Virginia’s approval of an aggressive gerrymander could give Democrats up to four additional House seats as they seek to win back Congress.National party leaders were heavily invested in Virginia’s referendum, and tens of millions of dollars flowed in.
Democrats now hold six of the state’s 11 seats in the U.S. House, but the new map could allow the party to win 10 of them.
With Virginia’s vote on Tuesday, Democrats pulled close to even with Republicans, who may have further cards to play in the race to gain extra House seats.
Also, Trump extends the cease-fire with Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
Our visual journalist David Guttenfelder traveled with displaced people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, as a cease-fire paused the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Iranian leaders fear being burned again by President Trump, who tore up a nuclear agreement reached during the Obama administration after lengthy negotiations.Vice President JD Vance during peace talks with Iran in Islamabad earlier this month.
Washington is demanding that the Baghdad government dismantle Iran-backed Iraqi militias that have been attacking Americans and U.S. sites there recently.Members of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, during a mourning procession in Baghdad this month for one of their comrades who was ki
Republicans have accused the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for investigating hate groups, of unfairly targeting conservative and Christian organizations.The Southern Poverty Law Center said that it was being investigated by the Justice Department over its past use of paid informan
The reversal came after the Justice Department replaced a career prosecutor with a loyalist to President Trump in the administration’s effort to charge the former C.I.A. chief with a crime.John O. Brennan testifying to Congress in 2017.
A U.S. aid worker said that the Afghans, who were evacuated to Qatar, would face a choice between moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo and living under the Taliban.A photograph released by the U.S. Army showing Afghans being processed at Camp As Sayliyah, in Qatar, in August 2021.
“I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people,” said the conservative commentator, who has broken sharply with the president over the war with Iran.Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, has feuded with President Trump and his allies for weeks over the war with Iran.
In a tense congressional hearing, the health secretary also said he bore no responsibility for the measles outbreak in the United States.Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on Democrats’ assertions that he was responsible for the country’s worst measles outbreak in decades.
The issue threatens to renew chaos at airports as lawmakers remain divided over a deal to end the two-month shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.A Transportation Security Administration officer at Pittsburgh International Airport in March, when some U.S. travelers faced long security line
The autobiographical novella, first published 50 years ago, arguably created a new type of guy: the literary fly fisherman.
People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.
The proposal, which was approved by Parliament on Tuesday, will ban the supply or sale of tobacco products to anyone born in 2009 or after, permanently.The proposed lifetime smoking ban will apply in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
After a forced confession and a death sentence, a Kurdish poet spent 30 years in jail, where he discovered his voice. His literary champion, to everyone’s surprise, became his life partner.The poet Ilhan Sami Çomak, right, and his partner, Ipek Ozel, left, at home in Istanbul.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said the law does not violate the Constitution. The plaintiffs said they planned to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision.A Ten Commandments poster in an English classroom at Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Worth.
On April 9, Zohran Mamdani posed for a picture with the New York Mets mascots. Since the joyous photo op, the Mets have not won a game.Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday dodged a good-natured question about whether his appearance with the New York Mets’ mascots was to blame for the team’s losing streak
The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.SpaceX said a deal with Cursor gave it the option to buy the artificial intelligence start-up, which makes code-writing software, for $60 billion l
“A.I. gives us places to go we haven’t gone,” said one bank’s chief executive.Brian T. Moynihan, Bank of America’s chief executive, said “eliminating work and applying technology” helped the bank shed 1,000 jobs last quarter.
Lawyers for Sullivan & Cromwell apologized for submitting a court filing that had fake citations created by artificial intelligence.
The unassuming look of the outgoing Apple chief executive was an asset, as he navigated pop culture, the president and following Steve Jobs.In his navy polos and dark jeans, Mr. Cook became a recognizable but unassuming figurehead of Apple. It may have been an asset for him to present as a kind of b
A Yale report offers some honest self-reflection on where the university went wrong.
