The U.S. military has drafted options for three days of strikes, but in recent months the president has repeatedly vetoed plans to restart the war.President Trump said on social media on Thursday that he would not attack Iran before the midterm elections, and that the United States and Iran were “ha
The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.Crew members looking out from aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln as it arrived Thursday in San Diego, Calif.
Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.
Half of homes in Maine rely on heating oil. Rising costs driven up by President Trump’s war with Iran have become central to the state’s Senate race.Residents entering the town hall of Windham, Maine, on Wednesday. Windham is the type of politically divided town that could be critical to determining
A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to U.S. negotiators.A Lukoil refinery near Burgas, Bulgaria. Once the sale of the Lukoil international assets is complete, the buyers plan to expand and r
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.David Milstein, a top official in the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, has been entrusted with much of the mission’s portf
The director, Michael Brennan, oversees 45 federal workers, including hurricane specialists and meteorologists.Michael Brennan has been director of the National Hurricane Center since 2023.
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.The Training Ship Golden Bear, which was used to educate cadets at Cal Poly Maritime Academy for 30 years, is one of the ships being considered u
Vice President JD Vance singled out the tech firm as he and other officials accused an array of companies and universities of abusing the visa system.“Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” Vice President JD Vance said in Washing
The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.Anne Carson en un recital en Nueva York en 2008.
Carson has mind-boggling range and formal audacity, our poetry columnist writes, but however much she toys with obscurity she remains too hilarious to be intimidating.
The Canadian poet won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. If you’ve never read any of her work, here’s where to start.Anne Carson in 2015
They thought it might explain why their health had diverged. Instead, it stirred up feelings that weren’t so easily quantified.
French bond investors are demanding sharply higher interest rates, a cautionary development for other high-debt countries.France’s fiscal turmoil highlights the risks facing heavily indebted governments as borrowing costs rise and public spending on health care, pensions and defense grows.
Mass protests over decrepit schools and absent teachers are in their third week, with more planned. Officials have failed so far to quell a movement drawing many adult supporters.Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.
Anger about classroom overcrowding, teacher shortages and broken-down buildings has boiled over in recent weeks, and threatens to coalesce into broader grievances in a heated political season.Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across
Hours after some Jewish leaders denounced Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s remarks about the attacks on Israel, activists interrupted a vigil to call him a traitor to the Palestinian cause.When Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined a memorial vigil marking the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, he was confronted by pro-Palestin
The mayor expressed no regrets after he was criticized by Jewish leaders over a statement marking the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks and later booed by pro-Palestinian activists at a vigil.Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended a vigil on Wednesday organized by Israelis for Peace to honor those killed in
What to make of the president’s uptick in profanity?
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As rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little information about potential bad news.The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. The researcher who died worked in the
