President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.Among the challenges for President Trump is that he has repeatedly threatened Iran with destruction, only to pull back.
The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The carrier’s most recent deployment began on Nov. 21, and the thousands of sailors on board have spent al
Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.Security forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland, in 2024.
Analysts said the recent rise in Treasury yields partly reflected investor expectations that A.I.-driven growth could keep interest rates elevated.A data center complex that Meta is building in El Paso.
Also, Russia takes advantage of Ukraine’s depleted stockpile. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021.
Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.A polling location in New York during the 2024 election.
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.Nevada election officials have questioned the Trump administration’s claims that thousands of noncitizens are regi
Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct.State Senator Aisha Wahab addresses the news media at her election-night watch party in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday.
“The Necessary Conversation,” a podcast and YouTube show, is a very public example of the political disputes families are having all across the country.For Chad Kultgen and his family, fighting feels like progress.
The South Carolina senator has argued that her lack of political experience is a strength as she runs to succeed her late brother, Lindsey Graham. But a debate misstep has rattled some of her supporters.Senator Darline Graham is campaigning to hold on to the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham.
Jake Lang has descended four times on Dearborn, Mich., which is majority Arab American. His rhetoric and protests have stirred fear among residents.Jake Lang, far right protester, outside a City Council meeting on Tuesday in Dearborn, Mich.
A scientific and civilizational horror story.A blacklegged tick in its nymph stage. Roughly the size of poppy seeds, nymphs are responsible for more disease transmission than adults.
Just last year, Prince Harry said he couldn’t imagine ever bringing his family back to Britain.Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in Sydney, Australia, in April.
The couple are moving back after six years in the United States. What they will do, and much else, are still unclear.Prince Harry and Meghan visiting Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, in April.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle self exiled to the ultrawealthy enclave of Montecito in 2020. “They wave. They drive. They close the gates,” a neighbor said.The duke and duchess of Sussex went among the people, but few knew them well.
In a wide-ranging interview, Gov. Kathy Hochul stressed the values she shares with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and talked about President Trump, taxes and ICE.Gov. Kathy Hochul, a moderate Democrat, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, have emphasized their shared policy priorities, such as ex
U.S. officials have sometimes eliminated access to gender-related treatment and dissolved measures meant to shield transgender detainees from harassment.
Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey spoke with detainees at the Newark detention center who said they had trouble accessing medical care. Staff members there disputed that account.Senator Andy Kim inspected the conditions at Delaney Hall amid reports of squalid living conditions, improper medical care an
The five men were part of the first group of deportees to be sent to the West African nation by the Trump administration. The Liberian government has not clarified their status.Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The U.S. deportation deal with Liberia is one of the largest so-called third-country depo
The reversal of the plan, which had not been publicly disclosed, comes amid mounting confusion about how the administration is protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors.Migrants entered the Paso Del Norte International Bridge for their Customs and Border Protection appointments in early 2025.
A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.Nancy Kissinger, then Nancy Maginnes, with her future husband, Henry A. Kissinger, in Jerusalem in 1970. She was a fierce defe
The transportation secretary’s six-part YouTube series is fueling ethical concerns over family adventures funded in large part by corporate sponsors regulated by his department.The reality road trip series tracks Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, his wife, their nine children and his son-in-law.
The industry is long overdue for a reckoning.
Federal prosecutors say the woman met with an F.B.I. informant several times to plan an attack on the building, which houses the governor’s office.The woman was arrested on Wednesday, according to people with knowledge of the arrest.
