President Trump vowed to increase tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50 percent starting Jan. 1, as the countries edged toward a full-blown trade war.Trade tensions between the United States and Canada have spiraled over the past few days, after the two sides failed to reach a trade de
The sailor, Joshua Aviles, was on his way home from the Middle East aboard the beleaguered aircraft carrier when he learned his father had been detained.Joshua Aviles, right, with his father, Luis Manuel Aviles, in 2025, shortly before Joshua shipped out for the Middle East aboard the aircraft carri
A century ago, Mexican American families came together to build an adobe church near the border in West Texas. Can its bell toll again as the wall expansion nears?The Friends of the Ruidosa Church group has worked to restore the adobe mission for the last 20 years. Members of the group worry that bo
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.
The tech giant says it does not sell the devices in Russia, but they are widely available on resale markets. When purchased that way, they are virtually impossible to track.A Nvidia Jetson Orin minicomputer that Ukrainian officials say was found in an autonomous drone that Russia recently tested in
In his first foreign trip since taking office, the British prime minister pledged to stand by Kyiv despite new warnings of potential consequences.Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain on Monday at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Ukraine’s national military memorial cemetery in Hatne, southwest o
The president rallied for the sister of Lindsey Graham in her Senate run in South Carolina and pressured other allies to endorse her. A super PAC run by his advisers weighed in. Will it be enough?President Trump rallied for Senator Darline Graham of South Carolina in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Friday, p
The ultraconservative congressman who has broken with the president on spending is hoping voters reward his experience, contrarian streak and all.Representative Ralph Norman’s recalcitrant posture may have widened the rift that cleared the way for President Trump’s endorsement of Senator Darline Gra
Republicans still have some clear advantages on the map, but President Trump’s unpopularity has opened the door for an outcome that once seemed far-fetched.James Talarico, a Democrat, is trying win a Senate race in Texas after decades of disappointments for his party.
For Eon Huntley, who won his primary in New York in June, good clothes and populist policies go together.Eon Huntley, a 41-year-old candidate for New York State Assembly, has juggled his full-time job at the luxury department store with running a Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed campaign.
I traveled around the country to find out if “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” still has a place in the classroom.
Most U.S. farmers will lose money this year. Landowners and investors are increasingly trying to make money from their land, not what can be grown from it.A farm in Castana, Iowa. The per-acre value of farmland in the state has long surpassed the national average.
After the departure of thousands of federal workers, rural communities report problems obtaining loans, grants, technical assistance and support for infrastructure and other services.Mary and Zachariah Ben turned to private lenders when the low-interest loan they secured from the administration to b
Christina Stanton offers a very specific and deeply personal tour of the World Trade Center site to remind visitors what happened 25 years ago.Christina Stanton leads a North Carolina church youth group on a tour at the 9/11 Memorial reflecting pools. She carries a scrapbook of photos, including tho
Federal investigations of Mark Walter’s business empire have put a spotlight on private-equity-owned insurers that invest premiums in risky assets.Under Mark Walter, speaking in 2022, Guggenheim Investments acquired insurers after the 2008 financial crisis.
States are spending millions of dollars on cloud-seeding technology, backed by new data on its effectiveness — and driven by desperation for water.Staff members of Rainmaker, a company based in El Segundo, Calif., that uses drones to seed clouds, prepared for a test flight in southern Idaho last yea
Five decades after the “war on drugs” sought to make substance abuse unaffordable, illicit drugs are cheaper and more powerful than ever. A visit to Baltimore shows why.Last summer, the city of Baltimore experienced several mass overdose crises, the result of fentanyl being mixed with powerful synth
The “war on drugs” sought to reduce substance abuse by driving up prices and lowering demand. Today, street drugs are less expensive and more dangerous than ever.
When OpenAI’s agents went rogue in July, they demonstrated ingenuity and drive beyond what many experts imagined — a dangerous harbinger of what such bots could do in the future.
Hugging Face, a start-up that was breached by rogue bots from OpenAI, is using the hack to push for openness in A.I. development.Clément Delangue, the chief executive of Hugging Face, which is a vocal supporter of open-source artificial intelligence.
Years ago, she donned a dinosaur costume to help make ends meet. Now she is a first-time Emmy nominee for her role in “Widow’s Bay.”
The class-based violence of the past was part of a broader struggle. Today, the violence is the end in itself.
Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.
One reporter traveled to understand how it is taught now.
