President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.Mr. Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency.
A small cadre of politically vulnerable Republicans in Congress is breaking with the party to push for the extension of health care tax credits for a program the G.O.P. reviles.Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey supports extending health care subsidies, saying, “The way I look at it, these v
The price increases comes as more and more international travelers are choosing to stay away from the United States and amid turmoil at the National Park Service.Visitors to Yosemite National Park in California taking photos last month from Glacier Point, with Half Dome in the background.
Some experts see a dangerous combination of factors reminiscent of practices that led to previous financial crises.A conference held by Nvidia in Washington last month. The company’s multi-trillion-dollar valuation assumes endless growth.
A judge dismissed indictments against two of the president’s foes, but a new Pentagon investigation of a prominent Democrat shows how he is using a whole-of-government approach to punish those who cross him.President Trump’s political appointees are harnessing a range of departments, obscure agencie
The dismissal of indictments that President Trump sought against his perceived foes opens the door for federal judges to pick a new U.S. attorney to replace a Trump loyalist.There is a wide range of legal scenarios that could further derail President Trump’s quest for retribution.
Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers have accused President Trump’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky posted on social media recently that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had “spent the entire
January shows the Russian leader astride a snowmobile. For February, he flips a judo partner. In August, he offers advice: “My recipe for energy: Sleep little, work a lot and don’t whine.”
Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
Leo XIV will meet political and religious leaders in Turkey and Lebanon, providing an early test of his geopolitical mettle. Here’s what to know.Pope Leo XIV greeting the crowd at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican last weekend.
The remains were not yet identified. Before the handover on Tuesday, Israel said the bodies of three other captives were still in the enclave.A Red Cross convoy believed to be carrying the remains of a deceased hostage handed over by Hamas on Tuesday in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
Rising youth unemployment is one of the challenges that will affect the success of the British chancellor’s economic approach as she unveils a crucial budget on Wednesday.McKenzie Bartley, 19, spent months last year applying for jobs in Bristol.
Rachel Reeves, the top economic official in an increasingly unpopular government, will appear in Parliament to present tax and spending plans.Approval ratings for Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, and Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the Exchequer, have sunk since last year’s resounding vict
His story began with loss, but the lessons of his “Crocodile Hunter” father helped Irwin spread a message of love as he won Season 34 of “Dancing With the Stars.”With his success on “Dancing With the Stars,” and his upcoming cameo in “Zootopia 2,” Mr. Irwin sees a future for himself that will requir
There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each.According to one estimate, there used to be more than 100,000 single-room occupancy apartments in New York City, but they fell out of favor because of th
Super-simple potatoes, vegetables, cranberry sauces, stuffings and other classics for more time at the table — and less in the kitchen.
Clothes make the traveler: Once upon a time people dressed up on airplanes. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hopes to encourage them to do so again.
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.Sean Duffy, the nation’s transportation secretary, has a lot on his plate these days, though by his account, he would like that plate to have fewer coo
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won praise for his meeting with President Trump. But Michelle Wu, the like-minded mayor of Boston, said “flattery is not the way.”Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston said she had never met with President Trump and did not intend to.
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1. His request for resignations targeted political appointees.Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, requested the resignations of staff members in Mayor Eric Adams’s administration.
Republican leaders in the legislature backtracked and said they would vote on a new congressional map that President Trump wants, though support remained uncertain.Rodric Bray, the president pro tem of the State Senate, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis this year.
As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry’s influence.Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic, an A.I. company that favors more guardrails for the technology. Some of the company’s
Mr. Branson, the Virgin Atlantic founder, announced her death in an Instagram post.Richard and Joan Branson in Los Angeles in 2018. Mr. Branson has often said Joan influenced his approach to some of his most important decisions.
An opportunity for families and friends and, by extension, communities, states, and the country itself to have a national reset.
