Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s own administration removed guardrails.President Volodymyr Zelensky, center right, at the nuclear power plant in the Khmelnytskyi region of western Ukraine in Feb
Plus your Friday news quiz.U.S. Border Patrol agents arresting a man in Chicago in October.
The deal to acquire the Hollywood giant’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif.
Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?Adm. Frank M. Bradley attended a classified meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Two survivors of the attack were said to struggle to cling to the boat before a second strike. After the briefing with lawmakers, the military disclosed a boat strike on Thursday that killed four people.Adm. Frank M. Bradley, left, and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Ca
The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump’s approval rating.
Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage.State Representative Matt Morgan, a Republican, holds a map of the new proposed congressional districts in Texas in August.
After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter.Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, has long been in President Trump’s crosshairs.
After heated disagreements, the committee members, appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delayed the vote until Friday morning. It was the third time the vote had been postponed.Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices may decide to end the recommendation that babie
The rising K-pop star Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year.
The case over online transparency has become a flashpoint between the European Union and the Trump administration.The fine on Friday could be the first of several that Elon Musk’s X faces in the European Union.
Gianni Infantino, head of soccer’s governing body, has been ingratiating himself with the president to help ensure a successful 2026 World Cup.President Trump, holding a replica of the men’s World Cup, with Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, in the Oval Office in August. Mr. Trump later asked
Gianni Infantino, head of soccer’s governing body, FIFA, has lauded President Trump at almost every opportunity, even starting a FIFA Peace Prize after Mr. Trump didn’t win the Nobel. Luke Broadwater, a White House reporter, describes the bromance.
The arrest came after years of false leads and speculation over who planted the bombs near the Capitol before the Jan. 6 riot.F.B.I. Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speak at a news conference following the arrest in the D.C. pipe bomber investigation.
As Washington made combating fentanyl a priority, cocaine trafficking has surged. Nowhere have the ripples been felt like in Ecuador, where criminal groups have run rampant.The aftermath of a car bombing in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Car bombs have become common, killing and terrorizing civilians, and gang
Across Latin America, there has been a surge in cocaine trafficking as Washington prioritized combating fentanyl. Times reporters traveled to Ecuador to see how criminal groups are wreaking havoc.The police in Spain displaying tons of cocaine, after it was transported in a container from Ecuador, at
After a devastating storm, the people who fled a remote coastal village face an existential question.Maggie Paul in her hotel room in Anchorage after her home was destroyed by Typhoon Halong. However long it takes to rebuild the village, Ms. Paul said, “I will wait.”
Gary Goldman, who has battled Disney in court over the franchise, thinks the viper Gary De’Snake is based on him.
WildeHopps, a.k.a. the fox and bunny at the heart of the franchise, has inspired a YouTube movie, TikToks, fancams and more. The obsession goes deep (and sometimes weird).Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) in “Zootopia 2.”
We need to question the strikes’ legality. But we also need to see how they fit into the Trump administration’s larger effort to change America.
A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?
The end of year recaps can be dizzying. But they’re also full of gold.A screen showing Spotify Wrapped in London.
The host said he wouldn’t have been the third-most-trending person in Google searches this year “without the support of loyal viewers” like the president.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, underlining the close personal relationship between the leaders and their countries’ longtime friendship.President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in New Delhi on Friday. They pledged dee
