Geography and regional rivalries have prevented Gulf countries from finding a true alternative to the strait, which the war with Iran has effectively shut down.A naval vessel sailing this month in the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway remains the only option to export most of the energy produced in the
Unleashing his inner hawk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans President Trump’s military interventions. So far, they favor regime compliance, not change.Secretary of State Marco Rubio is at the helm of President Trump’s aggressive campaigns to reshape the governments of Iran, Venezuela, Cuba and b
President Trump is the first American leader to embrace fighting a full-fledged, joint war with Israel. Washington has tried to avoid that level of coordination in the past.President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at Mar-a-Lago in December.
An investigation of the Federal Reserve was thwarted on Friday, but a department appeal could reimpose an obstacle in Kevin Warsh’s path.The path for Kevin M. Warsh to become the Federal Reserve chair may be complicated by an inquiry into renovations at the central bank’s headquarters.
The large fee is the latest example of the White House’s inserting itself into corporate deal making in unusual and aggressive ways.The new investors paid the Treasury roughly $2.5 billion of the fee when the deal closed in January.
Since Richard Grenell was appointed by President Trump, the arts center has endured waves of cancellations and departures. It will soon close for lengthy renovations.During Richard Grenell’s tenure as president of the Kennedy Center, the Washington National Opera announced it would find a new home.
Latin America’s left saw Cuba as its lodestar. Now leaders across the spectrum are hesitant to aid a nation in the Trump administration’s cross hairs.The Capitolio Nacional in Havana. Cuba’s isolation is deepening in the region.
The Cuban immigrants sailed from the Florida Keys and wound up in a gunfight off Cuban shores. They were anti-Communist militants from fringe groups.Cuban exile groups held a ceremony in Miami last weekend honoring the 10 men who had sailed to Cuba from Florida with an apparent cache of weapons.
The Cuban government, which has so far outlasted 13 U.S. presidents, faces its gravest challenge yet. Images from The New York Times and others record nearly seven decades of political turmoil, economic crises and small moments of ordinary life.Old Havana, the capital’s historic center, is a warren
In the industry where René Redzepi reigned, fellow chefs are debating how, and how much, restaurant kitchens can change.René Redzepi stepped down Wednesday as the chef of Noma, the restaurant that made Copenhagen a global dining destination, after he was accused of past physical abuse.
Several incidents, including an attack on a synagogue in Michigan, a shooting in Virginia and a thwarted explosives attack in New York, may be linked to the fighting in the Middle East.An attacker rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., on Thursday.
“I didn’t breathe until I knew all of the kids were OK,” one teacher recalled after a truck crashed through the doors of a Michigan synagogue this week.Smoke rising from Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Mich., on Thursday.
Lt. Col. Brandon Shah flew hundreds of combat missions as a war-zone helicopter pilot before being shot and killed in his Old Dominion University classroom by a radicalized military veteran.The authorities on Thursday investigated the scene at Constant Hall at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
The billionaire newspaper owner, dissatisfied by years of losses, wants the newsroom to double productivity with half its budget.
Jordan has won our hearts and the box office. But there’s debate about his craft. After watching “Sinners” for the fourth time, I understand his talent.Michael B. Jordan plays twins in “Sinners”; he is nominated for best actor at the Academy Awards.
Spanish cinema has entered a new and more diverse era, film experts say. Oliver Laxe, the director of Oscar-nominated “Sirat,” embodies the shift.The Spanish director Oliver Laxe questioned “if my cinema is Spanish or not,” and said that his Oscar-nominated film, “Sirat,” differed from the work of h
It will be a tight race for best picture and actor, while the In Memoriam segment looks to be supersized this year.After a well-received debut last year, Conan O’Brien, center, is back as the Oscars host.
“Love Story” is restoring Camelot’s sheen, tarnished by R.F.K. Jr.
The Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson joins E.J. Dionne Jr. and Robert Siegel to discuss Trump’s falling approval rating and what it portends for November.
Introducing The Good List, a new weekly newsletter by Melissa Kirsch designed to bring joy and meaning to your days.
The school also said that it would review policies about philanthropy and donor engagement after new revelations about the disgraced financier were made public.
At once, Mahmood Mamdani’s fame was eclipsed by his son’s. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father’s work.Since his days as a scholar in Tanzania in the 1970s, Mahmood Mamdani has wrestled with subjects including the nature of colonialism and its end
Using a post office box shouldn’t cost you your health insurance. But in one woman’s case, it sure seemed to.
Her best-selling book encouraged people to tidy up homes and lives as death approached — as a gift for loved ones and to revisit memories.
