European politicians risk angering their voters if they join America’s war. Yet they could also face domestic upheaval if they take no action to reopen shipping routes that Iran has blocked and ease an energy crisis.President Donald Trump disembarking from Air Force One in Maryland on Monday.
From India to Southeast Asia to South Korea, currencies are crumbling as governments race to secure fuel that is priced in American money.People lining up to refuel at a gas station in Ahmedabad in India on Monday.
The Trump administration said the Middle East would “recede” in importance as the China challenge took priority. But the president started the war in Iran.A military parade in Beijing last year. Three American presidents have entered office vowing to focus resources on the challenges posed by China.
A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.Meta’s chairman and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, at Los Angeles Superior Court last month.
The jobs cuts and a new stock program for executives come as Meta continues to shift its focus to artificial intelligence.
It was unclear whether having agents helping with screening passengers would improve wait times. Some travelers expressed worries.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Wednesday.
A day after Republicans offered to remove money for ICE enforcement from a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, Democrats insisted that the deal must include curbs on federal agents.Senator Chuck Schumer said a Democratic counteroffer would “rein in” Immigration and Customs Enforcement agen
Lines were long at airports nationwide Tuesday amid T.S.A. staffing shortages, but passengers at Bush Intercontinental Airport waited more than four hours to pass through checkpoints.The George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston last week. Travelers waited more than four hours on Tuesday to go
Large urban counties and the border were the most affected. And in three-quarters of U.S. counties, population growth either slowed or turned negative.The population of Los Angeles County, the country’s most populous, declined by nearly 54,000.
Newly released census data shows that from June 2024 to July 2025, the number of new residents who were international immigrants dropped by 70 percent compared to a year before.Many large urban counties saw sharp declines in international migration, though none as substantial as in New York City.
The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should be educated by “humanoid educators.”Melania Trump, the first lady, with Figure 3, a humanoid robot developed by Figure AI, an artificial intelligence robotics company.
The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines.Under federal law, the White House has until midnight on Wednesday to nominate a replacement for former Centers for Disease Control and Preve
Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.Kate Marvel, a scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University, is one of the almost 100,000 scientists to leav
The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.Michael T. Flynn, seen in 2018, briefly served as President Trump’s national security adviser in his first term.
Tired of seeing its elementary-school children struggle with online temptations, the town of Greystones proposed a ‘no smart devices’ code. Most everyone bought in.The seaside town of Greystones, Ireland, is experimenting with a voluntary ban on smart devices for preteen children. Most of the town,
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, said, “You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you.” The pastor said he was calling for Mr. Talarico’s religious conversion.James Talarico at his election night party this month in Austin, Texas.
Republicans are eying a last-ditch procedural maneuver to overcome united Democratic opposition, but the chances for success are slim.Senator John Thune, the majority leader, brought the SAVE America Act to the floor under intense pressure from President Trump and conservatives who maintained that i
A mother of three won a statehouse seat that includes Mar-a-Lago, while a union electrician leads in a State Senate race in conservative West Tampa.Emily Gregory, a first-time candidate, won in Palm Beach County, Fla., not by focusing on her most famous constituent but by castigating leaders in Tall
The Trump administration had options for offloading contraceptives once destined for Africa, a newly obtained memo shows. Instead, it has let them collect dust and go bad.A warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where contraceptives have been stranded since U.S.A.I.D. was defunded and dismantled last year.
By leveraging social media and the influencer economy, he turned his website into a byword for online pornography in the 21st century.
A Reddit forum has become a haven for those deciding whether it’s time to shave it all.
No one apart from the Congolese people has ever paid a price for the CIA-backed assassination of Patrice Lumumba.Patrice Lumumba in Léopoldville (today Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo) after his arrest in December 1960.
Zach Polanski of Britain’s left-populist party talks austerity, Labour and the establishment crackup.
“Look, according to People magazine — and apparently the U.S. military — 42 is the new 35,” Johnson said on Tuesday’s “Daily Show.”
