Officials initially weighed sending survivors of U.S. attacks on boats suspected of drug smuggling to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to keep them away from American courts.Recent news reports on strike orders given by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have raised questions of potential war crimes.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Capitol on Tuesday.
María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, said she was on her way to Norway after living in hiding in her country, where officials have threatened her with arrest.Ana Corina Sosa, the daughter of the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, speaking at the Nobel Peace Prize c
Plus, the travel influencers who aren’t actually real.Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard children from the harms of social platforms.
Europeans find themselves stranded between hostile powers, Russia and the United States, with key decisions looming over the future of Ukraine.A convoy of German armored vehicles passed through Frankenberg, Germany, en route to Poland in 2024 for NATO military exercises.
President Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania was meant to alleviate concerns about affordability. But he kept wandering off script and dwelling on his favorite targets, like immigration.President Trump delivered remarks on the economy at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House last month.
Mr. Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, sold shares in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the government.Stephen Miller, one of the president’s top advisers, sold shares of a mining company after it had begun negotiations with the government
The move by Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat who is running for Senate, does not have the support of her party’s leaders and is all but certain to fail.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the White House.
The central bank is poised to lower interest rates on Wednesday even as a growing chorus of officials urge caution.Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, has been able corral his colleagues to move as a cohesive group under complex economic conditions, but this meeting could be especially chal
The central bank is widely expected to lower its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday. But investors are worried about what comes afterward.The shadow of President Trump could loom over Jay Powell, the Fed chair, at today’s meeting.
Caught between Beijing and the Trump administration, the International Monetary Fund offered mild criticism of China for relying too heavily on exports.Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the I.M.F., said on Wednesday that China’s currency should appreciate.
The tug of war for Warner Bros. Discovery echoes an earlier clash of media titans.The contest between Paramount and Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery is a mirror image of a struggle decades ago for control of Paramount.
Nicole Sperling, a Times reporter who covers Hollywood and the streaming revolution, breaks down the competing bids from Netflix and Paramount to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.
Writing under a pseudonym, Madeleine Wickham cultivated an international following for her series centered on a young woman addicted to shopping.The British author Madeleine Wickham, who wrote under the name Sophie Kinsella, became a force in commercial fiction upon the 2000 release of “Confessions
As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.
President Trump vacillated between demonizing immigrants and assuring a crowd of his supporters that life was better than ever under his administration.President Trump spoke to his supporters at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., on Tuesday.
An executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwan’s government says that could threaten its national security.The authorities in Taiwan are taking a stronger hand in protecting the prized technology of the chip maker TSMC.
Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.Lip-Bu Tan, the chief executive of Intel, has led a venture capital firm since 1987.
The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the company’s Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.On a production line of the Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia in Hamburg, Germany, last year. Dutch officials seized the comp
Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.The fight over redistricting has intensified in the Indiana legislature in recent weeks.
The arm of the party that focuses on statehouses is targeting hundreds of seats and more than 40 chambers, according to a strategy memo, reflecting Democrats’ new optimism.The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The state is one of several with Republican-controlled legislatures that Democrats are try
Four of the additions are for districts where President Trump won handily, but Democrats are feeling emboldened by election outcomes this fall.The seat of Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican whose California district Democrats redrew to lean Democratic, is among those added to the Democratic C
Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, will run for a House seat in Brooklyn and Manhattan, challenging Representative Daniel Goldman in a Democratic primary.Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, was endorsed by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, with whom he formed an alliance during the mayora
