The deadly strikes are part of a long-running maritime battle with Ukraine and echo battles over other key shipping routes around the world.A vessel struck off the coast of Odesa, Ukraine, last month. The Russian campaign has halted nearly all shipping in and out of the port.
President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge pales in comparison to the secrecy surrounding Russia’s president, whose fixation on security has reached new heights in recent years.A Russian state media photo of President Vladimir Putin in his office in the Kremlin last month. The secrecy around Mr. Put
Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist running in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor, had a double-digit lead in polls as recently as last week. Then she lost. What happened?Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, was the front-runner in polls ahead of the Wisconsin Democratic primary for
Some Democrats said the outcome showed that the moderate wing of the party carried more electoral weight, while Ms. Hong’s strong showing gave some progressives hope.Francesca Hong speaking after losing the Wisconsin primary election. While democratic socialists planned to study Ms. Hong’s loss to i
A shifting race and a key endorsement helped the moderate Democrat overcome his progressive challenger, Francesca Hong, voters said.David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, casting his ballot alongside his daughter at Milwaukee German Immersion School on Tuesday.
Darline Graham and Ralph Norman emerged from a special election sprint on Tuesday to succeed Lindsey Graham. She will sell her closeness to President Trump. He will tout his conservatism.Senator Darline Graham plans to tout her closeness to President Trump in a two-week Republican primary runoff for
The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics said they could encourage agents to use more force.The government could spend up to $20 million to equip immigration officers with the gloves.
The agent accused the woman of trying to run him over with her vehicle, a claim she denied. It was the latest tense encounter between a federal agent and a driver.
A Guatemalan migrant was transferred to a hospital when he experienced what appeared to be a seizure, federal officials said.Three immigrants who had been taken to the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark have died.
The agent, Adam Saracco, was charged with misdemeanor after the altercation at a gas station near Chicago last year during the Trump administration’s crackdown there.Federal agents outside the immigrant detention center in Broadview, Ill., last year amid protests over President Trump’s enforcement a
The White House aides Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino were among those traveling with the president on a military jet.President Trump disembarking from the old Air Force One at the Mildenhall military base in England on July 8.
President Trump said that Ms. Leavitt, who recently gave birth to her second child, would be leaving to spend time with her family.Karoline Leavitt in the Oval Office last week.
The retreat by the Justice Department effectively allowed a pillar of the Prohibition-era National Firearms Act to lapse.The popularity of gun suppressors, once a niche accessory, has skyrocketed.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Latin American military leaders gathered in Panama to ramp up their efforts alongside U.S. forces.U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a forum of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition in Panama City, Wednesday.
People gathered across the continent to watch the total solar eclipse on Wednesday.
With forecasters issuing a warning for very high temperatures, this summer is on track to be one of the hottest yet.Sunrise in London on an amber warning day last week. More extreme heat is forecast.
The recurring climate phenomenon is expected to peak later this year, but it is already causing dry spells and crop failures on three continents.Collecting water from a well in a drought-afflicted village in Gujarat, India, in May.
Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.Israeli soldiers gathered near Israeli settlers, forefront, near Palestinian houses in the village of Qusra in the occ
The spill of Russian crude bound for India compounds the environmental damage from spills in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where tankers and oil facilities have come under attack.A satellite image showing the damaged vessel Caroline Bezengi and oil slick off coast of Oman, on Aug. 5.
The baby, who was born Wednesday with a severe heart defect, drew the attention of anti-abortion activists and the Texas attorney general after the intended parents wanted the surrogate mother to have an abortion.A pregnant McKenna West, who has been the face of a surrogate dispute spanning three st
The brother of Jared Kushner is an influential venture capitalist with big bets on A.I. and health insurance.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
In a recent interview, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez distanced herself from the 2020 era of progressivism.
