The American blockade and Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz have created a stalemate that is neither peace nor raging conflict, with both sides attempting economic strangulation on the water.Vessels anchored at the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Control of the waterway is a tool Iran has used as l
Plus, the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
Many Gen Z men who voted for Donald Trump are dismayed by his time in office. But they say they are not hearing an appealing pitch from Democrats, either.
After attacking the Texas attorney general, who won the G.O.P. nomination, Senate Republicans are pivoting sharply to support him in what is now a competitive race.Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, beat Senator John Cornyn by close to 30 points on Tuesday night, transforming Texas into a battl
A key moment at a Senate primary debate in Michigan showed how pro-Israel Democrats are approaching the issue with caution.Mallory McMorrow, Haley Stevens and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed are locked in a tight Democratic primary race for Senate in Michigan.
Governor Whitmer of Michigan had been viewed as part of a field of possible Democratic candidates. She has been governor for two terms, and is barred from running again.Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan at an event in Detroit in April.
The billionaire’s new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and shared beliefs with Argentina’s right-wing leader.Peter Thiel, right, arriving for a meeting with President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Air
Over five frantic days, I gambled my family’s life savings on a hunch that A.I. could outperform a real estate agent.
President Trump has increasingly adopted a posture of nonchalance when pushed on the political consequences of his actions.“I don’t care about the midterms,” President Trump said at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Treasury Secretary Bessent backed the idea, which would require legislation allowing a living person to appear on currency.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he supported the idea of putting President Trump’s portrait on a new $250 bill.
The TV network on Thursday slammed the Federal Communications Commission, saying it was targeting its station licenses in a campaign of “unconstitutional retaliation.”The filing marked the second time this month that ABC had accused the F.C.C. of violating its free speech rights because of what it h
Bari Weiss, CBS’s editor in chief, named Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker, as the show’s executive producer. The network also fired two on-air correspondents.Nick Bilton is a filmmaker and former New York Times columnist.
First, The Star was born. Now, The Washington Star is reborn. Both are hoping to win readers ceded by recent layoffs at The Washington Post.The Washington Star, previously known as The Washington Star-News, stopped publishing in 1981.
Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion, as the companies duel for A.I. dominance.Anthropic’s updated model, Claude Opus 4.8, is particularly adept at vibecoding, or the process of artificial intelligence w
On his new album, the ex-Beatle revisits his past and revels in simply continuing to create.Paul McCartney performing in London in 2024.
This month, a North Dakota court barred Greenpeace from saying what it wanted in a European court, an unusual move. The environmental group says it is forging ahead.A court building in Amsterdam. The North Dakota Supreme Court this month barred Greenpeace International from making claims against Ene
Abhijeet Dipke’s “Cockroach Janta Party” has emerged as the unexpected voice of young people feeling let down by the government and struggling to find jobs.Abhijeet Dipke at a friend’s home in the United States in May. Mr. Dipke launched the satirical digital group Cockroach Janta Party on May 16, a
During a special edition of “Popcast,” the singer discussed her new album and the public fallout from a series of lawsuits. Then she performed a stripped-down set.
Three reasons Trump is losing the war in Iran.
Ukraine and Iran have shown us that war as we’ve known it is over.
The collision on the Queensboro Bridge involved an e-scooter that is not legally allowed to be used on the streets of New York.A bike was snapped in half after a collision with a scooter on the Queensboro Bridge.
The disaster at the mill in Longview, Wash., which took at least eight lives, was greeted with sadness but not surprise by a community that knew cutbacks and other pressures had raised risks.A vigil on Tuesday for the victims of a fatal chemical storage tank failure in Longview, Wash.
A top administrator at the university’s College of Dental Medicine recommended Karyna Shuliak for an advanced residency program, which he oversaw.Columbia University has been swept up in the firestorm that followed the release of millions of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
San Francisco received nearly as much rain one morning as it would typically see for the month, and a slope in the Sierra Nevada remained open for skiing.Skiers and snowboarders during a recent snowfall on the resort Mammoth Mountain.
