The focus at a leaders’ summit in Turkey this week will be on building a new model for the alliance, as President Trump pushes to do less and pressures others do more.NATO leaders at last year’s summit in The Hague, where member states committed to increase spending on defense sharply by 2035.
The president, who is headed to a NATO summit in Ankara this week, had imposed the ban himself amid concerns that giving Turkey the jets could allow Russia to learn about their stealth technology.A model of an F-35 in the Oval Office. Turkey has been lobbying furiously for readmission to the fighter
Plus, the museum that wants you to touch the art.Leaders of NATO countries are meeting in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, for an annual summit starting on Tuesday.
Though it confirmed Ms. Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction, the court also shortened a ban on her eligibility for elected office. That could allow the far-right leader to run for the presidency next year.Marine Le Pen meeting with supporters at a country fair in Liévin, France, on Saturday.
After Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in Maine, was accused of rape, much of the party and several key supporters turned against him.Calls mounted for Graham Platner to end his Senate campaign.
“This is something that I tried for many years to forget,” the woman, Jenny Racicot, said on CNN.Graham Platner has faced calls from Democrats to drop out of the Maine Senate race after an allegation of sexual assault by Jenny Racicot, a woman he once dated.
Graham Platner can be replaced on the ballot if he withdraws in the next week. If he does, Maine Democrats would face an uncertain two-week race to choose a replacement.Graham Platner won the Democratic nomination for Senate in early June, but he could still be replaced on the ballot.
The threat of tariffs may have helped push more capital into the United States, but other factors are pushing it away.President Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi last year in Yokosuka, Japan. The country has long been the biggest source of foreign investment for the United States.
Imports of foreign goods, including pharmaceuticals and equipment for data centers, hit a record high, pushing the monthly trade deficit to its highest level in over a year.
By 2018, fentanyl overdoses in Estonia had plummeted. But powerful new drugs are appearing fast, with the authorities racing to respond.Long before fentanyl swept American streets, Estonia battled the drug — and won.
The best of New York’s dynamic dining scene (mostly) between two buns.
Publicly and behind the scenes, the president continues to try to impose his own views of American history and culture, presenting an ongoing challenge to Lonnie Bunch, the institution’s leader.President Trump and his allies have criticized what they call “improper ideology” in the Smithsonian’s pre
Historians defended Anthea Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, after the Trump administration accused her of spreading “radical activist ideology.”Anthea M. Hartig has been the director of the National Museum of American History since 2019.
The administration’s report criticizing the National Museum of American History echoes themes of President Trump’s push to reshape the American story.A model of the Statue of Liberty made by immigrant farmworkers on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington.
The U.S. oil blockade has deepened a humanitarian crisis, forcing Cubans to lean on the island’s long tradition of community solidarity to provide a cushion.Analeidis Arias Marin gets her children ready for school in Santiago de Cuba in May.
Scientists have never quite understood how hail works. Meet the storm chasers trying to change that.
In New York City, emergency rooms last week logged the highest number of patients treated for heat-related illnesses in years.Soccer fans sought a cool spot last week at a World Cup match at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
The case brought by Harry and other celebrities against Associated Newspapers was one of several legal battles that the prince has fought against British tabloids in recent years.Prince Harry arriving at a court in London, in January. He and other celebrities had accused Associated Newspapers, the p
A public housing employee made more than $465,000 in a year with overtime, while apparently running two private plumbing businesses at the same time. The city is investigating.Many of New York City’s aging public housing developments require constant maintenance. But one plumber working for the publ
Many Democrats want representatives as furious as they are. That makes it easier for unfit candidates to escape proper vetting.
The vice president’s theology comes in book form.
We look at U.S. relief efforts in Haiti in 2010 and in Venezuela now.In Venezuela.
The comedian and actress joked that “there was more people at my bat mitzvah” than at America’s 250th birthday party.
The ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held at a site considered sacred by many Shiites, was the latest step in a weeklong funeral organized by Iran’s government.A state media handout photo is said to show mourners attending a prayer for Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the
