Lebanon’s government has long wanted the powerful militia to give up its weapons. Before the Iran war began, there were signs of progress toward that goal.Climbing through rubble in central Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli airstrike in March.
Thousands fled the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced the widening of the military campaign against Hezbollah.Traffic as people fled the southern suburbs in Beirut on Monday.
The federal courts have long assumed that the government’s lawyers are trustworthy. Now judges across the country are criticizing their lack of candor.The notion that Justice Department lawyers can be taken at their word, a longtime assumption that allows federal courts to operate swiftly and smooth
The defense secretary’s decision to block the officers’ promotions appears driven by his anti-diversity stance rather than based on merit.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s removal of at least seven officers from the list appears to violate rules governing the promotion system, according to current an
With the midterm elections five months away, many Americans who backed President Trump are wrestling with pain at the pump and the war in Iran.
The artificial intelligence company, which is racing rival OpenAI to the stock market, has seen explosive growth over the last year thanks largely to technology that can automatically write computer code.Anthropic is one of the high-profile tech companies preparing to go public this year.
California’s public universities spent $16.9 million on A.I. during a financial crisis, and the result has been chaos.
The state became the first to sue the ChatGPT maker over claims that its technology posed a risk to children and that the company had failed to warn the public of dangers.Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, center, during an event last month in Miami.
In an explosive staff meeting, Mr. Pelley, a correspondent for the long-running Sunday news show, blasted Bari Weiss, the CBS editor in chief, and Nick Bilton, the show’s new executive producer.
In an exclusive interview, Sam Levinson explained why he felt it was time to bring the series to a close and responded to its detractors.
In the end, a show defined by its excesses seemed to be straining for a redemption that it didn’t need.Rue (Zendaya) has been the guide and moral center of “Euphoria” from the beginning.
For years, medicine has tried to eliminate stigma. Now, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bringing back the language of personal responsibility.
Jim Rigby, a pastor who rarely uses the word “God,” is a key to understanding the Senate candidate trying to pull off something unusual in Texas.Jim Rigby has led St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, since the 1980s.
Graham Platner, whose contest in Maine is a key to Democrats’ hopes of winning the Senate, sought to discredit reports that he had exchanged sexual messages with women outside his marriage.Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, is trying to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republ
In October, Albertans will get to say if they want to stay in Canada, or hold a referendum to leave. Will it settle the matter, or deepen the rift?A table set up to gather signatures for a separation petition along a road in Calgary, Alberta, in February.
Joana Avillez took six years to illustrate a new edition of Joseph Mitchell’s “The Bottom of the Harbor,” which captures the salty New York neighborhood of her youth.Joana Avillez poses for a portrait not far from the building where she grew up, near the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan.
The Democratic battle over a House seat in New York City has reignited old tensions over gentrification, identity and who gets to define the left.Mr. Reynoso has received the backing of major labor unions.
Congressional primaries in Manhattan, Brooklyn and beyond could test the strength of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist movement and reverberate across the country.Competitive primary contests are taking place in six House districts in New York City and elsewhere in the state.
The city’s current savings plan starts with $100. A City Council proposal would make the initial contributions among the highest anywhere.Julie Menin, the speaker of the City Council, is proposing a substantial expansion of the city’s investment in college savings plans.
New research examines how a Chinese company struggled to develop its predictive surveillance technology while U.S. restrictions were in place.The skyline of Beijing. A Chinese firm is working on products that use A.I. to examine location data and internet use to predict who could do or say something
Li Ying, known as Teacher Li to his 2.2 million followers on X, doesn’t live in China but still faces smear campaigns and death threats. He is not letting that stop him.
Growing demand for fiber-rich grains is boosting the premium flour industry, which offers less processed, but pricier, alternatives to the classic grocery store brands.Kevin Morse, left, C.E.O. and co-founder of Cairnspring Mills, with Bryan Ford at Ford’s Brooklyn bakery, Diljān.
The secret to the Secretary of State’s success.
Air travel could be disrupted into next year because of high jet fuel prices.
