President Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have had a rocky relationship, met for talks on trade and other issues. But they skipped a planned joint appearance.President Trump with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meetin
A three-judge panel in Washington heard arguments in the lawsuit aimed at stopping the Pentagon from disciplining Senator Mark Kelly for a video warning about illegal military orders.“If you say something that the president, or this administration, does not like, they’re going to come after you,” Se
A White House task force called for speeding up aid and responding to fewer disasters. But some of its ideas would require action by Congress to become reality.A FEMA staging area in Kerrville, Texas, last July, in the wake of the catastrophic flooding that destroyed an all-girls camp.
The United States and its partners have burned through an enormous amount of air defense missiles in the Iran war, and production is slow.A Patriot missile launcher in Kuwait City in 2019. The United States is selling Kuwait another $9.3 billion worth of interceptor missiles.
Representative Tom Barrett at a rally in 2024.
The debt is outgrowing the size of America’s economy. The president’s policies could accelerate the country’s fiscal headaches, experts say, unless policymakers intervene.The reaction to the U.S. debt has appeared muted on Capitol Hill, despite years of hand-wringing among Republicans, in particular
Stock investors are betting that companies will make enormous profits, despite the war. But investors in bonds, including U.S. Treasuries, have other concerns.People attending a pro-government demonstration in Tehran last month. The S&P 500 has hit new highs since the start of the war in Iran.
A Dutch flight attendant and French national were among the latest to be tested in connection with a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship. But an analysis in South Africa showed no mutations in viral samples.An ambulance during an evacuation of suspected hantavirus patients, in Praia, Cape Verde, on Wed
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The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.An ambulance crew awaiting an evacuated passenger with a suspected hantavirus infection in Amsterdam on Wednesday. The U.S. government has r
Lawyers for Ms. Lively and Mr. Baldoni have said the two sides settled much of the contentious dispute. But one major disagreement remains.Despite the joint statement they put out, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have not settled a major issue that divides them: Is she due damages in a related legal
After a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans carved up a majority-Black Memphis seat as the national redistricting wars continue.Representative Steve Cohen, left, Tennessee State Senator Raumesh Akbari, center, and Tennessee State Senator London Lamar, right,
In strikingly different ads, Graham Platner argued that “Susan Collins’s charade is over” while Senator Collins highlighted the economic benefits she has brought to Maine.The race in Maine between Graham Platner, a Democrat, and Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, could decide control of the Senate
The mayor of Los Angeles is running for a second term as a former ally and a reality TV star tap into widespread voter angst.Mayor Karen Bass never fully recovered from her absence from California when Pacific Palisades erupted in flames last year.
The move would further solidify the U.S. refugee program as a pipeline for the white minority from South Africa.White South Africans arriving in Virginia last year after having been granted refugee status by the Trump administration.
Despite a previous order, the administration has continued to follow guidance from January empowering immigrations agents to widely make arrests without probable cause, judge says.Federal law enforcement agents and Washington police officers conducting a traffic stop in August.
The immigrant detention center in the Everglades, which Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.President Trump and Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary at the time, toured the immigration center known as Alligator Alcatraz with Gov. Ron DeSa
In the final stages of his dementia, a long-lost memory from childhood returned, perfectly formed. What was going on in his brain?
A federal judge released the note, which Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel. The New York Times has not authenticated that Mr. Epstein wrote it.
With little tethering them to home, some empty nesters are taking to the road.Beverly Brown has been living out of her camper van since 2019. “It’s my dream van now,” she said.
New drugs have made America’s deadliest cancer more treatable than ever. So why aren’t they reaching patients?
The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.Katie Schenk, an infectious disease epidemiologist, was hired as a remote C.D.C. employee in 2024 and lost her telework accommodation. After trying in vain
Half of U.S. adults under 50 now get wellness advice from influencers. A new report examines their qualifications.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a handshake budget deal with state lawmakers that also seeks to push back on federal immigration enforcement in the state.The state budget agreement announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday came more than five weeks after the April 1 deadline.
