Just months before another election that may hinge on the economy, the war in Iran has sent gas and other goods soaring.“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” President Trump said recently when asked if economic pain was motivating him to make a deal with Iran.
The president has never pretended to be an ordinary American, but a recent “truth bomb” has opened him to criticism that he doesn’t grasp the economic strain of his war with Iran.President Trump made remarks on Tuesday at the White House, ahead of departing for his trip to China.
Washington quickly brushed off a startling milestone in a mounting problem.
The defeat showed the president’s dominance in his party, even as a broader range of views about Mr. Trump could be a major Republican liability in the midterms.President Trump at the White House on Friday.
Senator Bill Cassidy, a two-term Republican who voted to convict President Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, took a veiled swipe at Mr. Trump, saying power should not focus on “one individual.”Senator Bill Cassidy speaking at a watch party in Baton Rouge on Saturday after losing his primary cont
The state, where a rebellious Republican faces a tough primary challenge on Tuesday, has an unpredictable political landscape that has produced a long list of surprising figures.
In a new memoir, the former senator, governor and cabinet member says President Trump committed an impeachable offense on Jan. 6 and calls on Congress to assert its power.
One fateful decision 100 years ago created parallel lives. How does a family broken by the bizarre rules of racism heal itself after three generations apart?Susan Saulny, granddaughter of George DeGrange, and Christine DeGrange and Laura Oswald, granddaughters of Edward DeGrange, at the building tha
Terakeet, a reputation management firm, used online tricks to downplay the friendship of the Goldman Sachs general counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It wasn’t enough.
Here is what we know about the sexual predator whose secrets spurred an international reckoning over money, power and complicity. Check back for updates.
Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, taking up more than 3,400 volumes and weighing over eight tons, have been printed and bound for display in a TriBeCa gallery.A gallery at 101 Reade Street, in Tribeca, now houses bookshelves filled with millions of law enforcement documents related to the invest
Iranian attacks have paralyzed Qatar’s vital gas exports and are stalling the tourism and business pivots that were intended to anchor its future growth.Qatar has tried to transform itself into a tourist destination and a hub for international business and finance.
Israel spent over a year preparing a covert site in Iraq for its operations against Iran, regional officials say. Iraqi officials later confirmed the existence of a second base.A shepherd with his herd in the Najaf desert in southwestern Iran on Tuesday. Israel operated at least two secret outposts
Just a day after the announcement, cases were confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. There is no approved vaccine for this species of Ebola.A man is carried from an ambulance on Saturday as he arrives at a hospital after confirmation of an Ebola outbreak in the Ituri province of t
The writer and illustrator William Steig lived several lives before his book about a surly ogre became a Hollywood hit.
Defeating a sclerotic rump of a party is no achievement. Instead, one-party rule enables corruption. It fosters stagnation.
The decline of civic education hit bottom about a decade ago and is at last on the rebound. This fact brings me hope.
Is the post-college job market as bad as it seems?Commencement at Johns Hopkins University last year.
Democrats announced Saturday night that the Senate’s top parliamentary referee had determined that the $1 billion provision did not comply with budget rules.Crews continued work on the White House ballroom on Friday.
The presidential election pits Keiko Fujimori, a conservative, against Roberto Sánchez, a leftist, after a crisis marked by delays and protests.Keiko Fujimori, the leader of the Popular Force Party, at a campaign rally last month in Lima, Peru.
Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas face the greatest risk of extreme weather, with the worst expected on Monday.
