The Islamic Republic is aiming to draw out the conflict and broaden the fighting. That would force President Trump to risk more casualties and more political capital.The aftermath of a strike in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday. Iran is working to enlarge the battlefield.
With the war against Iran underway, and the U.S. military as a powerful ally, the Israeli government is seizing its chance to move against other adversaries.A worker breaking down structural steel after American airstrikes on Tehran on Monday.
The two aides to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer had been on leave during an investigation of misconduct at the department.Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the secretary of labor, testifies at a hearing in Washington last year.
The administration told a court on Monday that it was abandoning its defense of executive orders targeting the firms. But on Tuesday, the Justice Department appeared to abruptly change its position.The Justice Department indicated it would continue defending the orders in an email to the law firms o
The victory removes a major threat to the New York City tolling program, which still faces other lawsuits.Congestion pricing went into effect in January 2025 for drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street.
Mr. Bovino, who was the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns in American cities, was reported to have made disparaging comments in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, who is an Orthodox Jew.Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol commander, during Operation Midway Blitz
The Trump administration cited widespread fraud in state social service programs. Minnesota officials said they were victims of “political punishment.”Federal agents executed a search warrant at a home health care service in Bloomington, Minn., in December.
Starting in North Carolina on Tuesday, older House Democrats face a test of their staying power and the appetite of voters to replace them.Representative Christian Menefee is giving Representative Al Green, a fellow Democrat of Texas, his first competitive primary in years.
Midterm season is kicking off with hard-fought Senate and House primary contests that include battles over political style and ideology, age and scandal.Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and a favorite of the MAGA base, is challenging Senator John Cornyn in the state’s Republican primary contes
The Texas Democratic Senate primary is more about persona than policy, and the same is true for many other races.James Talarico has tried to position himself as someone who could win Trump voters.
The ultrawealthy are vying for a limited number of exclusive properties on the islands and shorelines of South Florida.Discerning buyers want waterfront properties, with plenty of land and unobstructed views of downtown Miami.
Colin Gray, the father of the suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, during his trial in Winder, Ga.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was defiant. Former President Bill Clinton spoke of President Trump’s ties to Epstein. A Republican raised a conspiracy theory.Hillary Clinton speaking to reporters after her closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, as part of its investi
Joichi Ito’s involvement in a publicly funded Japanese initiative had come under scrutiny after new details revealed his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.Joichi Ito is leaving the Global Startup Campus Initiative after renewed scrutiny over his past ties to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey
General Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don’t catch up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving cars.A Ford Motor factory in Wayne, Mich. U.S. automakers are facing difficult choices.
Chocolate makers and fig-paste importers are facing a tangle of unknowns, including whether to seek refunds for tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court.“The level of uncertainty is crazy,” Matt Weyandt, a founder of Xocolatl, said of the tariff changes.
Stephen Grosz’s books show a new generation the inner workings of psychoanalysis.
Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent.Uptake of the vaccine has been slow, like at this public health fair at The University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, S.C.
In the wake of the U.S. bombing of Iran and its dismissal of European allies, an anxious continent’s best chance at security runs through its largest economy.
Soon the country’s armed forces budget could exceed those of Britain and France combined. In Paris, there are concerns that European “strategic autonomy” will have a German accent.A training drill in Ahlen, Germany, in November. The country is already spending much more money on its military than it
Universities from Harvard to Hampshire have admitted significantly more students with disabilities over the last decade, as diagnoses for A.D.H.D. and anxiety increase.At Macalester College, a private liberal arts school in St. Paul, Minn., 29 percent of students had a disability in 2024, up from 5
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to create a free, universal child care system during his tenure. On Tuesday, he announced where first wave of seats would become available for 2-year-olds.Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new early childhood education center on the Upper East Side in Manhattan last m
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Parks Department plans to become New York City’s “agency of affordability,” though the mayor has not increased the agency’s funding.Parks advocates have long called on New York City to direct 1 percent of the municipal budget to parks.
The four law firms that fought Trump’s executive orders have forced him to retreat.
