The president now wants Gulf nations to invest in the U.S. in exchange for safe passage. Shipping industry experts worry other nations will follow that lead.A day after saying he would charge 20 percent fees to ships in exchange for U.S. military protection in the Strait of Hormuz, Mr. Trump said he
The vote reflected how the political debate over the conflict in the Middle East has sapped bipartisan support for a normally popular measure.The fate of the National Defense Authorization Act, a vital measure setting Pentagon policy and program funding, was left uncertain.
The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office.President Trump maintains personal financial ties with nearly 30 different business ventures with counterparties worldwide.
The cooperation of Todd Blanche will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday.Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled for Wednesday.
The uneasy truce between the administration and the law firms it cut deals with last year has erupted into a pitched legal battle behind closed doors.The subpoenas — which were part of a civil dispute and not a criminal investigation — ask for all communications the firms had with Boris Epshteyn, Pr
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly claimed that the military has focused too much on promoting minority and female officers, at the expense of white men.
Agents fatally shot a man in Houston and another in coastal Maine, both in their vehicles. The killings were the latest in a string of ICE shootings during President Trump’s second term.A memorial for a Mexican immigrant, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, at the spot where he was shot by an ICE agent in Houst
The father of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, the man fatally shot by a federal immigration agent on Monday, said his son had been working two jobs to support his wife and daughter.A memorial for Joan Sebastian Guerrero at the intersection where he was shot by ICE in Biddeford, Maine.
Kristi Noem, the former homeland security secretary, said five months ago that the Trump administration would “rapidly” deploy body cameras to immigration agents across the country. About half still don’t have them.Law enforcement officers at the scene of the ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine, on Tue
Details were unclear on Tuesday about what exactly happened at a gas station in St. Augustine before the man was killed.
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first Supreme Court justices to testify since 2019, talked about ethics and security threats during collegial hearings.Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett during a hearing at the Capitol on Tuesday.
New York’s specialized high schools give disproportionately few seats to Black and Hispanic students, continuing a pattern that has drawn criticism.Stuyvesant High School is one of New York City’s eight most prestigious high schools.
Julie Menin, the City Council speaker, said she would support a bill to ban the rides in Central Park after a tourist was killed in an accident last month.Animal rights activists have been fighting for years to get horse-drawn carriages banned from Central Park, saying the tourist attraction is immo
A federal jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Ms. Carroll. He exhausted his appeals last month, prompting a judge to order that the money be paid.E. Jean Carroll has been paid the $5 million that President Trump was ordered to pay in a settlement that found him liable
Thanks to an assist from his sons, Mike D is set to release “Thank You,” the first new music from a member of the pioneering rap trio in 15 years.
Supporters in both parties hope the measure to penalize Russia, championed by Senator Lindsey Graham, will gain momentum in his honor.Senator Lindsey Graham spoke to reporters in a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, last week, in his last public act.
Three days after Lindsey Graham died, his younger sister Darline Graham took the oath to hold his seat until his term ends in January.Darline Graham being sworn in by Senator Charles E. Grassley on Tuesday as her husband, Larry Nordone, holds a Bible.
Roger Worthington is helping to lead a $50 billion lawsuit against oil producers. This week he’ll face powerful critics in Congress.Roger Worthington in a garden adjacent to his brewery in Bend, Ore.
Intense storms overnight dropped heavy rain, and more was falling Tuesday. Forecasters warned about the increasing likelihood of flooding across the state.Rain in Austin, Texas, in April. The city is facing a higher than usual risk of dangerous flash flooding due to an upcoming storm.
Storms on Tuesday could produce damaging winds, large hail and even tornadoes in areas where they are not common.
At the high-flying New York outpost of Ambassadors Clubhouse, the Punjabi cooking is beguiling and the city feels miles away.
Would the world have been safer if Graham hadn’t cozied up to Trump?
He bent the knee and made the most of it.
Captain Sullenberger, who is known as Sully, said that the disease was in its early stages, and that he was “in the beginning of this long journey.”Chesley B. Sullenberger III, who is known as Sully, near his home in Danville, Calif., in 2009.
