A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.The R.A.F. Fairford air base, from which a dozen American B-1 bombers were withdrawn last weekend, has been a mainstay of U.S.-British military cooperation since it
In Greece, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Western nations must embrace an earlier ethos of exploration and conquest as part of their civilization, to remain ‘at the head of the world.’Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis of Greece after a meeting in At
Hours after some Jewish leaders denounced Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s remarks about the attacks on Israel, activists interrupted a vigil to call him a traitor to the Palestinian cause.When Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined a memorial vigil marking the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, he was confronted by pro-Palestin
Far-left leaders are cheering on the students. Government officials accuse them of stirring up the unrest for political gain.Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a demonstration in Paris on Tuesday. The protests have provided him with both opportunity and peril.
French activists were set to rally across France on Thursday, in a test of the longevity of a nationwide student protest movement.A protest in Paris on Tuesday.
Her awareness and condition deepen ethical and legal questions after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for murdering a classmate decades ago.Christa Pike’s lawyers said she has a blood clot in one arm and pneumonia, and had not eaten — she was unable to swallow when her lawyers saw her.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, will be shot to death on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 and wounded 32 in 2009.A memorial service in November 2009 for those killed at Fort Hood.
Jamaal Howard was put to death after courts rejected his lawyers’ requests to delay the execution over concerns about the drug.The state of Texas’ execution chamber in Huntsville.
Gov. Gavin Newsom ramped up talks after a botched execution in Tennessee.Gov. Gavin Newsom is discussing whether to commute death sentences for 563 inmates and allow them to spend the rest of their lives in prison instead.
Atomic Machines is training artificial intelligence on materials and designs — and then using it to build tiny physical devices.
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, testifying during a Senate health committee hearing earlier this year.
Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, at the Capitol last month.
The networks also develop treatments and preventions for other infectious diseases and were instrumental in testing the Covid vaccine.Drawing blood at an H.I.V. clinic in South Africa last year. The research networks’ large footprint has enabled them to develop tools to prevent and treat H.I.V., inc
Attorney General Letitia James should step down from leading the investigation into a former student’s claim that she was sexually assaulted in 2024, a lawyer for one of the men said.Letitia James, left, the New York attorney general, voiced an opinion about the Cornell rape investigation before she
The president offered support for the Republican Senate candidate, after earlier grumbles, but focused much of his speech on a defense of his own record.President Trump campaigned Wednesday in San Antonio, Texas, for Ken Paxton, the state attorney general. Mr. Paxton is facing a tough Senate race in
In a top Senate battleground, Representative Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee, sparred with Josh Turek, her Democratic rival, on policy issues ranging from Medicaid to term limits.Polls show Representative Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek, a state representative, in a tight Senate race in Iowa.
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona, said on Wednesday that she was raped in August while repairing a damaged campaign sign.
Margaret Hamilton with printed computer code in 1969.
Supporters of the law say it would bring stability to a country with a long history of short-lived governments, but critics see the measure as a threat to democracy.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy speaking on Wednesday at a summit meeting in Split, Croatia. She has set a record for leading It
Missing details about the death of a lab worker, including the cause, are worrying scientists.Russian health officials have not linked the death of a lab worker to infection with Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague.
A Special Forces veteran joins the columnist David French to assess Pete Hegseth’s leadership.
A crackdown in Uganda shows how new technologies, Chinese influence and America’s moral retreat are making the world safer for autocrats.
“What is with all these projects? Not one of them is finished,” Kimmel said in response to the possibility of a Camp David-style retreat in Florida.
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.Leon Botstein, the former president of Bard, at a concert in New York last month. He had stayed on in a variety of roles at
