The Defense Department has increased the counterintelligence threat assessment to its highest level, and Israel is believed to have eavesdropped on American negotiations with Iran.President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last December. The United States and Israel were largely aligned a
Videos collected by The Times shows how the Israeli military has deployed a munition that can be extremely harmful over populated areas in Lebanon.A photo taken by The Associated Press on Nov. 22, 2023, shows white phosphorus charges dispersing over Kfar Kila, a town in the south of Lebanon.
Israel invaded Lebanon and occupied parts of the country to fight Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group, but its military offensive has drawn in others.Smoke after a strike near Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, on Saturday.
Israel’s military said a soldier opened fire after Israeli troops “perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them.” The baby’s grandmother, who was in the car, disputed that account.Fahd Abu Haykal during the funeral of his 7-month-old son, Sam, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday.
A federal surge has more than doubled caseloads within some immigration courts nationwide. Lawyers say the tactic is causing errors and confusion.Immigrants waited in a packed hallway for their hearings at the Annandale Immigration Court in Annandale, Va., on Tuesday.
The Texas attorney general has mounted an all-out effort to prove Democratic Hispanic groups have been corrupting elections. Now he could be the beneficiary of his own attacks.“It felt like we were getting hit by another disaster,” Cesar Espinosa said. In 2024, he was served with a lawsuit to dissol
The re-emergence of the former first family has been fraught for some Democrats who just want to move on.Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at a South Carolina Democratic Party rally in February.
The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine said the state would have his back in the face of accusations he has denied.Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, held a campaign event on Friday at a theater in Bar Harbor, Maine, where he told attendees that his state would have
We’ve grouped six battleground states by some of the factors that shape how likely it is for the party to flip each Senate seat.
President Trump was in Wisconsin to reassure farmers who have been stung by his tariff policies and rising fuel prices from the war in Iran.President Trump traveled to western Wisconsin, which is home to large beef, dairy and crop farms, to shore up support for a Republican loyalist running for re-e
Employers added 172,000 jobs in May, adding to a vigorous pace of hiring in recent months. But wage growth is not keeping up with higher prices and consumers remain pessimistic.
Uzbekistan is new to the World Cup. Norway and Haiti haven’t been there in decades. For expat communities all over the city, the wait is nearly over.The great agony of the World Cup, for its most ardent fans, stems from its scarcity, like if Christmas came only every four years.
With the Amputee Football World Cup nearing, an elite squad of athletes gathered on Long Island to vie for a spot on the national men’s team, displaying skill and grit.Under the rules of the amputee cup, teams play seven-a-side soccer. There is no offside rule, so speed and long passes can confer an
Some Texans fear “the nightmares and the horrors” of a potential screwworm outbreak. Elsewhere, not enough grass to feed cattle sends them to market earlier.The U.S. cattle herd is at its smallest size in 75 years, driving up the price of beef.
The Democrat from Georgia on what he sees as the moral issues of our time.
The police took dozens of people into custody this week after N.B.A. finals watch parties in Midtown Manhattan grew unruly.The New York Police Department said it took 26 people into custody at a viewing party outside Madison Square Garden.
Trust, well-being and mental health are all down in America. But some states are better to live in than others, according to a new study.
And what the Maine candidate reveals about politics today.
