The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.President Trump no longer has to worry about the Internal Revenue Service coming after him for any of the many aggres
President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.President Trump on Monday in the Oval Office, where he grew angry when asked whether he had spoken with Jeani
The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.Ships in the Strait of Hormuz seen from Musandam, Oman, in June. An emerging deal, if it happens, would reopen shipping tra
Thousands of civilian workers remain stranded on ships at risk of attack by Iran. On one vessel, sailors have been held by the Iranian navy for more than three months.U.S.-Israel attacks against Iran on Feb. 28 followed by Iran’s almost-immediate closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has stranded thousan
Higher oil prices propelled a quarterly earnings jump for Saudi Arabia’s energy giant, which used pipelines to work around disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Coordinated intervention allowed Japan to support its currency without selling off its U.S. debt holdings.Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, last week returned to his roots as a hedge fund manager in making a currency bet to help stabilize Japan’s currency.
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.The Democratic National Committee’s autopsy of the 2024 election was meant to examine missteps that led to the party’s defeat.
Our politics reporter Kellen Browning went to the Democratic Socialists of America’s national summit in Chicago to learn more about the group’s new platform.
Unable to unite behind a single candidate in Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District, moderate Democrats worry that they’ve complicated their chances in a key November battleground.Matt Maasdam, Bridget Brink and Will Lawrence.
The legacy of Lindsey Graham loomed over the field to replace him in a debate Monday. All eyes were on his sister, Darline, who was endorsed by President Trump.
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The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.A man held at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark died over the weekend.
A plane with 147 Venezuelans landed on Monday in the South American country amid criticism over the deaths of deportees housed in a collapsed building during June’s quakes.A Venezuelan-operated plane arrived with deported migrants at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, in De
While the ruling dealt a blow to New York’s efforts to rein in ICE, a ban on formal cooperation with local police officers will move forward.Agents working for ICE typically wear face coverings, making it difficult to identify them in cases where they may have overstepped their authority.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his son, and Senator Rand Paul have all written books criticizing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. All were published by a company led by a close Kennedy adviser.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now the health secretary, published “The Real Anthony Fauci” in 2021.
Andy Burnham’s social media push appears to be resonating with some voters. But he faces big decisions about how to pay for his promises.British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, center, visiting an Alstom training center as he unveiled new technical educational routes aimed at tackling youth unemploymen
Despite the scale of the damage, there have been no reported fatalities in the fires that started over the weekend. Late on Monday, officials arrested a man suspected of setting one of the fires.Residents returned to survey damage left in the wildfires in Spokane, Wash.
Aaron Farinacci, 37, was arrested after a witness reported seeing him kneeling near the ignition site of a major fire in Washington State, officials said.Destruction left in the wake of the Old Trails fire in Spokane, Wash.
A wave of protests is posing the most significant challenge in years to Islamabad’s authority in the region.
As the country holds its final greyhound race, the government has committed to finding homes for dogs and supporting people whose livelihoods depended on racing.The transition will be funded by New Zealand’s state-regulated national betting agency. Much of that money will be spent on rehoming about
From $130 dinners to expensive cocktails and even exorbitant movie tickets, a crushing economy in New York City is creating a fresh barrier to love.People in their 20s and 30s are dating less than earlier generations did. The high cost of going out is one of the reasons.
Nicaragua shows what happens when even dictators fear a rigged election.
The A.I. revolution is stalling because companies don’t want to admit that integrating the technology is expensive and slow and requires human effort.
“I’m not saying that they’re out of ideas, but the best option they came up with was pinning the war on Dr. Fauci,” Jimmy Fallon said.
