The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship.President Trump meeting with President Xi Jinping of China in Busan, South Korea, last year. The two leaders are set to mee
Defense secretaries have previously traveled with presidents on overseas trips, to provide advice and represent the U.S. military.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arriving to testify before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense.
The estimate from the Defense Department’s top budget official was $4 billion higher than two weeks ago. Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to say when the administration would request extra money for the Iran conflict.From left, Jay Hurst, the Pentagon comptroller; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth; and
Kuwait’s interior ministry said a group of armed Iranians arrived at Bubiyan Island in the Persian Gulf on May 1 aboard a rented fishing boat and exchanged fire with Kuwaiti soldiers.Kuwait says it arrested four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who arrived on a boat.
The food giant Calbee said shortages of naphtha, a crude-oil derivative used in inks, were forcing it to switch to black-and-white packaging for its salty products.
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans.
The agency’s top food official will step in to the role after Dr. Makary privately said he opposed the administration decision to approve flavored vapes.Dr. Marty Makary at times tried to advance his own principles alongside the administration’s goals, which at times were at odds with the powerful f
Work on the iconic National Mall basin appears behind schedule. President Trump initially said he had picked the contractor, then said he did not know it.About 35 percent of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s surface had been fully coated as of Sunday, according to a government document. The rep
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Prescriptions for antiparasitic drugs spiked after the actor claimed it cured his friends of cancer, a new study finds.
Anthropic said that Claude Mythos was too dangerous to release to the public. That claim has reopened an old debate over cybersecurity.Anthropic shook up the tech world with the limited release of its Claude Mythos A.I. model.
Experts and college students used A.I. agents to try to break into and defend computer networks in a national competition. The agents did all right on their own, too.
A generous influx of state resources from Gov. Kathy Hochul and a new tax on luxury second homes will help Mayor Zohran Mamdani address a projected $5.4 billion deficit.In his executive budget, Mayor Zohran Mamdani dropped his threat to raise property taxes in New York City.
A new super PAC with ties to Republicans is intervening in Democratic primaries, in one instance helping a sex therapist in Texas accused of antisemitism.Voters waiting in line to cast ballots in the Texas primary in Austin in March 3.
Gov. Kay Ivey scheduled special House primaries for August after the Supreme Court cleared a path for Alabama to use a 2023 congressional map with one majority-Black district.Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama set a special election on Tuesday for four House races.
A suspicious object that disrupted a campaign stop for Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state in Georgia and a candidate for governor, was not a bomb, officials said.Brad Raffensperger’s campaign announced shortly after the incident that his event, at a local airport, had faced an “ac
The National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska is now the temporary home for many of the Americans who had been passengers on the MV Hondius.The Davis Global Center, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha, houses the National Quarantine Unit.
A novel cigarette tax has generated $270 million for cultural organizations in the Cleveland area, which makes declining smoking rates “a double-edged sword.”Playhouse Square, in downtown Cleveland, has used grants from a cigarette tax to explore creating a designated theater district akin to Times
The company is trying to help streaming influencers, who are increasingly being wooed by competitors like Netflix and TikTok.Kareem Rahma, the host of the popular Instagram and TikTok series “Subway Takes.”
As companies look to build cash flow and loyalty, everything from heated car seats to earthworm deliveries can become a recurring charge on your credit card.From streaming services to car features, more companies are moving toward a model that turns customers into lifelong subscribers.
The police in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and elsewhere are responding to incidents related to a TikTok trend involving running through Scientology buildings.A group of teenagers broke a locked door at a Church of Scientology in Midtown Manhattan, the New York Police Department said. It’s part of
Teenagers are booting the game out of the 1990s. “It’s kind of bringing everybody together,” one said.
After a warm winter that brought more rain than snow, the state’s snowpack was the lowest it has ever been.
