President Trump on Friday called Iran’s attack on a container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier a “foolish” act.Oil tankers and cargo vessels anchored off the coast of Oman this week.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that the agreement marked only “the beginning of the beginning” of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.The remains of a destroyed street in Mayfadoun, Lebanon, on Monday following fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Bulky “nanobubbler” machines were carted off ahead of a promotional event for President Trump’s Ultimate Fighting Championship birthday party.
The administration has provided little evidence to back up some of his assertions about the Lincoln Memorial pool. Experts say other factors could have caused the major problems that have plagued it.A maintenance worker cleaned around the perimeter of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool while Natio
Facing criticism from residents that it was not doing enough to help, the Venezuelan government said it had dispatched more than 100 heavy machines to clear debris.A survivor on Friday. About 1,400 buildings had been damaged, including 13 hospitals and 25 shopping centers.
The Trump administration said it would commit aid, at a time when it has been expanding U.S. commercial interests in Venezuela beyond oil.Rescue workers and civilians looking for people trapped under debris in La Guaira, Venezuela, after two large earthquakes.
Firefighters are using cellphone lights because of a flashlight shortage, and an overwhelmed hospital in the disaster zone is operating without running water, one doctor said.A woman injured in Wednesday’s earthquakes was loaded into a van to be transported from a hospital in La Guaira, Venezuela, t
Following high-profile primary victories by democratic socialists, some moderate Democrats are advocating a different course, highlighting tensions in the party.A letter, titled “The Promise to America,” from moderate House Democrats, was led by Representative Tom Suozzi, a New York Democrat who fli
After years of operating on the fringe of Democratic values, pro-Palestinian activists felt validated after the primary wins by several candidates who oppose Israel’s actions.Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student organizer who was arrested and detained by the Trump administration, w
The former transportation secretary recounted being kept away from his 4-year-old twins overnight after an anonymous report accused him of posing a threat to them. The police said the report was false.Pete Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary, is a prominent Democrat who is widely seen as
Weeks of intense strikes by Ukraine have rattled everyday life in Crimea to an extent unseen since Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014.A satellite image from Sunday, provided by the company Vantor, shows damage to the Henichesk Bridge, which links Crimea to the rest of Ukraine.
Last year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission overruled its enforcement attorneys and killed a separate inquiry into whether the Trump-tied company was illegally serving U.S. customers.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission. has begun investigating Polymarket, a prediction market company tie
The move de-escalates a clash between the Trump administration and the company over its cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems.In a letter on Friday, the Commerce Department gave Anthropic permission to restore some clients’ access to one of its most powerful artificial intelligence models, My
The devastating heat wave has exposed weaknesses in the continent’s infrastructure, much of it built for a cooler climate that no longer exists.The Golfech nuclear plant in France on Tuesday after officials shut it down as a result of high temperatures.
The vice president said that the scandal that ended Richard Nixon’s presidency would be “like a 12-hour news story” if it happened today and that the “deep state” had taken down Nixon.Vice President JD Vance in Maine last month. At an event on Thursday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and M
President Trump’s priorities seem increasingly detached from the concerns of voters and his party.President Trump has been focused on pet projects like his expansive and costly renovations at the White House and around the nation’s capital.
The university hired a high-powered law firm to try to reach an agreement with the Justice Department over claims its admissions practices hurt white and Asian applicants.While a deal could alleviate federal pressure on Yale, it could create problems closer to campus. Schools that have cut deals wit
The retailer, renamed Exemplar Luxury Group, is ditching anything that isn’t focused on high-end department store shopping.Geoffroy van Raemdonck, chief executive of Exemplar Luxury Group, the renamed parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue.
Where is Chief Justice John Roberts? And why isn’t he putting limits on this administration?
Four young Cubans grapple with what it means to stay on an island facing unprecedented migration.
