While the president remains the most dominant figure in the world, other leaders and institutions are pushing back more vigorously than at the beginning of his second term.World leaders and domestic institutions are showing less willingness to submit to President Trump’s will.
Foreign ambassadors were promised free food and drinks, misting fans and shaded seats during the event. Then some of them were uninvited.White House staff members watch the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the National Mall last week. Some ambassadors were uninvited.
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.Dolly Parton in 1975. She was likened to the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the Depression-era symbol of abundance. Her music confronted privation and loss even as
Parton gave hopeful expression to songs she wrote about the hard times and hard-won triumphs of her life.Dolly Parton performing on the steps of New York’s City Hall in 1978.
Parton had recently canceled a Las Vegas residency because of health issues. A spokesman said she was admitted to a cancer center in Nashville on Friday.In the past, Dolly Parton said she had dealt with challenges involving her immune and digestive systems.
The country music star kept her home state at the forefront of her music and work. “She aspired Tennesseans to be better,” one resident said.As the nation mourned Dolly Parton’s death on Tuesday, the grief was perhaps the most profound in Tennessee.
Everton Blair Jr. will serve until January in the seat long held by Mr. Scott, who died in April. Mr. Blair is not competing in the general election for the next full term in the deep-blue district.Everton Blair Jr. will head to Washington for the remaining months of Representative David Scott’s ter
It has been an uneasy primary season for Jewish voters, with debates over Israel animating many races. But what happened in Florida went beyond that.Signs to vote in Florida’s primary last week in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Log Cabin Republicans, which is dedicated to gay causes, says that trans rights advocates focus too much on minors.A Log Cabin Republicans table at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md. The organization had embraced trans rights issues in 2015 before its reversal.
Plus, Dolly Parton dies at 80. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.Prime Minister Mark Carney at Davie Shipyard in Levis, Quebec yesterday.
The leadership vacuum comes as the Army is trying to adapt to a new kind of war dominated by deadly drones.
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The United States threatened sanctions for any country or entity that engages with Iran’s gold, digital assets, aviation, shipping and tech industries. Here’s why that matters.A gas station in Tehran on Tuesday. The United States imposed a monthslong blockade on Iran’s shipments of oil, the nation’s
President Trump’s “Economic D-Day” is intended to break the stalemate with Iran. But decades of sanctions have done little to change the country’s behavior.President Trump has bombarded Iran with new sanctions during his second term, targeting virtually the country’s entire economy.
The prospect that the kingdom could enrich uranium has drawn opposition from Democrats and revived concerns about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Saudi energy minister, in Saudi Arabia last year. The two signed an agreement
Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs.The U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Plant in Clairton, Pa. Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on hu
The president has invoked a long dormant section of law to hit one of America’s closest allies, a move that has troubled courts in the past.President Trump has invoked a little-known statute to impose his latest tariffs on Canada.
A judge exonerated Nancy Smith, an Ohio bus driver, after she was convicted of abusing children in her care. Now, prosecutors want to reverse an order saying she was innocent.A judge overturned Nancy Smith’s conviction in a child sex abuse case in 2022.
A preliminary Supreme Court ruling could leave voters confused about casting ballots by mail, even as President Trump’s executive order is being litigated in the lower courts, experts said.People sort through ballots at a ballot processing center during a statewide special election in California las
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to continue with plans to curtail mail-in voting, but the fast-moving, high-stakes legal fight continues.President Trump has long made unfounded claims that mail voting is fraudulent and corrupt, even as he has cast his own ballots by mail
The limits on mail-in voting may not go into effect by November, with a multistate lawsuit expected this week. But some states and experts warned about further voter confusion.Mail-in votes are processed by poll officials at the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office in Largo, Fla., last wee
Williams and Carlos Alcaraz coasted to an early victory in mixed doubles before losing their second match.
The star-studded sporting and social event runs until Sept. 13 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.Naomi Osaka of Japan, left, faced off against Amanda Anisimova of the United States in their U.S. Open semifinal matchup in Arthur Ashe Stadium last year.
Trailing Dolly Parton around the world, I witnessed so many small moments in which she’d gracefully own her power without the slightest hint of fight.
