President Trump postponed his threat to strike power plants in Iran, citing “productive conversations” with the Iranians. But officials said the talks were in an early stage and not substantive.Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, in Tehran last year. He is said to have conveyed to the U.S. that
U.S. and Israeli attacks on power plants and other civilian infrastructure risk escalating the conflict across the region, and angering Iranians who oppose the government.The aftermath of a strike on an oil storage facility in Tehran earlier this month.
The combat forces would come from a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours.Troops from the 82nd Airborne Division deploying from Fort Bragg, N.C., to Eastern Europe in response to the war in Ukraine in 2022.
Two controllers were said to be working at LaGuardia Airport’s control center at the time of the crash that killed two pilots, and one had been dealing with an odor on a United Airlines plane.
The president is using the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security as leverage to pass a strict voter ID bill. Critics say the bill would place an undue burden on eligible voters.As the midterm elections near and Republicans face an uphill climb to keep control of Congress, Preside
The deployment comes as a battle over Department of Homeland Security funding has led to closed security checkpoints, long lines and missed flights.
The Defense Department said it would close the Pentagon’s work area for journalists, among other changes, after a judge found the existing media policy unconstitutional.In October, the Pentagon adopted a policy that empowered it to declare journalists “security risks” and revoke their press passes i
In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere.Under the terms, TotalEnergies would forfeit its leases in federal waters for two wind farms that would have been built off New York and North Carolina.
The inquiries target antisemitism and admissions policies. The university called it retaliation for refusing to give in to the administration’s demands.Harvard University has been increasingly targeted by the federal government since President Trump abruptly reversed his position on a potential deal
President Trump mused about whether he could beat Elvis Presley in a fistfight and used a golden Sharpie to sign a replica of one of the singer’s guitars.President Trump holding up a replica of an Elvis Presley guitar after signing it while visiting Graceland, the singer’s home in Memphis, on Monday
Nancy Lemann published her first novel at 28. Then came “the doom.” Now she’s back in the spotlight, and not exactly comfortable with it.The author outside the apartment in New Orleans where she wrote “Lives of the Saints.”
A majority of the justices appeared skeptical of Mississippi’s mail-in ballot law in a case that could upend the way that states handle mail-in ballots throughout the country.Sorting ballots in California last November.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless.Riverside County sheriff Chad Bianco’s investigation involves ballots cast in the 2025 special election
A California jury found that Mr. Cosby had abused Donna Motsinger in 1972 after inviting her to attend one of his comedy shows.Bill Cosby was accused in the civil suit of sexually assaulting Donna Motsinger in 1972 when he was a celebrated entertainer and she was a waitress in a restaurant he visite
A military aircraft transporting 125 people was involved in an accident as it took off from southern Colombia, according to the authorities.The aircraft had taken off from Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia, at 9:50 a.m. There were 114 soldiers and police officers and 11 crew members on board, officials sai
Many current and former employees say the actions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are undermining the agency’s role in safeguarding public health.
The Wall Street titan Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $170 million for what he said was tax and estate work. But his services went beyond that.
Known early on for skin-baring temptress roles, she later earned rave reviews, a Cannes award and an Oscar nomination for her performance in the Lenny Bruce biopic “Lenny.”Valerie Perrine in “Malibu,” a 1983 television movie on ABC. “Unlike most sex symbols of the past,” one critic wrote, she “has a
Prediction markets teach us to look at the future as gamblers, rather than as citizens.
David French talks with the retired general about the “great seduction” America fell for in Iran.
Also, audio suggests confusion before deadly LaGuardia crash. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
Hasan Piker helped bring attention to a mission delivering humanitarian aid to Cuba. The group was criticized for staying in an upscale hotel as Cubans faced another blackout.Hasan Piker in his studio in California last year.
The university said the flags broke a rule against hanging signs, a policy embraced by other campuses that cracked down on protests. Professors and others say such rules chill speech.Boston University removed Pride flags from view on campus.
With her bright leotards and soothing, welcoming tone, she helped to demystify a discipline that many Americans in the 1970s viewed as a counterculture practice.Ms. Folan in 1976. “I’ve always known I was put on this planet to do this sharing and this journey,” she said.
