The legislation authorizes $900 billion for the Pentagon, provides a pay raise for troops, and has some measures to reassert congressional oversight.Army troops participating in a parade in Washington in June. The bill includes a pay raise of 3.8 percent for military personnel.
Russell Vought, the White House budget director, called the laboratory a source of “climate alarmism.”National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., is responsible for many of the biggest scientific advances in humanity’s understanding of weather and climate since its founding in 1960.
The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, at a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.
A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate.Romy Reiner discovered the body of her father, Rob Reiner, inside the family’s mansion on Sunday.
Gov. Kathy Hochul cast the measure in unusually personal terms, saying she had felt “the pain of seeing someone you love suffer and feeling powerless to stop it.”Gov. Kathy Hochul said she had agreed to sign the bill after adding amendments intended to protect New Yorkers from being pressured into l
The Venezuelan government was said to have ordered the escort, according to two people familiar with the matter. It was not immediately clear whether the vessels were subject to U.S. sanctions.An oil tanker anchored near the Cardón Refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021.
The scope of President Trump’s blockade against ships carrying oil from Venezuela was not clear on Wednesday.An oil tanker docked at Cardón Refinery in Venezuela, in 2021. More than 400 tankers have moved Venezuelan oil or related products since 2019, and these vessels are part of a bigger fleet of
A firm controlled by a businessman tied to a seized tanker carrying Venezuelan oil has sold millions of barrels from a Chevron-operated oil field.A statue outside Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA headquarters in Caracas.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that it had reached a deal with YouTube for exclusive rights to the show starting in 2029.Conan O’Brien speaks onstage during the 97th Academy Awards in March.
Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence and Amanda Seyfried give great performances as women who buck convention. But some voters prize ‘likability’ above all else.
Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.Alice Rhinelander, center, with her sisters in the courtroom during the annulment trial.
The claim was made as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s dismissal of Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.Warner Bros., which has its headquarters in Burbank, Calif., agreed to sell itself to Netflix in a deal worth $83 billion.
President Trump’s immigration crackdown has at times resulted in arrests near schools, setting off concerns among parents, educators and students.Parents say they have grown concerned about taking their children to school, worried that they could be detained or that their children could witness viol
A surge of ICE agents has led to 670 arrests and chaotic standoffs in subzero weather.
ISIS is too weakened to seize territory, experts said, but its ability to churn out propaganda aimed at provoking violence against the West persists.Paramedics wheel away a wounded man at the scene of the mass shooting in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.
The police in London and Manchester said they would take a “more assertive” approach after the Bondi Beach massacre and a terrorist attack at a British synagogue.A demonstration in London in support of Palestinians after a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
The Australian authorities said the 24-year-old man, who had been shot by the police, woke from a coma on Tuesday afternoon.
For the students in the Brown University review session, concerns about grades and questions about economic concepts would be forgotten in an instant.A memorial to the victims of the shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I.
It is rare for a gunman in a high-profile shooting to get away, and many are apprehended within days. The authorities shared grainy video and begged for tips as the search stretched into its fourth day.The Providence Police Department released enhanced security camera footage of a person they are lo
A group of young conservatives feel that the pressures they face as 20-something women have been made worse by the liberal feminism that defined their youth.
Mayor Adams took notable steps toward improving reading instruction in New York. But families and advocates say many students with dyslexia are still struggling.The 8-year-old son of Ara Calcano, whose mother had to push for years to provide him with reading help.
Metal crosses, a recliner, a blue wedding suit: the most cherished belongings of Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Kitty Dukakis and others.
