President Trump’s cease-fire with Iran appears at risk as Vice President JD Vance heads to Pakistan for discussions with Iranian officials.A Lebanese man stood on a pile of debris in the Corniche El Mazraa area of Beirut after the Israeli bombardment of the capital on Wednesday.
Emerging from weeks of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, an emboldened Iran has 10 demands for talks during the tenuous cease-fire, according to Iranian state media. Our reporter Erika Solomon assesses Iran’s position.
Europe is finding itself on the outs with Russia, China and the U.S., in what’s amounting to its very own “Mean Girls” moment.A liquefied natural gas terminal in Germany. Most of that L.N.G. comes from the United States, underscoring Europe’s vulnerability to American supplies.
The lost mines have prevented Iran from quickly complying with President Trump’s demand to allow more ships to pass through the waterway.Cargo ships near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen last month from northern Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.
The astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — captivated the world with their historic mission.Splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday near San Diego, the Artemis II mission came to a successful conclusion.
Over 10 days, the astronauts of NASA’s lunar flyby mission have achieved the near impossible.
Eric Swalwell, a Democratic congressman, denied the accounts published by CNN and The San Francisco Chronicle. Nancy Pelosi was among those who said he should withdraw from the California governor’s race.Campaign officials and supporters are abandoning Representative Eric Swalwell.
Washington has been debating the thrust of Mr. Trump’s foreign policy for more than a decade, with the only consensus being that “America First” means whatever the president says it does.President Trump holding a “Make America Great Again” hat on his way to his golf club in Miami last year.
The president has proposed the arch, which would rise on a Washington roundabout across from the Lincoln Memorial, as a way to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.A rendering released by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts of plans for a 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington.
An interagency dispute over the use of high-energy lasers near airports led the Federal Aviation Administration to temporarily close the airspace twice in Texas this year.The Locust, an anti-drone laser system that has been used recently along the border with Mexico, last month in Albuquerque, N.M.
The Chinese Communist Party has turned Lu Xun, a Mao-era hero who excoriated the establishment, into a bland, Disney-style character.
President Trump said in an interview that he had known his wife wanted to address rumors about the late sex offender at some point, but that he had not known exactly what she would say.Melania Trump before speaking in the Grand Foyer of the White House on Thursday.
At a convention in New York, possible candidates for the Democratic presidential primary are making overtures to Black voters, a vital constituency.Kamala Harris, former vice president and the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, spoke at the National Action Network Convention in New York on Frid
At a convention in New York, several Democrats mulling presidential bids rallied around opposition to President Trump’s decision to attack Iran.
Democrats in Congress have assiduously avoided talk of a third impeachment of President Trump, concerned that it would distract from their midterm campaign message. That tide seems to have turned.President Trump returning to the White House last month.
Mr. Blair will “lead the charge from the outside,” the president said on social media. The move comes as Republicans are bracing for a potentially difficult November election.James Blair, a deputy chief of staff, is taking over President Trump’s outside political operation and its $300 million-plus
Prescribing produce, crafting meals: More medical schools are teaching students how to cook and use food as a tool for treating patients.Eliza Leone, a dietitian, teaches culinary medicine to a mix of medical, dental and dietetics students from Tufts University.
Annie Judis, 82, gets a kick out of defying expectations about what the body can do.
After defeating a Democratic fixture in a 1988 primary, he rose to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee, then was toppled himself in 2020, undone by an overheard comment.Representative Eliot Engel in his Bronx office in 1998. He was a reliable champion of liberal causes.
Without Trump on the midterms ballot, how will his party fare?
The foreign policy analyst Fareed Zakaria explains how the Iran war has been a turning point in America’s standing in the world.
Mr. Adams, the former mayor of New York City, has expressed fondness for Albania, visiting the country in his last weeks in office.Mayor Eric Adams has long had a soft spot in his heart for a certain Balkan nation.
The device burned an exterior gate of the house in San Francisco, the police said, and it was unclear whether the artificial intelligence executive was home. The authorities arrested a suspect.It was unclear whether Sam Altman was home at the time of the attack.
In an unusual move, the Treasury secretary and the Federal Reserve chair gathered bank executives to caution about cyberthreats posed by artificial intelligence.The stark message was delivered by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a hastily called meeting.
