President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was set off by the determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to end diplomatic negotiations. Our investigative reporter Mark Mazzetti describes how few of Mr. Trump’s advisers voiced opposition.
President Trump is beginning to consider what sort of Iranian government might come next, as the U.S.-Israeli assault continues.Black smoke over Tehran following airstrikes on Tuesday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it was the first such strike since World War II. The Sri Lankan authorities said they had rescued 32 sailors from the crew of 180.An ambulance at the naval headquarters in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday. Sri Lanka said it had rescued 32 critically injured sailors
They were from Nebraska, Florida, Iowa and Minnesota. One was wrapping up his final deployment and hoped to open a martial arts studio.
At a moment when many Democrats are campaigning on rage and resistance, James Talarico took a different tack in his campaign in the Texas Senate primary.State Representative James Talarico speaking to supporters at a campaign stop in Round Rock, Texas, on Tuesday.
The veteran Texas senator faces what promises to be a bruising runoff with the state attorney general challenging him from the right. But he had a stronger showing than expected.Senator John Cornyn of Texas came out just ahead of Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, in the first round of primar
The administration has no control over the disciplinary authorities of state bar associations, but a new proposal would let the attorney general ask them to suspend proceedings involving department lawyers.Attorney General Pam Bondi during a House Judiciary Committee hearing last month.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at a hearing in Washington, last month.
The health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has tapped into an old debate about how much doctors should know about nutrition. But some of his ideas, and tactics, concern medical experts.For months, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pressuring medical schools to teach more about nutrit
Hollywood careers don’t always begin where you expect them to, as Jessie Buckley, Teyana Taylor and Emma Stone could tell you.
The Trump administration’s decision to cut off foreign oil to the island is devastating its tourism industry, a key source of income for a government being pushed to the edge.Tourists in an old American car used as a taxi last month in Havana.
Andrea Fraser had long felt that she was to blame for the years her mother, Carmen de Monteflores, was overlooked. Now Carmen is 92. Can the Whitney Biennial make amends?“If I hold this unconscious conviction that I destroyed my mother’s creativity,” Fraser said, “then this latest effort is about tr
Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.A stretch of coast in Suriname, one of many places affected by sea level rise and erosion caused by climate chan
U.S. Special Forces soldiers are advising and supporting Ecuadorean commandos on raids across the country against suspected drug shipment facilities and other drug-related sites.Members of the Ecuadorean Navy stand guard in the facilities of the Coast Guard Command at the Port of Manta, Ecuador, in
A study of over 275 violins suggests that Antonio Stradivari used wood from high-altitude forests in northern Italy to craft some of his most renowned instruments.
Carolin Widmann had to cradle her centuries-old, multimillion-dollar instrument during a flight to Germany. Her predicament resonated with musicians who have faced similar challenges.Carolin Widmann was boarding a plane with a Guadagnini violin, made in 1782, when she was instructed to take it out o
The state needs intelligent and responsible political leadership, but will it get it?
On the sorry state of retirement savings in the United States, and a policy that could help.
We explore what the sides hope to achieve in this conflict.
Your responses may be used in an article that examines the growing popularity of biohacking.Biohacking can include changes to your diet, like eating more greens or mixing powdered supplements into your food.
Some kind of severe weather is expected every day into early next week, forecasters warned. Friday is expected to be among the riskiest.
A bipartisan group of senators raised national security concerns about the chipmaker, which is now partly owned by taxpayers.People visit the ACM Research booth during a trade fair for the semiconductor industry in Shanghai, in 2023.
TerraPower’s project in Wyoming, which uses novel technology, is the first new commercial reactor to receive federal approval in nearly a decade.Politicians and executives, including Bill Gates, shoveled dirt during the groundbreaking for TerraPower’s Natrium nuclear power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo.
