned as an imperial power trying to seize another nation’s land.President Trump has declared that the only limits on his global power are “my own morality” and “my own mind.”
The World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday.
President Trump’s policies have so far done little to change the overall state of the American economy, but economists warn they will ultimately weaken the United States.Economists from across the ideological spectrum warn that President Trump is setting the country on a path that will, in the long
With cameras rolling, President Trump met with more than 40 international leaders in his first year back in office.
The president has justified many significant moves of his second term with inaccurate claims and overstated boasts.
One great truth of Trump II so far is that nobody has any idea what tomorrow holds.The question has only deepened: Is there a strategy behind President Trump's unpredictability — or does it reflect the absence of one?
The court grappled with a Hawaii law restricting carrying concealed weapons onto private property, setting up a potential clash between gun and property rights.Atom Kasprzycki, left, and Jason Wolford are part of a group of Hawaii gun owners challenging the law, which requires gun owners to get the
Some judges have expressed frustration that Lindsey Halligan continues to claim she is the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, despite a ruling in November declaring her appointment invalid.Lindsey Halligan was chosen by President Trump to serve as the U.S. attorney of the Eastern Di
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was a mistake for Jerome Powell to attend arguments in a case on Fed independence. But Mr. Bessent attended a tariff case.“If you’re trying not to politicize the Fed, for the Fed chair to be sitting there trying to put his thumb on the scale is a real mistake
Netflix will pay all cash for the $83 billion deal to acquire major parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, instead of a mix of cash and stock.Netflix’s move puts pressure on Paramount to further revise its own bid after Warner Bros. Discovery rejected its latest offer.
Two new books return to the ’80s-era saga of Bernie Goetz to consider the 21st-century intersections of race, crime and sensationalism.Bernie Goetz on the second day of his 1987 trial, at which he was charged with attempted murder in the shooting of four Black teenagers.
Thousands of Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to deliver donated groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents.Sergio Amezcua, a pastor at Dios Habla Hoy in south Minneapolis, organized the effort by his church to help fearful immigrants remai
Officials on Tuesday were struggling to identify bodies from the crash near the southern city of Córdoba, which killed at least 41 people.The scene near Adamuz, a town in southern Spain, on Tuesday after a deadly train crash over the weekend. Nearly two dozen autopsies have been completed, but the a
An arson attack at a synagogue in Mississippi was a reminder of the threat Jews face, but also of the strength of a small community forged over generations.The aftermath of the fire has been a heartening reminder that the congregation might be small, but its members are not alone.
Intended as China’s version of Dubai’s palm-shaped artificial island, Ocean Flower Island is a $12 billion monument to debt-fueled economic excess.
For decades, there had been an average of 30 each year. With a new deterrent in place, there were none in the second half of 2025.A system of stainless steel cables was installed on both sides of the bridge.
Long held up as the big benchmark of nutrition, the calorie is losing its clout in the age of GLP-1s and a sharper focus on nutrients.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on a proposal to increase taxes on those earning more than $1 million. For now, at least, he isn’t pushing.Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are working together on expanding free child care in New York.
The wealth tax ballot proposal has set off a feverish debate in California, as well as plenty of confusion.An aerial view of “Billionaires’ Row” in the ultrawealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.
Ms. Sherrill beat a Republican endorsed by President Trump and did what no politician in New Jersey has done since 1961: win her party a third consecutive term in the governor’s office.Mikie Sherrill is sworn in as governor of New Jersey on Tuesday in Newark. She is New Jersey’s second female govern
“Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” could set a record. Expect them to be up for best picture with “Hamnet,” “Frankenstein” and “Marty Supreme.”
Who will watch the watchmen?
We have a conversation with a Times correspondent who is reporting from Venezuela.Damage from U.S. airstrikes in Venezuela.
