From London to Rome and beyond, leaders are facing diplomatic headwinds and criticism at home as they take part in a conflict they did not seek.President Emmanuel Macron has declared that France is not at war. But he ordered the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Humanitarians proposed a loophole in international law. Decades later, Trump is jumping through it.Iranian expatriates around the world urged the Trump administration to intervene in Iran as the death toll from the protests rose in January.
President Trump, who values loyalty, has at times tried to distance himself from his administration’s own actions when they become politically toxic.Kristi Noem testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, where her comments led the president to fire her later in the week.
For the past two decades, Bolivia resisted U.S. influence. A rightward shift is reorienting the country’s president toward Washington.Rodrigo Paz, the president of Bolivia, after his swearing-in ceremony in La Paz in November.
The Trump administration had signaled earlier this week that it was ready to abandon four executive orders seeking to punish law firms, but abruptly reversed course the next day.The Justice Department is accusing federal judges of undermining President Trump’s authority.
A fight over Pentagon contracts shows how the leaders of Silicon Valley’s two most important A.I. start-ups are feuding over the future of the tech industry.
Negotiations, threats and amended contracts have left plenty of questions. Here are some answers.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” a rare designation for an American company.
All across America, congressional candidates are finding creative — and critics say cynical — ways to signal support for two deep-pocketed industries, A.I. and crypto.Representative Al Green, Democrat of Texas.
A carefully disciplined campaign that capitalized on viral media, months of organizing and strong outreach to Latino voters helped propel James Talarico to the center of Texas politics.Texas State Representative James Talarico at his victory party after securing the Democratic nomination for the U.S
With employers cutting jobs and gas prices rising amid the war in Iran, Democrats see an opportunity to press their advantage.The oil and manufacturing industries have cut thousands of jobs since President Trump returned to office.
What had been a safe G.O.P. seat was looking more attainable for Democrats after Representative Tony Gonzales bowed out in favor of a hard-right candidate.Brandon Herrera had forced a run-off with the incumbent, the Republican Tony Gonzales, before Mr. Gonzales ended his re-election bid.
Alberto Carvalho was seen as a catch for the nation’s second largest school district. Then his home and office were raided by the F.B.I.Alberto Carvalho was hired to lead the L.A. Unified School District in 2021.
The U.S. and Israel have no good options to address an unavoidable problem.
A week into Trump’s war in Iran, his strategy is still a mystery.
If decreasing dependence on our phones feels impossible, we might benefit from considering what we’d want to fill the space that they occupy.
Tornadoes damaged buildings, cut power and injured more than a dozen people in the two states as severe weather swept across the central United States.
At least eight people were killed when a Russian missile hit a five-story apartment building in the city of Kharkiv, and Kyiv and several other regions also came under attack.Emergency workers removing the body of a victim from the site of an overnight strike on an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukr
Some residents in the Manhattan neighborhood are fighting the construction of two apartment towers, which could rise up to 19 stories on the site of a parking lot.Developers want to turn a parking lot on Lafayette Street in NoHo in Manhattan into apartment housing, but neighbors say it would threate
Rama Duwaji, Mr. Mamdani’s wife, had liked Instagram posts related to the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his wife, Rama Duwaji, is a “private person” who does not have a responsibility to answer for her thoughts the way that he does.
