The Louisiana senator said that, despite reservations, he would back President Trump’s pick for attorney general, giving Republicans enough votes for a majority.Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, told reporters at the Capitol on Friday he would back Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorne
Will Rosenzweig joins a growing list of former prosecutors and federal agents who have gone to court to contest the purge of law enforcement deemed disloyal.The Justice Department in September fired Will Rosenzweig, a prosecutor who had earned consistent praise, hours after a right-wing commentator
Officials at the Federal Reserve are chiefly focused on the trajectory of inflation after five years of overshooting the central bank’s 2 percent target.Kevin M. Warsh, the Federal Reserve chairman, has pledged to make delivering price stability the primary focus of his tenure.
While the Fed didn’t raise rates, the bond market did. That means hardship for home buyers and higher hurdles for A.I. data centers and the stock market. But it’s also a boon for retirees.
In an interview with The New York Times, Dr. El-Sayed recalled some of his conversations with establishment figures who once opposed his candidacy.
Tennessee’s primary elections on Thursday came after Republican legislators carved up the state’s only majority-Black district in a bid to win all nine of the state’s House seats.A voter left the booth after casting a ballot at an early voting polling place last month.
In interviews, more than 20 people who tried to break an Israeli blockade described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured. Israel denied the accusations.Arno Meyns, a Belgian activist, at Istanbul’s airport in May after being released and deported by Israel. He said he was b
The conflict may have slowed, but not stopped, Iran’s nuclear program, officials and experts said.A satellite image provided by Vantor showed the Isfahan nuclear complex, where Iran stores most of its highly enriched uranium, in June.
The agreement treats an attack on any of the countries as an attack on all, but in a region of volatile rivalries, it was unclear how it would work in practice.A photo released by the Turkish presidential office shows the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, being welcomed by Crown Prince Moha
The elevation of Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and lifelong supporter of the Sox, was a godsend for a team failing on the field and with fans.A mural depicting Pope Leo XIV is displayed near the seat where he attended a Chicago White Sox playoff game at Rate Field in 2005.
Tiny Hudson, Colo., was mostly known as a speed trap between plains and suburbs. Then ICE announced it was coming, setting off months of protests.
New Jersey improperly added as many as 6,600 noncitizens to its voter rolls. Those people could now be forced out of the country.New Jersey continues to deal with the fallout of thousands of noncitizens — as many as 6,600, according to the governor — having been added to its voter rolls.
While the motive in the strip mall shooting rampage in Twin Falls, Idaho, remains elusive, a community embraces a bystander who stepped in.
Starting on Friday, the island’s water authority is scheduled to shut off water for rotating 48-hour periods in parts of San Juan and surrounding areas.Residents of Loíza, P.R., say their water stopped running in early June.
The country’s new Trump-endorsed president takes office on Friday. Sweeping plans to target drug traffickers with U.S. help are already underway.Colombian soldiers in 2025. Colombia has historically been a key ally in the U.S. fight against drug trafficking.
The river’s water levels have fallen as extreme heat has afflicted Europe, exposing sunken German vessels from World War II that are impeding navigation.One of the German ships from World War II exposed in the Danube River near Prahovo, Serbia, this week.
Beset by historically dry weather, much of the nation is losing its signature hue.A parched park on the south bank of the River Thames in central London on Thursday, with Tower Bridge in the background.
The hot weather has exacerbated dry conditions, creating conditions for wildfires and receding rivers.
A student killed his grandparents before opening fire at his high school and shooting himself, the authorities said. The episode revived a debate about gun laws.The wife of a victim, who was a teacher at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School near Bangkok on Friday.
In “One Night Only,” Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner play singles living in a world where the government has banned premarital sex. How far-fetched is that?Turner believes in soul mates, but said, “soul mates doesn’t have to be a partnership, it could be anything. Some of my soul mates are my best
This dystopian rom-com follows Allie (Monica Barbaro) and Owen (Callum Turner), on their parallel hunts for passion.
Many people feel that antidepressants block their true emotions, but they don’t have guidance about how to get off these drugs.
In Georgia, where Black voters could help decide control of the Senate, Mara Gay asks what they want from America and the Democratic Party.
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