Commanders are concerned about the Pentagon’s shift of long-range precision weapons from the Asia-Pacific region to the Middle East, congressional officials say.The remains of a university building in Tehran. Two independent groups say the U.S. expense of the war in Iran so far is between $28 billio
The conflict has morphed into a volatile standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, as the economic costs mount and President Trump faces a political backlash at home.A mural in Tehran illustrates Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz.
First of all, it isn’t dust. It’s Iran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, which is stored in large canisters about the size of scuba tanks.A satellite image from February showing construction on buildings at the Isfahan nuclear site in Iran that were destroyed during U.S. airstrikes last June.
Also, America’s premier opera company has money troubles. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.In the southern Lebanese village of Mansour on Tuesday.
The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.John Phelan, the Navy secretary, in December. President Trump’s frustration over Mr. Phelan’s management of his prized battleship program grew over the past two wee
Vaccine skeptics, “organic moms” and anti-pesticide activists came together to elect President Trump. But some voters are disillusioned and might not turn out again.Tricia Busch, a former elementary schoolteacher and a MAHA voter, felt betrayed by President Trump’s recent executive order promoting g
The president’s weakening poll numbers come as the war in Iran has driven up gas prices, and more Americans are expressing concerns about the economy.
Federal prosecutors say that Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in planning to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, used the information to place bets on a prediction market.Nicolás Maduro, former President of Venezuela, being escorted off a helicopter to be taken to the federal cour
A spokesman for Representative Thomas Kean Jr. said an unspecified “personal medical issue” has led the New Jersey Republican to miss House votes.Democrats in New Jersey were aggressively targeting Thomas Kean Jr.’s seat well before he began missing votes.
Hours after Republican lawmakers asked the Democratic fund-raising group’s chief executive to testify, ActBlue sent a sharp letter dismissing the inquiry as a “partisan attack.”Regina Wallace-Jones, the ActBlue chief executive, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
The layoffs affect about 8,000 employees, with Meta also planning to close 6,000 open roles, as the company focuses on artificial intelligence.Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
The tech giant is offering long-serving employees early retirements as it continues to invest aggressively in artificial intelligence.Microsoft and other big tech companies are on a spending spree to build the infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
Most of the layoffs will affect tech workers as the athletic giant tries to reverse a yearslong sales slump. It’s the second round of cuts this year.Nike said on Thursday that layoffs would affect workers across North America, Europe and Asia.
The report focuses on the lack of transponders in the fire trucks, which investigators suggested could have allowed an automatic warning system to alert the controller of an imminent collision.An Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck collided on the runway at LaGuardia Airport last month.
The arrangement would have brought up to $200 million to the Metropolitan Opera, which has suffered a series of financial setbacks.Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera in September.
The Paul Weiss partners Kannon Shanmugam and Masha Hansford are departing to start a practice focusing on Supreme Court and other appellate litigation at the rival firm Davis Polk.
For a decade and a half, Prajit and Projjal Dutta have led the market for South Asian art in the United States. Now they rarely speak to each other, except through lawyers.Prajit, left, and Projjal Dutta
On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comments since becoming pope last year, but grew uncomfortable at how that criticism was interpreted.Pope Leo XIV in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday.
He was renowned for his skill at capturing candid scenes of penguins, polar bears and other cold-weather creatures — and for his ability to tolerate extreme discomfort.
The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent.Miles was born with otoferlin deafness, a rare form of deafness caused by a mutation in a single gene. But with a new gene therapy, he ca
The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters.A Chinese submersible in the South China Sea in 2017 during exploration for seabed mineral resources.
The new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce environmental oversight.Drilling platforms off California in 2021. The Trump administration said the move would speed approvals of offshore energy and mining projects.
Known best for tightly wound characters in generational hit films, the actress is a tortured pop star in “Mother Mary” and returns to playful form in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
Normal language is inadequate and precedents are irrelevant when it comes to appraising the senior administration officials of the president’s second term.
