The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.President Trump is claiming the extraordinary power to shift maritime counterdrug efforts from law enforcement rules to wartime rule
The Trump administration aims to carry out more violent strikes against drug cartels, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he met with Ecuador’s president.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, with President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador at the presidential palace in Quito. The two countries discussed t
The flyover took place two days after the United States carried out a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs.The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer Jason Dunham in the Red Sea.
The president is turning back the clock to the name the agency held until shortly after World War II.The Pentagon, headquarters of the Defense Department.
The move was instigated by Ed Martin, a Trump loyalist who has said it is legitimate for officials to publicly air criminal investigations into people targeted by the president.President Trump has been trying to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, over allegations that she falsified bank doc
The first lady has shown herself to be captivated by the wonders and dangers and opportunities of modern technologies.“The robots are here,” Melania Trump said at a White House event on Thursday. “Our future is no longer science fiction.”
A three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee revealed that the health secretary was on uncertain ground even with some Republicans who voted to confirm him.Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. at Thursday’s hearing, which descended into a free-for-all, in part over Mr. Kennedy’s approach
During often tense exchanges, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his positions on Covid vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and autism.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to authorize pharmacists to provide the vaccine to almost anyone who wants it without a prescription.New federal restrictions have limited the availability of Covid boosters without a prescription.
The no-bid contract was published amid Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to move the nation’s health infrastructure away from some vaccines.The polling firm, HarrisX, is part of Stagwell, a marketing company led by Mark Penn, a vocal supporter of President Trump’s and an adviser on polling.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has told confidants that he would consider abandoning his re-election bid. President Trump said he favored a “one on one” mayoral race.Mayor Eric Adams appeared at a gathering outside City Hall to mark the 1,500th anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday and b
The City Council opposes the measures, which would curtail its power. The Board of Elections, appointed by the Council, could prevent voters from weighing in.A panel Mayor Eric Adams created has submitted several housing-related ballot measures for the November election that would curtail the City C
Every match of a thrilling U.S. Open run has featured a custom crystal-clad creation. Kerin Rose Gold took us behind the scenes.The custom creation took around 12 hours to complete, and was a hit with Ms. Osaka’s team.
Leaders on the continent are trying to show the U.S. president that they are serious about laying the groundwork to end the war — and that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is not.The parking lot of an apartment block in the area of Kharkiv, Ukraine, after Russian aerial bombs exploded in July.
Ending the longstanding program is expected to impact hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone toward countries that border Russia.President Trump during a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, in June.
Republicans and Democrats agree they will need a temporary measure to fund the government past Sept. 30, but have yet to come to terms on what it should look like.Top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and House have conceded that a stopgap bill will be needed to keep government funds flowing w
Local law enforcement officers helped federal agents carry out an immigration raid near Syracuse. Witnesses said the agents used police dogs in the raid and wielded crowbars to gain entry.The Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in central New York was the site of a Homeland Security raid.
An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.The immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.
Emails sent out call for volunteers to take six-month assignments hearing asylum and deportation cases.The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to use military lawyers as temporary immigration judges in the Justice Department’s immigration courts.
He created a male uniform whose feminized form won favor with women. An alliance with movie stars made his name all but synonymous with red-carpet dressing.
A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.A court ruling this week was a victory for Harvard in its fight with the Trump administration, but the battle between t
Many students were cautiously hopeful after a judge said the Trump administration could not freeze research funding to the university. But they also had other things on their minds.The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.Supporters of affirmative action protested near the Supreme Court in 2023.
Three months earlier, former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had a diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer.Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the National Bar Association’s 100th Annual Awards Gala in July.
