The U.S. and Israel have pounded Iran’s leadership and undercut its defense capabilities, but President Trump has offered wildly different explanations for what he hopes to achieve.A huge plume of smoke has rose in the sky after US-Israel airstrikes in the west of Tehran, on Tuesday.
The many similarities between the White House’s justification for war in Iran and Russia’s messaging on Ukraine underscore the risks of a vaguely defined, open-ended war.Some of the Trump administration’s rhetoric on Iran has been in step with Russia’s rhetoric about its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
President Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to witness the transfer of the remains of five men and one woman killed in an Iranian drone strike.President Trump and Vice President JD Vance looked on during the transfer of the remains of six soldiers at Dover Air Force Base on Saturday
Citing national security, an unusual executive order gave protection to the herbicide Roundup. It also protected the U.S.’s only supply of a controversial, highly flammable munition.U.S. military personnel with a round of white phosphorus in Afghanistan in 2011.
The ruling, which said that Kari Lake’s appointment to oversee V.O.A.’s parent agency was invalid, was a major rejection of President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the government-funded news group.Kari Lake, a Trump ally, has led efforts to dismantle Voice of America.
At a gathering in Florida, the president asked the leaders of a dozen Latin American and Caribbean nations to help the U.S. military crush armed trafficking groups.President Trump with Latin American and Caribbean leaders at the summit on Saturday. U.S. officials said a new coalition would aggressiv
Documents show how A.I. was used to cancel most previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities as the agency embraced President Trump’s agenda.The headquarters of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington. The agency was created in 1965 to promote a wide apprec
President Trump made Mr. Khalil the face of his crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests. Mr. Khalil is now living with uncertainty as the courts consider his deportation.Mahmoud Khalil, who was arrested last year in his Columbia University-owned apartment building, said not knowing what is going to ha
Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation.
The Met has looked to a foreign government, to new strategies, even to outer space, in its scramble to find money to sustain the country’s largest performing arts organization.
President Trump thinks Republicans should “take over” election procedures in parts of the United States. But where? Here are some possibilities.Federal agents in January outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Georgia.
Representative Thomas Massie finds himself in a lonely spot in his party.
The showdown between the Pentagon and Anthropic is a window into how unprepared we are for the questions we are facing.
Six people were arrested after anti-Islamic protesters led by the right-wing activist Jake Lang clashed with counterprotesters near Gracie Mansion.Jake Lang, center, a right-wing activist, drew a small crowd of supporters and a larger crowd of counterprotesters at a demonstration outside Gracie Mans
Politicians in Colombia have increasingly become targets of violence. A rise in kidnappings, death threats and assassinations has shaken the country ahead of the vote.Police officers deployed across Popayan, Colombia, are monitoring security ahead of legislative elections on Sunday.
A self-taught artist, he turned reclaimed wood into striking abstract works influenced by Brancusi, Noguchi and African art.Thaddeus Mosley at his studio in Pittsburgh in 2023. Of the racial and economic barriers he faced, he said: “I knew that I wasn’t going to get the same recognition, have the sa
A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister.Balendra Shah, center, during his campaign to become the next prime minister of Nepal last Saturday. To his right is Rabi Lamichhane, the Rastriya Swatantra
