The attacks came after traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had reached the highest levels since the start of the U.S. war in Iran.Iran has tried to establish formal control over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, something it did not have before.
Criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, anger over the Iran war and election results in New York all suggest Israel’s solid support from Washington may be on borrowed time.Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, center, in Manhattan on Tuesday. Three pro-Palestinian candidates backed by Mr. Mamdani, an ardent
Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that the agreement marked only “the beginning of the beginning” of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.The remains of a destroyed street in Mayfadoun, Lebanon, on Monday following fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Expectations are now rising over the role the United States will play in helping Venezuela, which had already been laid low by decades of misrule.A residential building that collapsed during back-to-back earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Thursday.
Powerful back-to-back quakes in northern Venezuela left more than 900 people dead and set off an agonizing search for survivors, the latest ordeal for a country reeling from economic and political turmoil.Civilians looking for survivors on Thursday in the wreckage of a residential building in La Gua
The two-term Democratic governor of deep-red Kentucky, in demand as a surrogate in key 2026 races, talks horses, faith and family politics as he considers a run for the White House.Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has positioned himself for an expected presidential run in 2028.
The victories of Darializa Avila Chevalier and other anti-establishment candidates are changing the face of House Democrats, posing a challenge for their leader.Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, is in line to be speaker if his party wins the House in November
Both parties are awaiting a decision on the validity of ballot proposals to redraw Colorado’s maps ahead of 2028. Democrats say each day without a ruling puts the proposals at risk.Democrats have been waiting for more than 50 days for the Colorado Supreme Court to rule on the validity of their ballo
Saturday’s election will be the latest test of President Trump’s influence in G.O.P. contests.Julia Letlow and John Fleming.
Frontline Congolese workers who conduct safe burials are key to containing what experts fear could become the worst ever Ebola outbreak. They risk not just infection, but the anger of terrified communities.
Bulky “nanobubbler” machines were carted off ahead of a promotional event for President Trump’s Ultimate Fighting Championship birthday party.
Nixon’s offenses were not a deep-state invention. But in the age of Donald Trump, and in a fractured media environment, voters have become more inured to political scandal.During the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, Americans did not consume news from highly partisan outlets the way they do tod
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has pushed back against U.S. investigations into Mexican politicians. Now some politicians want to cooperate.President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, seen here at the Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico last year, has objected to U.S. investigations into officials
The comedian and actor says class and the way she grew up inform everything about the way she lives now.
The product of journalism enjoys substantial protection under the First Amendment. But what about the process?
Trump planned a big party for America. It’s not going well.
Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility.
The devastating heat wave has exposed weaknesses in the continent’s infrastructure, much of it built for a cooler climate that no longer exists.The Golfech nuclear plant in France on Tuesday after officials shut it down as a result of high temperatures.
