U.S. officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country’s economy after capturing its president.An oil jack in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt, the country’s main crude producing area.
Nonessential personnel were moved from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, an American site that could be a target of Iran if President Trump ordered an attack on the country.Members of the military at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in May.
While several of the Gulf Arab countries harbor little love for Iran, they worry that the consequences of rising tensions could blow back on them.A patriotic banner in Tehran on Wednesday.
Iran had planned to put a 26-year-old protester to death amid the wave of unrest in the country, but apparently stood down for now.A still from a video posted on social media of cars set on fire during a protest in Tehran last week.
Months after the partisan clash that led to the longest shutdown in history, lawmakers have agreed on spending bills that look far different from what the president wanted.The U.S. Capitol last week. The House voted to pass bills to fund the State and Treasury Departments, as well as other foreign a
The lawmakers, all Democrats who urged military service members not to follow illegal orders, said prosecutors had contacted them. But it is unclear what crime they might have committed.Representative Jason Crow of Colorado, one of the lawmakers being investigated, said President Trump was “using hi
Federal officials said the move was meant to discourage immigration by people whom they deemed likely to rely on public benefits.The pause will affect foreign nationals from countries that include Somalia, Haiti, Iran and Eritrea.
Notices went out late Tuesday to more than 2,000 programs nationwide that will be affected by budget slashing at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.A man holds a Narcan kit at the Raytown Fire Protection District in Raytown, Missouri, in April, 2025.
Denmark’s foreign minister left the White House complex saying that his country had a “fundamental disagreement” with President Trump, as several NATO countries sent troops to Greenland.Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark, center, and Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland’s minister of foreign af
The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences.A frozen sea inlet outside Nuuk, Greenland, last year. In the 12 months ending on Aug. 31, 2025, Greenland lost 105 billion
The oboe has 500 parts. Turning a profit is a killer. But Jim Phelan is bent on reviving one of the great names in classical music.
The country’s biggest problem may not be President Trump.An oil pump on the shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela.
The law, which was approved unanimously by Congress late last year, also gives schools more flexibility in serving nondairy milks.An elementary school lunch in Montana in 2024.
A new law will allow full-fat and 2 percent milk to be served in schools. Here’s what to know.
A panel in Los Angeles sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom in a decision that will help Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering in Texas. Republicans are expected to appeal.Gov. Gavin Newsom of California persuaded voters to approve new congressional maps that benefited Democrats. It was a response, he
In focus groups, swing voters gave Democratic politicians some tough feedback on the party.Federal agents in Minneapolis.
Ms. Good was killed by an ICE agent last week. Separately, a federal judge put off ruling on a request by the state to block the surge of immigration agents to the Minneapolis area.Federal agents near the site in Minneapolis where Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an agent on Jan. 7.
The Trump administration is unlikely to bring a federal case, and any criminal case would face high hurdles. But charges are not out of the question.An impromptu memorial sprang up at the site of the killing.
Bruce Blakeman, the likely Republican candidate for governor, said the killing of Renee Good was just one point of disagreement between him and Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat.Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive running for governor, appeared in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday to criticize Gov. Kat
A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBS’s new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.Tony Dokoupil, the new anchor of “CBS Evening News,” interviewed President Trump in a factory near Detroit on Tuesday night. Dokoupil has been broadcasting from different cities
Four astronauts departed from the I.S.S. about a month earlier than scheduled because a crew member, who was not identified, has an undisclosed medical issue.The International Space Station crew members in their Crew Dragon pressure suits on Jan. 9. Clockwise from bottom left: NASA astronaut Mike Fi
In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement.Harper Lee in a photograph taken by her friend Truman Capote. Taken in 1960, it was used on the dust jacket of the first edition of
One reason for the toxicity of American politics may be that our quality of life is slipping behind our peers’.
An ICE killing in Minneapolis can be the impetus for finally closing a gaping hole in our constitutional protections.
