Some officials in the Trump administration hope an attack would force Iran to give up its nuclear enrichment program. Others have doubts.American fighter jets on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford off the coast of Greece. The U.S. military is amassing firepower in the region near Iran.
President Trump has kept up a steady drumbeat of threats and built up U.S. troops in the region. Iran’s task is to give him a win but also preserve some semblance of nuclear enrichment.A large billboard depicting missiles in Tehran in 2024. While nuclear enrichment is being discussed this week, Iran
The president appears to be undermining Americans’ faith in the outcome, at a moment when Republicans face an uphill climb to keep control of Congress.During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Trump suggested that “it should be my third term” and falsely declared that the “only way
Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, author and supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said that “anti-vaccine rhetoric has never been part” of her message.“Our nation is angry, exhausted and hurting from preventable diseases,” Dr. Casey Means told the Senate Health Committee on Wed
The firings are part of a rolling barrage of retribution aimed at those who worked on the two federal prosecutions of President Trump.The F.B.I. building in Washington, D.C. The firings came hours after Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, said that as part of the documents inquiry, the bureau had subpo
Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several memos related to her account are not in the files.When the Justice Department made files public late last month, officials s
The former first lady, senator and secretary of state had no dealings with Jeffrey Epstein but is once again under pressure to answer for the actions and relationships of her husband.Hillary Clinton with President Bill Clinton in December 1998, after he was impeached by the House of Representatives.
Mr. Summers, former president of the school, had stepped back from teaching after documents showed a closer relationship to Jeffrey Epstein than previously known. He will leave at the end of the academic year.Lawrence Summers discussed relationships with Jeffrey Epstein in a correspondence that last
Mr. Kerrey has left his role as chairman of the company, Monolith, after Justice Department documents showed he had met and corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein.Bob Kerrey speaking in Omaha in 2012.
The findings may help explain why this group has such exceptional memory.
Many in Ukraine assume that air-raid alarms are automated. A rare look inside an emergency-response center reveals the specialists who do the lifesaving work.Alina Ustiuhova, a supervisor, left, with colleagues in a secret air-defense facility below ground in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Moscow unleashed an extensive drone and missile attack just hours before American officials were set to meet with Kyiv’s chief negotiator.An apartment building hit by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday.
President Emmanuel Macron has championed a refurbishment of the museum, but the fallout from a sensational heist has put his plans at risk.President Emmanuel Macron giving a speech last year at the Louvre, in front of the Mona Lisa.
Total profit for the fiscal year was $120 billion, the company said. Three years ago, it was just $4.4 billion.Nvidia, led by Jensen Huang, above, said quarterly revenue from its chips for A.I. data centers had risen 71 percent to $61.7 billion.
The investigation appears to be related to a $6 million contract the district had with a tech start-up whose staff had ties to the superintendent, Alberto Carvalho.The F.B.I. raided the home of Alberto M. Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and the district offices o
Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party have become more palatable for some Australians after the mass shooting at Bondi Beach.Pauline Hanson, the leader of the One Nation party, at a rally in Brisbane, Australia, last month. She has long argued that Australia needs to curb what she calls “mass migr
Times reporters visiting Tapalpa found a serene town in shock after Sunday’s raid on its outskirts left dozens dead and people fleeing. And, surprisingly, no police or military presence where the battle took place.The town of Tapalpa, in Jalisco state, Mexico, is a stronghold of the Jalisco New Gene
The owners have put a 67-year-old nudist colony on the market, hoping a new steward can help it shed its troubled past.In its heyday, the Florida Naturist Park had an eclectic following.
Palestinians and Israelis on the right and left all say that the move is a step toward legitimizing the Israeli settlements, which most of the world considers illegal.The Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 2020. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem says it will provide passpor
Community groups are opposing proposals to expand the decades-old Cross Bronx Expressway in favor of more limited repairs and improvements to local streets.Gov. Kathy Hochul is preparing to announce a plan for a $900 million overhaul of a one-mile elevated section of the aging Cross Bronx Expressway
Ending more than four decades of conjecture, the Spanish government moved to publish documents from a long-secret investigation of a failed 1981 coup.Lt. Col. Antonio Tejero Molina, with a pistol in his hand, attempting a coup at the Spanish Parliament on Feb. 23, 1981.
He held Spain’s Parliament hostage for 18 hours on Feb. 23, 1981, before surrendering after it became clear that he had little support from the country’s armed forces.Antonio Tejero Molina on Feb. 23, 1981, the day he led a takeover of the Parliament in Spain as part of an attempted coup.
The president is becoming the very thing that destroyed the Democrats: a reality-denying machine.
“This time, Trump spoke and everyone else fell asleep,” Jimmy Fallon said.
