The opening days of the conflict are challenging the idea that President Trump can project force abroad while safeguarding American lives and the economy.Heavy smoke rising from Tehran on Tuesday after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes.
Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel’s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carries out bombings.
Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.A police station that was destroyed by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran.
Plus, why you should not let A.I. do your taxes.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday. He and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said there would be no letup in American and Israeli strikes.
Texas voters will revisit the Republican Senate primary — and some House races where no candidate captured more than 50 percent of the vote — in runoffs on May 26.Voters in line to cast their ballots at a polling site in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday.
Even as some top targets held on, lawmakers in both parties were pushed into runoffs by challengers in Texas, while some in the North Carolina state legislature lost.Jessica King-Garcia and Ricco Garcia followed primary election updates at a Democratic watch party in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday night.
Agency officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they will not be a “rubber stamp” for the industry. But patients with rare diseases view recent decisions as signs that the doors are closing on their options.
China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry’s reliance on Western technology.Xi Jinping, China’s leader, at the annual meeting of the national legislature in Beijing on Thursday.
The goal, announced at a gathering of Communist Party leaders, was the lowest since 1991 and can offer clues about China’s policymaking plans.China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
Stocks in South Korea and Taiwan, the center of global chip making, plunged on fears about energy prices. Their recovery shows the bullishness over artificial intelligence.Currency traders at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on Thursday.
After explosive growth in recent months, the country’s benchmark stock index plummeted, then rebounded, in the wake of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.A screen displaying stock prices at the Korea Exchange in Seoul on Wednesday, when stocks plunged.
In the four years since the British singer last released an album, artists like Sombr, working in similar aesthetic modes, have climbed onto the charts.
Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.
In an interview with The New York Times, President Cyril Ramaphosa opened up about the role of middle powers, relations with Washington and apartheid.President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa opened up about his relationship with President Trump.
James Luckey-Lange, 28, wrote about kindness and shared humanity as he traveled. But he said he had been shackled, starved and beaten in Venezuela after being detained.James Luckey-Lange was held by Venezuelan authorities for more than a month and was released after then President Nicolás Maduro was
President Trump’s simple campaign promise, now reality, includes lots of fine print that is confounding taxpayers and companies this filing season.The overtime deduction, approved last year, made the tax break retroactive to the start of 2025.
The world’s smartest technology is no match for the U.S. tax code.
It has always been expensive, but recently prices have risen faster than inflation.
A dispute between the nonprofit Housing Works and the owner of a cannabis dispensary shows the risks for businesses in an industry that is locked out of traditional financing and resources.Leeann Mata says that Housing Works has not delivered on the agreement to help develop her cannabis dispensary,
On the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, a novice learns to drive her own team on an adventure in the heart of winter.A dog team pulls guests on a day trip from Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge, on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Ely, Minn.
How the antiwar right sees Trump’s foreign policy.
Michael Steinberger on how A.I.’s impact on white-collar jobs may transform politics and society.
“This could be the first war ever launched based on vibes,” Jimmy Fallon said.
We may want to cover your big night for a story about high school’s most important event.Prom night is a time-honored American tradition. We’d like to understand it better.
