Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?Gen. Christopher T. Donahue greeted service members before the 2023 renaming of Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The general had extensive combat experience and strong
More than 120 people were arrested at a Memphis cantina, in one of the biggest immigration operations in Tennessee this year.In May, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement for help identifying an undocumented man it suspected was involved in criminal activity
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.About 80 percent of the 870,000 families that currently get child care subsidies from the Health and Human S
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were meeting on Sunday with Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine, a day after talks with Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left, with the U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Secret military audits reveal a military procurement system riddled with mismanagement. In 2024 alone, Ukraine lost $1.2 billion to fraud and waste.Ukrainian soldiers firing a mortar toward Russian positions on the outskirts of Kupiansk, Ukraine, last year.
The documents amount to an autopsy of the weapons-contracting process.Ukrainian soldiers from the 14th Mechanized Brigade firing a Grad multiple rocket launcher toward a Russian position near Kupiansk, Ukraine, in 2023.
The president’s strategy, message and spending have left the G.O.P. in a difficult spot as lawmakers try to outrun his sagging approval ratings.President Donald Trump walks on stage for a rally supporting Darline Graham’s Senate candidacy last month.
From Oregon to Florida, officials are at once reassuring voters that their ballots are safe and encouraging them to use drop boxes or vote in person.Mail-in votes being processed by officials at the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office in Largo, Fla., last month.
The state has not elected a Republican to the Senate since 2010. But Chris Pappas, the likely Democratic nominee, anticipates a tough race against a well-known opponent, John E. Sununu.Former Senator John E. Sununu and Representative Chris Pappas
Ulrich Siegmund, 35, once sold air fresheners. Now his far-right party is the favorite to win a state election in eastern Germany on Sunday.Ulrich Siegmund, center, is the lead candidate for the far-right party Alternative for Germany in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. The party is proj
Elections in Saxony-Anhalt, in the country’s east, could result in an outright majority for the Alternative for Germany party.An AfD campaign rally in Naumburg, a city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in August. The party has appealed to voters with promises to revitalize a sagging economy and deport immi
The U.S. military is helping oil get out of the Persian Gulf on tankers, but Iran is still attacking the ships and scaring operators away.Vessels off the coast of Musandam, Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.
The decision on Sunday by the cartel of oil-producing nations and some of its allies came after the resumption of U.S. and Iranian military strikes in the Persian Gulf.Venezuela, a founding member of OPEC, has possibly the largest oil reserves in the world. But years of sanctions and economic turmoi
The defense lawyer for Lindsay Clancy showed empathy for his client in showcasing her mental health problems. That may have made all the difference.Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer, Kevin Reddington, after leaving the courthouse this week.
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
We are already paying a high price for the defense secretary’s purges and whims.
It is too hard for medical researchers to start clinical trials.
If you thought this summer felt a little bit off, you’re not alone.
The fight reflects a larger American phenomenon: Churchgoers increasingly want decisions to be made at the local level, not by a national denomination.Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas.
