House Republican leaders abruptly scrapped a planned vote on a measure to direct President Trump to end the conflict or win authorization for it, amid party defections and absences.
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, went to Capitol Hill to allay Republicans’ concerns over a fund to pay people who claim government mistreatment. It did not go well.Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, said his colleagues had “very legitimate questions” a
Federal law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from halting an audit at the direction of the president or his aides.As part of an arrangement drawn up this week by Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, the Internal Revenue Service faces its most profound legal and ethical test in years.
The G.O.P. abandoned its plan to quickly pass a $72 billion immigration crackdown bill as senators revolted over his plan to pay people who claim government persecution.Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, scrapped plans for votes on Thursday and lawmakers left for
Also, Democrats release a draft report on what they did wrong in 2024. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.John Thune, the Senate majority leader, in the U.S. Capitol today.
The discussions suggest that the United States and the Iranian government may not be close to reaching a deal to end a war that has badly damaged the global economy.Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz last month.
In 2025, Caleb Vazquez’s obsession with mass shooters and Nazism prompted reports to the authorities. His father surrendered dozens of firearms.Families escorted their children across police lines after a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday.
Thousands of mourners filled a San Diego park to recite a funeral prayer for the three men killed by gunmen at a mosque on Monday.Mourners gathered for a funeral prayer for three men who died on Monday while confronting two shooters at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
Hundreds of people, including a pope, staked out the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan, hoping to get in, or just get a glimpse.The crowd outside the Ed Sullivan Theater on Thursday afternoon.
Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report” satirized politics. Then his “Late Show” confronted a moment when politics became self-satirizing.
Cuban officials closed ranks around Mr. Castro, their embattled former president, who was indicted on murder charges in the downing of two civilian planes 30 years ago.Former Cuban President Raúl Castro, center, at May Day celebrations in Havana earlier this month.
The pilot, Luis González-Pardo, was one of the defendants in the indictment that included former Cuban President Raúl Castro.Lt. Col Luis Raúl González-Pardo, left, and Lorenzo Alberto Pérez-Pérez, both MiG pilots in the Cuban Air Force, in an undated photo included in the federal indictment against
The report partly blamed aides to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala Harris for her defeat. But it was widely seen as a poorly executed examination, bringing fresh scrutiny to Democrats.Vice President Kamala Harris at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. A draft report released on Thursday criticize
In a nearly two-hour conversation, Mr. Biden discussed his addiction to drugs and alcohol, and Ms. Owens apologized for her past remarks about him.
Public health experts say the administration’s quarantine orders go beyond what is needed to prevent the U.S. spread of Ebola and hantavirus.Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the C.D.C., issued quarantine orders for two cruise passengers who wanted to leave the Nebraska facility and isolate i
People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said.Eli Lilly’s headquarters in Indianapolis.
Ramzi Kassem is accustomed to challenging authority. As the chief counsel to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City, he finds himself on the other side.Ramzi Kassem, who once sued the New York Police Department for its surveillance of Muslim Americans, is now advising the mayor on police matters.
The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.An illustration published in 1877 depicted a scene in southern India. Millions died from a famine that coincided with an El Niño that year.
El Niño may keep the Atlantic quieter, but it could bring more storms to the Pacific.A satellite image showing Hurricane Melissa approaching Jamaica last October. Melissa was one of three Category 5 hurricanes last year.
Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.
Booksellers are trying to figure out how to market audiobooks in person. At a new pop-up, the Amazon-owned company is betting on listening rooms, branded merch and “story tenders.”“Story tenders” were on hand to offer personalized recommendations to those seeking “twisty thrillers” or “enemies-to-lo
The Trump administration cut the programs meant to coordinate an Ebola response.
How can Cubans move forward if they aren’t ready to reckon with their past?Images of Raúl Castro adorn walls around Havana, Cuba.
President Trump said the war with Iran and “other things” would make it difficult for him to make the wedding this weekend.President Trump, right, with his son Donald Trump Jr. earlier this month. The younger Mr. Trump’s wedding is this weekend.
