The attack last week, on a dock purportedly used for shipping narcotics, did not kill anyone, people briefed on the operation said. But it was the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuela.Speaking to reporters on Monday, President Trump had declined to say how the attack had been carried out or b
First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces of marijuana. Now, fishermen fear the ocean that feeds them.
The attack was the 30th announced by the U.S. military since early September. It came days after President Trump said the U.S. had struck a coastal site related to drugs and Venezuela.The strike, conducted at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, had targeted a boat sailing along a “known
The American and Israeli leaders showed few signs of disagreement after meeting in Florida, giving no public indication of their growing strains over Gaza, Syria and other issues.
The jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was “evidently” connected to President Trump’s name being added to the arts center.The head of Doug Varone and Dancers called the decision to cancel two performances at the Kennedy Center “financially devastating but morally exhilarating.”
The department said the state’s policy of granting unauthorized immigrants in-state financial aid at public colleges and universities violates federal law.The University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va.
The announcement will likely keep the United States as the biggest international aid donor next year, even as the Trump administration slashes funding for foreign assistance programs.Bags of rations being unloaded at a World Food Program distribution point last year at a temporary camp for refugees
China flew bombers and fired long-range artillery during a second day of exercises designed to show its ability to claim the island-democracy by force.The Chinese military fired a rocket on Tuesday from Pingtan, an island in the eastern province of Fujian that is China’s closest point to Taiwan.
Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo escalates, some residents are worried.Yonaguni, a Japanese military outpost about 70 miles east of Taiwan, sits along the so-called “first island chain,” a strategic arc of islands us
How the Georgia congresswoman went from the president’s loudest cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic.
The congresswoman discussed her break with President Trump and her journey from MAGA zealot to political isolation.Greene and her staff at the Capitol complex in mid-December, when she cast her final vote on her last day working in Washington.
The U.S.-led negotiations have made some progress, but still face fundamental challenges, including over security guarantees to counter future Russian aggression.Soldiers with a Ukrainian antiaircraft defense unit monitoring the sky for Russian drones in the Donetsk region last week.
Moscow said a Ukrainian drone attack targeted a residence of President Vladimir V. Putin, which Ukraine denied, accusing the Kremlin of fabricating an excuse not to make peace.President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia meeting with military officers in Moscow on Monday, in a photo released by Russian sta
In office for three terms, she traded the country’s leadership with Sheikh Hasina, the head of another political dynasty, over decades. She was believed to be 80.Khaleda Zia in 2014.
Hours before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds an inauguration block party outside City Hall, he will officially become mayor in a small private ceremony.The old City Hall Station, which has been out of commission since 1945, is famous for its arches.
A growing body of research shows how pressure from overbearing coaches and parents is stunting children’s emotional well-being and leading to injuries.A baseball game at Kentlake High School in Kent, Wash. According to a survey by the Aspen Institute, 11.4 percent of parents believe their children c
The clocks aboard our icebreaker will be changed several times en route to Antarctica. It’s one of many things that make the expedition feel otherworldly.
More than 500 women claimed that they had received unnecessary operations. Hospital leaders said they were not aware of a doctor’s misconduct.Javaid Perwaiz is serving a 59-year prison sentence after being convicted of health care fraud arising from medically unnecessary surgeries at Chesapeake Regi
Turn your walk into a better workout, build strength without weights and more exercise advice for the year ahead.
Amid an astonishing wave of anti-Indian animus, Indian Americans are questioning their place in the country.Indian immigrants in the United States have found success, and unexpected hostility.
The Saudi-led coalition said its strike, at a port in southern Yemen, targeted weapons bound for a separatist group backed by the United Arab Emirates.Damaged military vehicles at the port of al-Mukalla in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition struck an arms shipment on Tuesday.
Her four episodes on the sitcom marked a rarity: a disabled actress onscreen.Melanie Watson Bernhardt played Kathy Gordon in the hit television show “Diff’rent Strokes” starring Gary Coleman.
Maimonides Health is a community fixture that will become part of NYC Health + Hospitals. Many of its patients are on government medical plans.Maimonides Health operates three hospitals and more than 80 other sites in Brooklyn.
On the fifth anniversary of the attack, which falls next Tuesday, Democrats plan to hold an informal hearing to review President Trump’s clemency for the rioters and G.O.P. attempts to sanitize the event.Trump supporters heading toward the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The ensuing riot caused millions of
