Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll Resigns as U.S. Military Grapples With Two Wars
Daniel P. Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction
Lower-court rulings would have blocked construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom after finding that the Trump administration should have first sought approval from Congress.The order from the Supreme Court was the second time in less than two weeks that the court weighed in on the project.
Duane Davis Is Convicted of Orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s Murder
Duane Keith Davis, 63, was found guilty of first-degree murder after he went on an interview tour discussing his role in the 1996 drive-by shooting.Duane Keith Davis, right, and his lawyer, Michael Sanft, after a jury found Mr. Davis guilty. He faces up to life in prison.
Who Is Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, Convicted in Tupac Shakur Murder Trial?
Duane Keith Davis, once a high-ranking member of the South Side Compton Crips, long said he was in a Cadillac with the shooter in 1996. Then he began to recant his accounts.Duane Keith Davis was convicted of murder in the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur.
Tupac Shakur Was at His Cultural Peak When He Was Killed
Shortly before he was murdered in 1996, the rapper had released “All Eyez on Me,” a landmark album that turned him into a superstar.Tupac Shakur performing in Milwaukee in 1994.
Supreme Court Allows White House Ballroom Construction to Continue
Also, a principal helped save 900 children in Nepal. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.Construction at the White House on Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Woman Stabs 2, Killing One, in Times Square and Is Shot Dead by N.Y.P.D.
The police fired at the woman, who was holding two knives, after trying to use less lethal force, officials said. A woman, 32, was killed, and a man, 68, is in stable condition.The episode unfolded just before 4:30 p.m. on Monday in Times Square.
C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths
Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.Dr. Erica Schwartz, who has expressed strong support of childhood vaccines, was confirmed as C.D.C. director this month, despi
Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields: A New Feminist Music Festival Takes Shape
At the first Daisy Chain Fields festival, the 23-year-old pop star presented a cross-generational vision of female empowerment. (With Taco Bell activations, too.)
JD Vance Called Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed ‘Evil’ in Speech
Vice President JD Vance also told Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, to “keep my wife’s name out of your mouth.”Vice President JD Vance’s remarks at a campaign rally on Monday appeared aimed at stoking tensions in Michigan’s Jewish community over Dr. El-Sayed’s nomination.
Scott Brown Was a GOP Star. Will It Matter in the New Hampshire Senate Race?
Scott Brown is chasing the political limelight again with a seemingly improvised Senate campaign.Scott Brown is running for Senate in New Hampshire.
Kalshi Suspends Republican House Candidate for Betting on Her Own Race
The trading platform Kalshi issued a three-year suspension to the candidate, Laurie Buckhout, and fined her nearly $2,600. Ms. Buckhout said she had made a “dumb mistake.”Laurie Buckhout, a former U.S. Army colonel and a Republican, is challenging Representative Don Davis of North Carolina.
How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital, founded by the Biden administration to give loans to bolster the U.S. defense industry, is helping lead President Trump’s oil deal.President Trump said his defense secretary and secretary of state reached an agreement with the Venezuelan governme
Shein’s Lackluster Debut Shows a Fast-Fashion Model Left Behind
Squeezed by new trade rules, shrinking market share and labor concerns, Shein’s share decline in Hong Kong on Tuesday is a sign investors have moved on.A Shein display in a department store in Angers in western France in February.
Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China
A two-day conference of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan shows the limits of U.S. economic warfare.Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, center, and the Kyrgyz president, Sadyr Japarov, left, during a welcoming ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.
U.S. Strikes May Have Targeted a New Type of Iranian Naval Mine
The U.S. military said its attacks against Iran were in response to a threat to the Strait of Hormuz.Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. The strait has been under constant threat since the United States and Israel launched a combined assault against Iran on Feb. 28
A Principal Saved 900 Students Before His School Was Washed Away in Nepal
Rajendra Dawadi had less than 15 minutes to act on a warning of approaching floodwaters. His swift evacuation plan saved hundreds of lives.Rajendra Dawadi was teaching at the Tribhuvan Trishuli School when a staff member burst into the classroom, shouting that a major flood was headed their way.
Nepal Puts Cost of Disaster at $5 Billion, Blaming Climate Change
The country is seeking urgent help from a special U.N. climate fund, but the program lacks money because the United States and others have been reluctant to contribute.Mud and debris from the catastrophic floods that struck Nepal last week.
This Marine Died in the Iraq War. His Mother Asks, ‘What Was It For?’
Travis Fuller was from my hometown. I went back and talked with his family about how they made sense of his death, 25 years after Sept. 11.First Lt. Travis Fuller died in a helicopter crash in Iraq on Jan. 26, 2005.
How El-Sayed Could Dispatch His Hasan Piker Problem
Republicans hold their trolls close. For Democrats, it’s more complicated.Hasan Piker
Putin Is Coming for Russian Literature
The Kremlin is redefining what it means to be a writer in Russia.
Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.Author Wendell Berry in 2012. The historian Page Smith hailed him as “a prophetic American voice of our day.”