At a first-of-its-kind midterm convention, President Trump mostly offered retreads and self-congratulation. Then, he offered to pay Americans $5,000 apiece if Republicans kept power.President Trump and his allies tried to gin up enthusiasm among MAGA voters who tend to go to the polls in presidentia
At an unusual midterm gathering, President Trump and his allies painted Democrats as dangerously un-American.Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana warned of a “Bolshevik Revolution in the Democratic Party.”
In his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like many others, may not come to pass.President Trump has repeatedly dangled sizable payments to Americans that have not materialized.
Senator John Fetterman, who has become alienated from his own party, appeared in a short video filmed in front of a steel mill, saying he is “always going to reject the extremes in socialism.”Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, appeared in a short video shown at President Trump’s conve
Plus, the secretive operation to move a 900-year-old masterpiece.President Trump and his allies tried to gin up enthusiasm among MAGA voters who tend to go to the polls in presidential elections but not in midterms.
The Taliban claim that Afghanistan is no longer a sanctuary for terrorist groups, but Al Qaeda and others are still present, reviving old fears.
From the first weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks to the chaotic U.S. withdrawal and return of the Taliban, The New York Times has documented a quarter-century of conflict and daily life in Afghanistan.
Embracing positions extolled by the Kremlin, the Alternative for Germany party may govern for the first time in a German state.Ulrich Siegmund, left, the lead Alternative for Germany candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, with the party’s co-leaders, Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, in Magde
An airspace closure delayed the Ukrainian leader’s trip between Moldova and Norway, officials said. They did not confirm a claim by Norway’s prime minister that a drone had “almost hit” the plane.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, second from left, at the funeral of King Harald V of Norway in
Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.A vendor cooled off with a frozen water bottle in a market in Seoul on Aug. 6.
Yes, El Niño is unusually powerful this time. But that’s not always a bad thing.A winter storm blanketed swaths of the U.S. in January.
The European Union isn’t known for firefighting expertise. But with the continent ablaze, Brussels is playing a growing role.Firefighters near Lacanau, France, in July. Some French firefighters are learning new techniques fighting blazes elsewhere in Europe.
On Thursday, the British Museum opened its blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, its most eagerly anticipated show in decades.
There are full-size replicas in a U.S. sports arena, an abbey in Denmark and a home in rural New Zealand. There’s even a more modest version for those who don’t like the original’s nudity.
The Iran-backed militia routed Yemeni government forces in Mokha, putting the group in a stronger position to attack ships in a crucial waterway for global trade.Soldiers at a recruitment event in Houthi-controlled Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday.
The Houthi militia, the Yemeni government, Iran and Saudi Arabia all have reasons to escalate the conflict.Supporters of the Houthi militia in Sanaa, Yemen, in July.
The bank, fighting price pressures spurred by the war in the Middle East, raised its benchmark rate to 2.5 percent.The European Central Bank raised interest rates on Thursday as officials try to quell inflation driven by the ongoing war in the Middle East.
The cost of crude oil hit its highest levels in months, as investors worried about diminishing energy supplies after reports that the Iranian-backed Houthi militia had captured a port city in Yemen.
Were the terrorist attacks that day the end of an idyllic era? The beginning of our current dystopia? Or just a middle chapter?
The university where the conservative activist was shot last year has canceled classes for the day. While many students planned to attend a memorial, some said they just wanted to move on.Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem before he was shot last year.
The department sent letters to at least 30 states demanding they retain election records, an outgrowth of President Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud.Workers at the Los Angeles County election center in November 2024. The Department of Justice sued about 30 states to force them to
Ms. Foulkes, a former CVS executive, had hammered Mr. McKee for his handling of a bridge closure that created traffic nightmares.Helena Foulkes at the Dominican Festival and Parade in Providence, R.I., in August.
The City of Denver and civil rights groups argued that sightings of ICE agents at polling places are having a chilling effect.A polling site in Denver during Colorado’s primary in June.
The proposals for 2030 are among significant changes that would upend a process for helping allot congressional seats and shape policies that address disparities.A naturalization ceremony at Ellis Island in 2022. The Trump administration has proposed new census regulations that would no longer ask A
