Ontario’s minister for emergency preparedness has asked the federal government for help, including potentially deploying Canadian soldiers to the affected regions.Smoke from wildfires in Ontario, Canada, turned Toronto’s skies orange on Wednesday.
As overnight temperatures climb across Canada, fires that once spread more slowly after dark are burning around the clock, straining fire crews.The observation deck of the CN Tower on Wednesday evening as wildfire smoke enveloped downtown Toronto.
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a key vote on confirmation, had demanded Mr. Blanche meet with victims.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.
The Justice Department had balked at the disclosure, saying that the government had not acknowledged the special counsel’s subpoenas and that grand jury information was secret.The use of subpoenas by the special counsel Jack Smith to obtain lawmakers’ call records has been known since October.
A technical assistant to President Trump won around $100,000, according to the prediction market, which flagged the activity to the federal government.Gabriel Perez, a technical assistant to President Trump, before a speech in Miami Beach last year. Kalshi said Mr. Perez had placed wagers on common
From an underground parking garage, Ukraine’s newly dismissed defense minister aired the most dramatic, public critique of the military command to emerge during the war.Mykhailo Fedorov, the former minister of defense, speaking in Kyiv on Thursday.
Also, Trump is set to deliver a prime-time speech on election security. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.In Detroit today.
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the majority leader, openly questioned whether “the juice” was “worth the squeeze,” give
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spoken about a range of issues in recent days — from testosterone to leak investigations — but he has said little about the war.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force and the National Guard earlier this month.
Our correspondent talked about the challenges of covering major news while under surveillance and filing his work without reliable internet access.Mourners gathered at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran to pay respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during his funeral.
Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?
Drawings obtained by The New York Times show the columns called for additional steel plates, but engineers reviewing site photos said they appeared to be missing.
Federal investigators said a “crystal-like” substance in the bags looked like methamphetamine. A lawyer for the victim’s brother said it was salt.The victim’s brother said he, his brother and two other workers were going to a construction job when ICE agents chased them and then opened fire.
Shaoping Wu was working as a contract delivery driver for Amazon when he was pulled over in Pennsylvania. He had championed personal and religious freedom for Chinese citizens.Supporters and relatives are worried that Shaoping Wu could be deported.
Flooding from relentless rain, which Gov. Greg Abbott said was likely to break records, left a trail of damage in many communities in the Hill Country region.The Pedernales River surged in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Mr. Kean, a New Jersey Republican who was absent from Congress while being treated for depression, has since appeared at few campaign events and declined interview requests.Representative Tom Kean Jr., center, on June 30, when he returned to Congress after a monthslong absence.
Ken Paxton, a Republican, has not debated in more than a decade. A showdown with James Talarico, a Democrat, could be a key moment in the hard-fought race.
Researchers have made important strides in understanding and treating diffuse midline gliomas, which were long seen as a death sentence for the children and adolescents they affect.
It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.An artist’s concept of the exoplanet LHS 1140b, surrounded by a helium-rich atmosphere. Another rocky planet orbits the same cool red dwarf star in the di
The president lacks not only a coherent strategic concept but an elementary understanding of what strategy is.
Messi doesn’t walk because he’s left the game. He walks in order to enter it.
The elite flying team had announced a safety review after videos posted on social media showed a fighter jet passing just above beachgoers on Wednesday.Blue Angels pilots, in formation on July 4 in Washington, fly in F/A-18 Super Hornets.
