The Pentagon’s rush to rearm its Mideast forces makes it less ready to confront potential adversaries like Russia and China, administration and congressional officials say.The remains of a university building in Tehran. Two independent groups say the U.S. expense of the war in Iran so far is between
The conflict has morphed into a volatile standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, as the economic costs mount and President Trump faces a political backlash at home.A mural in Tehran illustrates Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz.
First of all, it isn’t dust. It’s Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, which is stored in large canisters about the size of scuba tanks.A satellite image from February showing construction on buildings at the Isfahan nuclear site in Iran that were destroyed during U.S. airstrikes last June.
Also, America’s premier opera company has money troubles. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.In the southern Lebanese village of Mansour on Tuesday.
The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.John Phelan, the Navy secretary, in December. President Trump’s frustration over Mr. Phelan’s management of his prized battleship program grew over the past two wee
The president touched off a furor with his post sharing a podcast episode in which the host referred to China and India as “hellhole” places.President Trump posted the transcript on his Truth Social account on Wednesday night.
The newspaper’s ombudsman, Jacqueline Smith, said she had been given no reason for her dismissal.The Pentagon has been taking steps to increase its editorial control of Stars and Stripes, which has covered the military continuously since World War II.
Federal prosecutors say that Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in the operation to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, used the information to place bets on a prediction market.Nicolás Maduro, former President of Venezuela, being escorted off a helicopter to be taken to the federal
A spokesman for Representative Thomas Kean Jr. said an unspecified “personal medical issue” has led the New Jersey Republican to miss House votes.Democrats in New Jersey were aggressively targeting Thomas Kean Jr.’s seat well before he began missing votes.
Daniel Goldman is pledging at least $1 million of his own money, and possibly millions more, in hopes of fighting off a primary challenge from Brad Lander in New York City.Representative Daniel Goldman, who represents parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, is one of the richest members of Congress.
The layoffs affect about 8,000 employees, with Meta also planning to close 6,000 open roles, as the company focuses on artificial intelligence.Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
The tech giant is offering long-serving employees early retirements as it continues to invest aggressively in artificial intelligence.Microsoft and other big tech companies are on a spending spree to build the infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
Most of the layoffs will affect tech workers as the athletic giant tries to reverse a yearslong sales slump. It’s the second round of cuts this year.Nike said on Thursday that layoffs would affect workers across North America, Europe and Asia.
The report focuses on the lack of transponders in the fire trucks, which investigators suggested could have allowed an automatic warning system to alert the controller of an imminent collision.An Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck collided on the runway at LaGuardia Airport last month.
The arrangement would have brought up to $200 million to the Metropolitan Opera, which has suffered a series of financial setbacks.Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera in September.
A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030” program to transform the country’s economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Washington last fall. The prince’s plans and ambitions have grown more rapi
The Paul Weiss partners Kannon Shanmugam and Masha Hansford are departing to start a practice focusing on Supreme Court and other appellate litigation at the rival firm Davis Polk.
For a decade and a half, Prajit and Projjal Dutta have led the market for South Asian art in the United States. Now they rarely speak to each other, except through lawyers.Prajit, left, and Projjal Dutta
On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comments since becoming pope last year, but grew uncomfortable at how that criticism was interpreted.Pope Leo XIV in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday.
He was renowned for his skill at capturing candid scenes of penguins, polar bears and other cold-weather creatures — and for his ability to tolerate extreme discomfort.
The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent.Miles was born with otoferlin deafness, a rare form of deafness caused by a mutation in a single gene. But with a new gene therapy, he ca
Known best for tightly wound characters in generational hit films, the actress is a tortured pop star in “Mother Mary” and returns to playful form in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
Normal language is inadequate and precedents are irrelevant when it comes to appraising the senior administration officials of the president’s second term.
He made his company a juggernaut, but he did so by risking America’s economic and political security.
