American negotiators trumpeted plans for a prisoner swap, but that was small recompense for months of diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration.Working on Wednesday at a power plant in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was heavily damaged by recent Russian missile and drone strikes.
Both leaders gave versions of what they discussed, but the Chinese president’s take made clear the issue of the island was front and center.President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China in South Korea in October.
The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?The protest signs have mixed grief, anger and local Philadelphia pride. “Slavery is Real, Go Birds!” one read.
Immigrants apprehended in Minnesota are being sent to a gigantic West Texas detention center where lawyers and detainees say conditions are deplorable, then released in El Paso to find their way home.“I cry every day,” Judeson P. said while staying in Annunciation House, a migrant shelter in El Paso
Remarks by a prosecutor opened a revealing window onto how the courts in the state are buckling under the weight of a deluge of cases arising from the Trump administration’s campaign.Hundreds of immigrants have been arrested in Minnesota in recent weeks.
Democrats say they will not support a spending bill to keep the Homeland Security Department running without new restrictions on federal agents.Among Democrats’ demands are that federal agents wear body cameras and take off the masks they have worn during raids.
Jessie Diggins has become the best-ever American cross-country skier because of what she pushes her body through.
The best athletes in the world on snow and ice get their quadrennial moment this month at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy.Men’s Big Air Training session at Livigno Snow Park on Tuesday.
Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration — when she chooses to speak up.Senator Katie Britt of Alabama has emerged as a Republican uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration.
The decision followed the release of a series of embarrassing emails between Mr. Karp and Jeffrey Epstein.“Recent reporting has created a distraction and has placed a focus on me that is not in the best interests of the firm,” Brad Karp said in a statement from Paul Weiss.
Newly released documents detailed connections between the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson, who was picked to be the U.S. envoy by the British prime minister, Keir Starmer.Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain has vowed to hold Peter Mandelson accountable and has apologize
Goyard wallets, Apple Watches and cashmere sweaters were just some of the items sent to friends and associates.Jeffrey Epstein was often photographed in a quarter-zip sweatshirt with his initials, J.E.E. Like many denizens of New York’s elite society, he was drawn to personalized products.
Ms. Guthrie, the television anchor, and her siblings released a video on Wednesday night asking for proof that their mother, Nancy, is alive.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show host’s mother, was last seen on Saturday night, the authorities said. The disappearance is being investigated as a possible kidnapping.Law enforcement officers outside the home of Nancy Guthrie near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday.
The authorities are making mass arrests, seizing assets and hunting down doctors who treated protesters. Some Iranians keep showing defiance anyway.Members of an Iranian counterterrorism police unit at a pro-government rally in Tehran last month.
The rights activist Narges Mohammadi is protesting her continued detention, her family said. She was arrested again in December after being given leave from prison for medical treatment.Narges Mohammadi in Tehran last year while on temporary leave from prison. She was released for medical treatment
Democrats are tapping candidates with unusual résumés — a Tejano recording star, a smokejumper and a fourth-generation farmer — to compete in areas long seen as inhospitable.Democratic strategists believe that Bobby Pulido could be the kind of political unicorn who can put a seat that President Trum
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has warded off most challenges to her re-election, but still faces one from her own deputy, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado.Gov. Kathy Hochul chose Antonio Delgado to be her lieutenant governor in 2022, but their relationship began to deteriorate by 2024.
Eleven candidates are running in a special primary election on Thursday to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s former seat. They include a former member of Congress and the former lieutenant governor.Ms. Way, the former lieutenant governor, is among 11 Democrats in the race.
Puerto Rican football players are thrilled that Spanish will resound at the Super Bowl. “The stage is bigger than the N.F.L. itself,” one lineman said.More than 100 million viewers in the United States are expected to watch the Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny perform during the Super Bowl halftime sho
Martin Weil, one of hundreds being let go at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.The thrill of a byline in The Washington Post “never went away,” said Martin Weil, at his home in the city.
Seventeen New Yorkers have died after exposure to frigid temperatures since Jan. 24, raising questions about how Mayor Zohran Mamdani has managed the crisis.The wind chill could drop to minus 10 degrees this weekend, heightening concern for unsheltered homeless New Yorkers.
San Ramon, Calif., has been rattled by dozens of small earthquakes in recent months. Even in a region used to regular shaking, it’s been a lot.
Us included.
