European Union officials wanted to use Russia’s frozen assets to back a major loan to Ukraine. Unable to overcome opposition, they settled on another way to lend the money.Antonio Costa, center, president of the European Council, said at a news conference early Friday in Brussels that the newly reac
The annual news conference sets the Kremlin’s tone for the next year and highlights President Vladimir V. Putin’s grip over Russia.A digital screen in Moscow promoting President Vladimir V. Putin’s year-end televised phone-in and news conference.
The Wisconsin state judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering a man to a side door as federal agents waited outside a courtroom.Judge Hannah C. Dugan entered court on the first day of her federal trial.
The Milwaukee judge was charged with obstructing federal immigration agents, who were trying to arrest a man who had appeared before her on a battery charge.Judge Hannah C. Dugan, right, outside the federal courthouse in Milwaukee earlier this week.
The board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that it would now be named the Trump-Kennedy Center, although a formal change may have to be approved by Congress.The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was so named by law.
Facing a deadline to appeal, the Justice Department told the courts late Thursday that it would try to overturn a judge’s ruling in favor of Harvard.The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.President Trump said the move would allow for more research to be done with cannabis.
President Trump promised active duty troops a $1,776 check, citing increased revenue raised by tariffs, but the funding is coming from money for the military included in this year’s domestic spending law.U.S. service members at Fort Bragg, N.C., in June.
A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.A furniture factory in Vietnam. Chinese exports are surging not just into Europe but even more sharply into Southeast Asia.
The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households.The rate increase is widely viewed as an attempt to ultimately help cool inflation and give wages a chance to keep up.
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.
As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”British soldiers during an exercise in Smardan, Romania, in February. In June, the British government published a str
Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, spent much of his life battling drug addiction, an affliction that millions of Americans face.Pattie Vargas’s daughter and son both struggled with addiction. “As a parent, I would have cut off both my arms to save my kid
Roger Ebert said he “hated, hated, hated, hated, hated” Reiner’s 1994 film “North.” The director took it in stride.Rob Reiner on the set of “North” in 1994. The movie was released on the heels of several hit movies he had directed.
Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned from her just-announced post as Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s director of appointments after the Anti-Defamation League resurfaced the comments.Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned from her new post a day after it was announced, apologizing for her remarks and for b
The president has a long record of making false or misleading statements. But the sheer density of them in his administration’s boat attacks and Venezuela pressure campaign is exceptional.Mr. Trump says an “armed conflict” makes the killings of people on the vessels lawful, but law-of-war experts sa
Liberals should reconcile with America’s oil and gas industry.
As a politician, Justin Trudeau was an excellent celebrity. And the rest of the world could learn a useful lesson from how he wielded his star power.
Several prominent conservative figures have announced that they are engaged this week, news often celebrated by President Trump.Donald Trump Jr. confirmed his engagement this week to Bettina Anderson, a Florida influencer and Palm Beach socialite.
Federal prosecutors said they were now investigating fraud worth billions of dollars in 14 social services programs in the state.Federal agents executed a search warrant as part of a fraud investigation in Minnesota.
The Silicon Valley college town has changed drastically as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and other tech founders have scooped up multiple properties.
“Here’s our North Star: Does this help us win?” Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee chairman, said in a statement about the 2024 audit. “If the answer is no, it’s a distraction from the core mission.”
