With Iran flexing its might, President Trump appears to be weighing military options again, after rejecting plans to escalate.President Trump in Oakland County Michigan on Monday. The war that President Trump has been trying to bring to a diplomatic conclusion since April is now threatening to grow
The kingdom’s defense ministry said airstrikes in Iraq targeting Iran-backed militias were in retaliation for attacks on Saudi oil facilities this week.Security forces and emergency personnel work at the site of U.S.-Saudi strikes in Iraq’s Diyala province on Wednesday
An explosion at a port on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast set fire to two ships, including a U.S. gas storage tanker, according to maritime tracking firms.The Damietta Port in Egypt. Two vessels, including one owned by the United States, caught fire on Wednesday at the port, which is near the Suez Canal
John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, cannot afford to lose a single Republican vote.
A seven-figure settlement was announced hours before a crucial vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general was thrown into limbo.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has said the Justice Department dropped its plan for a $1.8 billion fund to pay purported victims of government wea
The project would make the airport easier to navigate and include a new United lounge, officials said. It’s part of the president’s plans to remake the Washington area.The main AeroTrain station at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., in 2025.
Federal court judges appointed James M. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor, to the post. He represented President Trump in his appeal of his criminal conviction.James M. McDonald has been appointed to lead the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.
Also, Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.Todd Blanche at the Senate building today.
Senator Rand Paul said the committee he leads would vote next week on whether to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Reihan Salam loves New York. He loves the free market. And he’s very worried.
The so-called pied-à-terre tax is causing anxiety for homeowners who feel outed by the publication of their addresses. Some say they have only one home.The rollout of a new second-home tax caused some anxiety this week.
The peculiar dynamic is playing out in Texas, where the fate of the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, will help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas, is the Republican nominee for Senate there but has struggled to raise money.
The president took in a staggering $2.2 billion last year while in office. Democrats are hoping to make it a campaign issue in the midterm elections.Source: Donald Trump’s financial disclosure forms
The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.Former President Barack Obama made one of his first endorsements of the midterm elections, backing Josh Turek, a centrist state lawmaker in Iowa
What do you do when a $25 billion complex is under construction nearby? One couple in Abilene had an idea.The Elmdale Outpost convenience store in Abilene, Texas.
Kevin M. Warsh’s second meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve was colored by internal divisions over the path forward for policy.Kevin M. Warsh, chairman of the Federal Reserve, opened his news conference on Wednesday by saying that “where necessary and appropriate, we will not hesitate to act.
The surge in Treasury yields suggests investors doubt that the Federal Reserve can keep inflation contained.Kevin Warsh, the Fed chairman, speaking Wednesday after policymakers voted to keep interest rates steady.
In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.President Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright during a White House event last week in which 200 companies vowed to prevent A.I. data centers fro
The Silicon Valley company’s costs rose more steeply than revenue growth, as it continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence.Products on display at the Meta Lab store in Midtown Manhattan.
Like other big technology companies, Microsoft is hoping its aggressive spending on artificial intelligence is starting to translate into revenue.The Microsoft Experience Center in Manhattan on Wednesday, when Microsoft reported quarterly capital expenditures of $41 billion.
Hadi Matar stabbed Mr. Rushdie repeatedly at a literary conference in 2022 and could spend the rest of his life in prison.A federal jury found Hadi Matar guilty of aiding a foreign terror organization when he stabbed Salman Rushdie in 2022.
The lifestyles of the wealthy in Myanmar — nightclubs, caviar and trips abroad — have been largely untouched by years of deadly conflict.A D.J. performing at the Pioneer Plus nightclub in Yangon, Myanmar, last Christmas.
Devyn Dalton, a 4-foot-6 woman, is the leading man’s stunt double in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster.
It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.A woman showing the tattoo of one of her traffickers.
