Officials initially weighed sending survivors of U.S. attacks on boats suspected of drug smuggling to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to keep them away from American courts.Recent news reports on strike orders given by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have raised questions of potential war crimes.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Capitol on Tuesday.
The head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute told the state broadcaster that María Corina Machado would not attend Wednesday’s event in Oslo.María Corina Machado in her office last year. She will not be traveling to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday.
Plus, the travel influencers who aren’t actually real.Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard children from the harms of social platforms.
Europeans find themselves stranded between hostile powers, Russia and the United States, with key decisions looming over the future of Ukraine.A convoy of German armored vehicles passed through Frankenberg, Germany, en route to Poland in 2024 for NATO military exercises.
President Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania was meant to alleviate concerns about affordability. But he kept wandering off script and dwelling on his favorite targets, like immigration.President Trump delivered remarks on the economy at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House last month.
Mr. Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, sold shares in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the government.Stephen Miller, one of the president’s top advisers, sold shares of a mining company after it had begun negotiations with the government
The abrupt decision to revise the plan added new uncertainty and possible delays into the government’s distribution of $3.9 billion in homelessness relief.A homeless camp outside Suisun City, Calif., last month.
The central bank is poised to lower interest rates on Wednesday even as a growing chorus of officials urge caution.Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, has been able corral his colleagues to move as a cohesive group under complex economic conditions, but this meeting could be especially chal
Caught between Beijing and the Trump administration, the International Monetary Fund offered mild criticism of China for relying too heavily on exports.Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the I.M.F., said on Wednesday that China’s currency should appreciate.
The tug of war for Warner Bros. Discovery echoes an earlier clash of media titans.The contest between Paramount and Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery is a mirror image of a struggle decades ago for control of Paramount.
Nicole Sperling, a Times reporter who covers Hollywood and the streaming revolution, breaks down the competing bids from Netflix and Paramount to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.
The move comes as the Supreme Court also appears poised to put antitrust enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission under his control.The Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, Calif.
As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.
President Trump vacillated between demonizing immigrants and assuring a crowd of his supporters that life was better than ever under his administration.President Trump spoke to his supporters at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Tuesday.
The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world.The University of Toronto, one of the world’s best-ranked academic institutions, picked up several top professors from
An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security.The authorities in Taiwan are taking a stronger hand in protecting the prized technology of the chip maker TSMC.
The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.On a production line of the Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia in Hamburg, Germany, last year. Dutch officials seized the comp
President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.President Trump with Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, at the White House in April.
Their dams cause floods, and that gets them in trouble with humans. But in the right place, more water can be a big help.
He was both the first Black person and the first educator to hold the cabinet position, but resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind.Rod Paige, the education secretary, in Nashville in 2004.
Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.The fight over redistricting has intensified in the Indiana legislature in recent weeks.
The arm of the party that focuses on statehouses is targeting hundreds of seats and more than 40 chambers, according to a strategy memo, reflecting Democrats’ new optimism.The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The state is one of several with Republican-controlled legislatures that Democrats are try
