The White House is turning to rhetorical leaps as President Trump tries to put the biggest political crisis of his presidency behind him.Despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s declaration that the objectives of the war have been accomplished, they clearly have not.
President Trump said a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would “remain in full force.” The shift came after the defense secretary said U.S. efforts to free trapped vessels would continue.A billboard in Tehran showing the three supreme leaders of Iran last week, only one of whom is alive.
President Trump endorsed primary opponents against seven Republican lawmakers who opposed his redistricting push. At least five of the Trump-backed candidates have won their races.Voters at the polls in West Lafayette, Ind., on Tuesday.
The president helped unseat most of the state lawmakers he targeted after they rebuffed his call to draw new House maps to help Republicans.The Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.
Seven candidates sparred in the first nationally televised debate in the 2026 California governor’s race. Many tried to launch attacks in a last-ditch effort to gain ground on their opponents.Seven candidates engaged in a spirited debate hosted by CNN at East Los Angeles College on Tuesday.
The money would go toward security improvements as part of an East Wing construction project, including a new ballroom that President Trump has said would be built with private dollars.Construction at the White House last month.
The Trumps won’t profit from airport-branded merchandise sold on site. But the agreement doesn’t prevent them from profiting off such items sold elsewhere.Originally opened in 1936 as Morrison Field, the Florida airport was renamed Palm Beach International Airport in 1948.
Officials withheld a detainee’s overseas arrest warrant from a federal judge. When she ordered his release, they used the same information to attack her publicly.Judge Melissa R. DuBose, left, after being sworn in as a U.S. district judge in Cranston, R.I., last year.
Michael Marx, a 45-year-old Texan, is accused of shooting at Secret Service agents by the Washington Monument on Monday.A Secret Service agent standing guard at a security perimeter on the National Mall after the shooting on Monday.
The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release.A Covid-19 vaccine distribution site in Salt Lake City in 2022.
On Tuesday, Russia opened a pavilion at the Venice Biennale for the first since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine’s own exhibit is just a stone’s throw.
Scenes from the highly anticipated art event.
The sudden death of a curator, the surprise participation of Russia and an unconventional U.S. entry are heating up the art world Olympics, which begins previews Tuesday.The central pavilion of the Giardini on Tuesday, first day of previews for the 61st Venice Biennale. The exhibition, “In Minor Key
Spoiler alert: There was no miracle.Pope Leo XIV has a palace, the Swiss Guard and the popemobile. But he also has hassles, just like everyone else.
The captain, James G. Wilson, was also filmed calling Democrats a “waste of human race.”
For the second time in six months, protesters gathered outside Park East Synagogue, which was holding an event to promote real estate sales in Israel. A heavy police presence kept the two groups apart.Protesters opposed to the event at Park East Synagogue included pro-Palestinian groups and members
Guests at the Met Gala had different interpretations of the night’s dress code.Kim Kardashian, in an orange fiberglass breastplate by the British pop artist Allen Jones.
“I could eat and use my hands quite comfortably,” Klum said of her intricate Roman statue ensemble, which was inspired by a marble sculpture by Raffaele Monti.Heidi Klum arrived at the Met Gala, which had the theme “Fashion Is Art,” dressed as a marble statue.
Some iPhone owners will be eligible to receive $25 to $95 over claims that the tech giant oversold its artificial intelligence system, Apple Intelligence.The Apple store at Grand Central Station in Manhattan.
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president, testified in a trial pitting Mr. Musk against his company that the world’s richest man was eager to change how it operated as a nonprofit.OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman, with his wife, Anna Brockman, at the federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday. He t
An actress accused the director James Cameron of stealing her likeness for a digitally created, blue-skinned warrior princess.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan arriving in Canberra, Australia, on Sunday.
With his triumph in West Bengal state elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has moved closer to his dream of an opposition-free India.Supporters of Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party celebrating in Kolkata as the party headed to victory in the West Bengal state assembly elections on Monday.
At least 12 people were killed in Zaporizhzhia, one of the highest tolls from a single attack so far this year. The cities of Dnipro and Kramatorsk were also attacked.The site of a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The death toll in Zaporizhzhia was one of the highest from a si
