President Trump has spent years demonizing and dehumanizing the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota, fueling escalating threats against her.Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, speaking before a man sprayed her with a liquid at a town hall event in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
An attack at a town hall in Minneapolis, amid a surge in threats against lawmakers, was the latest sign of the fraying of the nation’s political fabric.Representative Ilhan Omar after being sprayed with a foul-smelling liquid by an assailant at a town hall on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
Anthony J. Kazmierczak frequently posted online about conservative issues. He told a neighbor that he was going to get arrested at an event hosted by Ms. Omar.The police say Anthony Kazmierczak, center, used a syringe to spray Representative Ilhan Omar with a liquid at a town hall in Minneapolis on
The Trump administration has not yet released the count, which could complicate its plans for tough new policies.A homeless encampment in Chicago in March 2024. Local data collected by The New York Times showed that homelessness fell 60 percent in Chicago in the last year of the Biden administration
The State Department clarified comments made by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada that NORAD would be “altered” if that country did not purchase American F-35 jets.Canada began a review of its agreement to buy F-35 fighter jets from the United States last year. The United States still wants Canada to us
Democrats sharply questioned the plan, including the role of Qatar in managing an account funded by the sale of Venezuelan oil.Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during a hearing to examine U.S. policy towards Venezuela.
U.S. and European officials say they have put three demands in front of the Iranians, including a permanent end to all enrichment of uranium.The USS Abraham Lincoln in 2024. The aircraft carrier group is currently stationed in striking distance of targets in Iran.
Carlisle Rivera became the third person to be sentenced for playing a role in trying to kill Masih Alinejad, an activist and a critic of the Iranian government.Masih Alinejad leaves Federal District Court in Manhattan after testifying in the trial of two men charged with plotting to assassinate her.
In an exceptionally strong field, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan and Wagner Moura each have a way to triumph.
The Federal Reserve chose to pause rate cuts, even as it faces relentless attacks from President Trump for not cutting borrowing costs fast enough.“The economy has once again surprised us with its strength, not for the first time,” Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said at a news conferen
A few key necessities are driving dissatisfaction, particularly among the young, our poll finds.
The tech giant is spending $35 million to promote its film about the first lady, far more than is typical for documentaries.Amazon paid Melania Trump’s production company $40 million for the rights to the documentary. That amount is about $26 million more than the offer from the next closest bidder,
The distributor, which was set to release the film on Friday, said it had canceled the theatrical premiere because of “recent developments,” but declined to specify.The first lady, Melania Trump, at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, where she rang the opening bell.
Across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, hundreds of power lines and poles remained damaged after freezing rain and low temperatures coated much of the region in ice over the weekend.Linemen work to restore power in Oxford, Miss., on Monday.
With no warm weather expected any time soon, the city’s snow piles require mechanical intervention.New York’s snow melters, like this one here in Lower Manhattan, are not particularly hot. The water inside them is heated to only 38 degrees.
Three days after the city’s biggest snowstorm in years, many New Yorkers are still scaling mounds of snow and ice. Cleaning it up is a shared responsibility.While New York City’s streets have been cleared since a major snowstorm on Sunday, cold temperatures have kept the remaining snow from melting,
Here’s what meteorologists know about the next storm that is expected to hit the East Coast.The forecast could change before the weekend, but it’s looking more likely that another winter storm will affect part of the East Coast.
Her memory was failing, and the $28,000-a-month assisted living facility wouldn’t let her leave. Was it protecting her from an untrustworthy guardian?Diana Multare with her friend Eric Houston and a health aide during a trip to his sister’s horse farm in Connecticut.
Sergey Brin donated $20 million to a new political drive aimed at solving California’s housing crisis, spurring other billionaires to pitch in. Their efforts may also help ward off a wealth tax.Sergey Brin’s group says it is trying to solve problems and help middle-class workers pay for housing in a
Politically pointed and heavy on his Jewish faith, the book already has Democrats talking.Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania
As a legal battle continues over the fate of New York City’s toll program, a judge appeared skeptical of the federal government’s arguments, but did not issue a ruling.Congestion pricing went into effect last January for drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the weather would let them.
Some of the best coaches we can find to help struggling children escape poverty may be other children and their families.
We thought America would keep him safe.
