A pledge for more Chinese investment could face backlash given longstanding national security concerns in the United States.President Trump on Thursday in Beijing. There has been speculation that Mr. Trump and his advisers are seeking to secure a major investment pledge from China on the trip.
Erratic behavior and staff turnover have colored Mr. Schlossberg’s bid for a House seat in New York, raising questions about his readiness for office.Jack Schlossberg, a Kennedy heir who is running to represent much of Manhattan in Congress, has churned through campaign staff at an unusual pace.
Dana Williamson, a former political strategist for Xavier Becerra and a former aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom, is scheduled to appear in federal court on Thursday.Dana Williamson is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Thursday.
The Times broke the story that has become a dominant line of attack against Xavier Becerra, the Democratic front-runner. Here are five things to know about it.Xavier Becerra, the former secretary of Health and Human Services, is campaigning for California governor.
Bo French, a hard-liner known for wild social media posts, is seeking a bigger megaphone. Big oil companies, and top officials like Greg Abbott, want to stop him.
The decision came after a meeting in which a lawyer for the billionaire, Gautam Adani, made an unusual offer, according to people familiar with the matter.Gautam Adani had been accused by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn of defrauding investors.
He has minimized soaring gas prices, rising inflation and the American economy’s need for the Strait of Hormuz.Gas prices have risen about 53 percent higher than they were at the start of the war on Feb. 28.
Asked if he was motivated by Americans’ financial woes to make a deal to end the war with Iran, he responded, “Not even a little bit.”
Retail sales rose 0.5 percent despite higher prices for gas, food and other goods. But there are signs consumers are under some strain.Retail sales data on Thursday showed American consumers are continuing to spend even as gas prices go up and paychecks are not keeping up with inflation.
Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent forever.
In Thailand, where it’s the state-sanctioned religion, practices have proved to be surprisingly mutable.
A Sinicized form of the religion has been preserved on the island, where daily life itself now sometimes seems like an exercise in Buddhist practice.
The Gulf Arab states have been grappling with how to deter Iran after the war made clear the limits of American security guarantees.Tehran, the capital of Iran, last week.
Iranian strikes and a blockade have paralyzed Qatar’s gas engine, creating a technical bottleneck likely to stall exports for years.A liquefied natural gas production facility in Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City. Qatar is one of the world’s largest exporters of L.N.G., but Iranian attacks have cri
The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact.Passengers from the MV Hondius evacuated from the cruise ship this week in Tenerife, Spain.
The scientific investigation into the origin of cruise infection has become entangled with international finger pointing.A sign shows information on hantavirus at a hospital in Bariloche, Argentina. A patient with no known connection to the cruise ship is hospitalized there with hantavirus.
It’s a nightmare faced by families all around Los Angeles: After wildfire smoke blanketed homes, schools and offices with toxic chemicals, when is it OK to go back?Pearl Abrahams, a senior at Palisades Charter High School in California, attended classes — along with 2,400 other students — in an aban
A bleak job market. Rising rents. Huge debt. In New York and other cities, traditional milestones of adulthood feel further away for some 20- and 30-year-olds.Soban Ali moved to New York eager to make his way in a new city. Like so many other young adults, he discovered hardship and disappointment.
New census estimates show that the nation’s largest cities saw the sharpest slowdowns in population growth over the past year amid declines in immigration and plunging birthrates.Austin, Texas, grew to have one million residents, but overall, the growth of midsize cities outpaced that of the larger
Costs have been mounting in the year since the Trump administration began directing aging coal plants to stay open.The J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich., one of five coal plants in the United States that President Trump ordered to remain open. The plant has reported $180 mill
Vice President JD Vance said that California had failed to combat fraud in Medicaid.
Ishmael Reed, provocateur and playwright, has a few words for the billionaires of Silicon Valley.Ishmael Reed, 88, an author who has frequently challenged American political culture, at his home in Oakland, Calif. He is writing a play about Elon Musk and other tech billionaires.
One of the most prominent activists for Mexico’s disappeared recently found the remains of one missing son. Now she has turned her attention to finding the other.Cecilia Flores during a search for her missing son, Alejandro Guadalupe Islas Flores, in Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa, Mexico.
The 2026 edition of the world’s oldest art exhibition is a celebration of vitality — for better and indeed for worse.
