Democrats want guarantees that President Trump will not continue to claw back spending, ignoring any agreement they strike. But he has promised to keep defying Congress.Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, and other lawmakers on Wednesday. He called the specter of more unilateral c
For Jon Ossoff, the most endangered Senate Democrat, the shutdown fight could rally support among some voters, but risks alienating others in a state President Trump won in 2024.Senator Jon Ossoff at the Capitol this summer.
President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening.Roger King, a resident of Canton, N.C., shortly after Hurricane Helene struck. The deadly storm hit western North Carolina a year ago and the town is still operating o
Adm. Alvin Holsey is leaving less than a year into his tenure, and as the Pentagon escalates attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea.Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, in Washington last year.
Ms. Machado’s efforts to reclaim a stolen election by any available means, including military intervention, has long galvanized her supporters. Her opponents say these hard-line policies have a political cost.The opposition leader María Corina Machado in her office last year. She is now in hiding.
The Trump administration is sharply increasing U.S. military pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro.An Army Black Hawk helicopter with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in June.
For much of the 20th century, the C.I.A. devised plots to overthrow governments, kill high-profile leaders or arm dissident groups.Fidel Castro, whom the C.I.A. made at least eight plots against, speaking with reporters in 1964 in a car. An assault rifle lies in the seat pocket.
President Trump had grown increasingly frustrated with his Russian counterpart for dragging on its three-year war on Ukraine.President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in August.
Though Pyongyang has largely pulled its soldiers off the front lines in Ukraine, it is expanding the types of ammunition it supplies to Russia.
A trip to India to find work led to a career climbing the world’s highest mountain.Kanchha Sherpa in Nepal in May. He carried 60 pounds of gear, fixed ropes and scouted the trail for the 1953 expedition up Mount Everest.
Lawyers argue that the agency’s new policies have led to the detention and removal of victims of domestic violence and trafficking, despite their legal protections.
“Political opposition is not rebellion,” wrote a Seventh Circuit panel, rejecting an attempt by the Trump administration to remove an order by a trial court judge.Demonstrators near an immigrant processing center in Broadview, Ill., this month.
Ron Conway stepped down from the board of Salesforce’s philanthropic arm after the company’s chief executive, Marc Benioff, said he supported President Trump and wanted the National Guard to come to San Francisco.Ron Conway, a prominent venture capitalist, resigned on Thursday from the board of Sale
The federal judge said she was “profoundly concerned” that federal agents might have violated earlier limits that she had set as the Trump administration has carried out an immigration crackdown.A federal agent kicked a tear gas canister toward a group of people in Chicago this week.
Our interview with the New York mayoral candidate who has burst onto the national stage.
Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa will meet onstage at 7 p.m. for the first of two general election debates.Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani last met on the debate stage in June, during the Democratic primary race; Curtis Sliwa previously ran for mayor in 2021.
How to lead an artistic life and be part of a family is a tension he has only recently faced in life and now, onscreen, for a film about his comedian parents.Ben Stiller’s documentary about his parents, “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost,” gets into “territory that I haven’t really traveled in before
Ceremonies took place on Thursday to commemorate two years since the surprise attack of Oct. 7, 2023, on southern Israel.
Unresolved issues — mainly over the exchange of the remains of hostages and prisoners — threaten to destabilize the fragile agreement.Palestinians returning to Gaza City on Saturday.
It was unclear when Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Ghomari was killed, or by whom, but Israel appeared to claim the killing.Protests against Israel in the Houthi-run capital of Sana, Yemen, this month.
Carnegie Hall was a site of protest on Wednesday, one of many demonstrations over the last two years targeting cultural events, particularly those with Israeli artists.Protesters outside Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, the first night of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s run.
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have accounted for most of the industry’s profits since 2022. Their appeal to wealthy travelers could become a liability if the economy weakens.Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have invested in attracting affluent travelers. Delta has said most of its revenue c
From Serial Productions: What is going on in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley?
They’re not just for missing pets or yard sales. Fliers these days are for internet memes, self-promotion and extremely esoteric messages.
