With SpaceX shares soaring on their first day of trading, the world’s richest person crossed another milestone — one with 13 digits.Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX, in 2022 at the company’s facility in Brownsville, Texas.
Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal.In Tehran on Monday, a billboard featuring the Iran theocracy’s first two supreme leaders loomed over passers-by.
The amount of oil and fuel stored by businesses and governments has fallen sharply since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
Israeli strikes on Friday left Lebanon out of sync with a cautious optimism taking hold elsewhere in the Middle East.Residents survey damage following an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre on Friday.
Top officials and some lawmakers say letting a powerful spying authority expire on Saturday will leave the United States dangerously blind. But surveillance can still continue.Speaker Mike Johnson said that not extending the law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, ris
His colorful figurative paintings were both conservative and iconoclastic, defying the dominant abstract schools of the mid-20th century.
Whether in Los Angeles, in his native England or traveling the world, the artist always reinvented the world he saw, with psychological insight.
The painter David Hockney’s clothes roared with mirth and maximalism.Color, so integral to David Hockney’s paintings, was part of his outfits as well.
Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union.
The plan, outlined by officials and in a written document, provides rare clarity about the extent to which the Trump administration intends to reduce its commitment to NATO.An American F-16 jet at Andravida air base, Greece, last year.
In his first extensive interview since his defeat by a Trump-backed challenger, the Texas Republican said the Senate was in for a “bumpy ride” as he and others flex new political freedom.“There’s never going to be good enough for him, other than 100 percent, you know, slavish adherence to whatever h
Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, who writes The Tilt newsletter, looks at the Republicans’ advantage in the House of Representatives after partisan redistricting. To win the House, how much of the popular vote would Democrats need to win?
Rick Jackson, a billionaire, wants to be Georgia’s next governor. But the I.R.S. has questioned how his low-budget movies turned into tax windfalls.Rick Jackson has sought $90 million in tax deductions from four money-losing films.
Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, it is now a polarizing force in the party.
The man was confirmed to be dead after he had barricaded himself in a building in Midland, following an earlier shooting on Friday that killed one person and injured at least 11 others.In an image provided by local news, law enforcement officers responded to reports of an active shooter in Midland,
Thanks to new treatments, some patients with Stage 4 cancer are living longer — leaving them in limbo for years.
President Trump brings a particular brand of reality TV-style renovations to the nation’s capital.After generations of slow and often staid improvements, the Trump era has already added a splashy flair to today’s Washington, including an Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon cage rising on the Sout
President Trump has made false or exaggerated claims of a Civil War-era push for a triumphal arch, hundreds of millions spent on repairs on the Reflecting Pool, and an absence of working fountains.
Some Knicks fans have predicted series sweeps. Others, conditioned by decades of failure, pay more heed to jinxes and superstitious rituals.The Knicks’ championship run has revealed a fundamental difference among some fans, with some unafraid of making boastful predictions and others recoiling at th
Decades of bottled-up hopes and frustrations have created a frenzy around the New York Knicks that has brought out the worst in some fans.Police officers stood guard as Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals drew a massive number of fans to Midtown Manhattan.
The Obama Presidential Center, opening on June 19, is poised to attract visitors to an often-overlooked area. Here’s what you’ll find in Hyde Park and beyond.The $850-million Obama Presidential Center will introduce visitors to an area they have largely overlooked in favor of downtown attractions. A
The SpaceX I.P.O. will enable its founder to build — and scale — his peculiar vision of society.
The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals.
SpaceX is expected to make Elon Musk even richer when its stock begins trading today.
