A U.S. military official said the president’s seemingly dramatic announcement on Wednesday referred to a previously reported effort to shepherd commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Oman on Wednesday.
Republicans are struggling to extend a powerful surveillance authority set to lapse this weekend after President Trump alienated lawmakers with his choice of acting spy chief.President Trump last week named Bill Pulte, a confidant without any national security experience, as acting director of natio
President Trump has said that construction is complete. Now comes the real test. Will the longstanding problems finally be solved?
As inflation outpaces workers’ wages, the Trump administration insists that its agenda is working.Speaking at a bill signing on Wednesday, President Trump predicted that inflation would recede quickly, once the Iran conflict concludes.“ It’s going to come down like a rock.”
President Trump touched on what is an increasingly hot topic in Washington: how average Americans can get a piece of the tech industry’s A.I. windfall.President Trump, shown here in the Oval Office on Wednesday, has not been shy about the government’s taking a stake in companies.
While Elon Musk may soon become a trillionaire, his rocket company’s market debut is set to the change the lives of its current and former employees, too.
Antonio Gracias, an investor who has built a $65 billion stake in the company, exemplifies the economic upside of being Mr. Musk’s ally.Antonio Gracias, left, and Elon Musk at a political event in Green Bay, Wis., last spring. Mr. Gracias and his private equity firm control a $65 billion stake in Sp
As the company prepares for its stock market debut, here’s what the initial public offering means for banks, Elon Musk and everyday investors.Shares of SpaceX are expected to start trading on Friday.
In the race to dominate the artificial intelligence industry, companies like SpaceX and Alphabet are borrowing cash and raising equity from investors at the fastest pace in decades.The amount of cash needed for A.I. development is thought to be so enormous that already cash-rich companies are lookin
The president’s top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself.
Senior officials clashed in a series of meetings as they struggled to manage a crisis over the president’s refusal to release the documents.Protesters at the White House last July.
The billionaire philanthropist testified on Wednesday in a closed-door congressional hearing about the Justice Department’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.Revelations about Bill Gates’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein came to light after Mr. Epstein was arrested in 2019.
Here is what we know about the sexual predator whose secrets spurred an international reckoning over money, power and complicity. Check back for updates.
Hours before Wednesday’s game began, James Dolan, the owner of the Knicks, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani were publicly battling over who was to blame for the cancellation.The Knicks face the San Antonio Spurs in the N.B.A. finals. Fan celebrations outside Madison Square Garden have at times been rowdy or
Mayor Zohran Mamdani paid roughly $1,000 for a standing-room-only ticket to Game 3 of the N.B.A. finals, using access to house tickets not available to regular fans.Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the Knicks’ Game 3 loss in the N.B.A. finals with some former colleagues in the State Legislature.
The Republican congresswoman from South Carolina, who made enemies on both sides of the political aisle, is just one of several flashy lawmakers to be leaving Capitol Hill.Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, at the Capitol earlier this year.
With Graham Platner now the Democratic nominee against Senator Susan Collins, signs of how hostile the race will be have quickly emerged.Graham Platner and Senator Susan Collins are beginning what is expected to be a hugely expensive and contentious general election in Maine.
On election night, the Democratic candidate from Maine wore a button-up, a deviation from the candidate’s unvarnished image.Graham Platner, and his tucked-in dress shirt, on Tuesday night.
Taverns were important incubators of revolutionary fervor where patriots gathered to plot and gossip. Here are a few where you can still taste the spirit of 1776.
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Midrange attacks, using upgraded drones that Ukraine produces in huge numbers, are causing fuel shortages and complicating troop rotations.Soldiers preparing to launch drones at targets in Russia from an undisclosed location in Ukraine last month.
The New York Times reporter Kim Barker visited a church in Lviv, Ukraine, that holds military funerals at the same time each day.
The death of the officer appeared to add to a string of targeted assassinations of high-profile opponents of Ukraine inside Russia.Wreckage after an explosion in the city of Balashikha, east of Moscow, on Tuesday.
As artificial intelligence spreads, millions of middle-class jobs in human resources, billing and payroll could be at risk. Most are held by women.
