Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.Mourners gathered at Azadi Square in Tehran last month, holding flags during the funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader killed by an airstrike at the beginning of the U.S.-Ira
Qatar said that draft language of a deal was being circulated, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about the talks but added that nothing was final yet.Commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday.
The price of oil fell sharply on hopes that talks were progressing on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Last week, construction workers had begun to decorate the new South Lawn helipad with a giant presidential seal. By Tuesday, the design was gone.Workers at the site of the helipad on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday, top, and on Tuesday.
Republicans hoped a shove from President Trump would persuade the embattled congressman to drop his re-election bid in the face of abuse allegations. It hasn’t happened.Representative Max Miller is facing allegations that he abused his ex-wife and their toddler daughter.
Its wins have been largely confined to highly educated and heavily Democratic parts of urban America. But two races could change that.Abdul El-Sayed is leading in polls heading into the Michigan Democratic Senate primary Tuesday.
Ronald S. Lauder, a major funder of conservative political causes, has not given a single dollar this year to Republicans in his home state, and his super PAC has gone idle.Ronald S. Lauder, at a Frick Collection dinner in 2021, has so curtailed his political donations that no Republican in New York
After his latest appearance set off a bout of volatility, Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, is under pressure to clear up mixed signals about his commitment to getting inflation down.Kevin M. Warsh, chairman of the Federal Reserve, during a news conference last week that confused
Imports and exports both declined, retreating from a busy month in May, data from the Commerce Department showed.Imports continued to outpace exports in June despite President Trump’s tariffs.
His frozen-in-time anthems, odes to going with the flow, are the soundtrack to a summer of “hopecore.”
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
Rick Caruso, the billionaire real estate developer and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate, is reviving a property still surrounded by burned-out lots.Palisades Village mall, which was largely intact after the devastating Los Angeles wildfire last year, is nearly complete and set to reopen Aug. 15.
States are pushing to pass laws sanctioning more reasons to use lethal violence in self-defense, a distinctly American tradition.
After two steel beams buckled at a Manhattan high-rise last month, city officials conducted inspections at dozens of construction sites across the city. None of the violations posed a danger to the public, the city said.Nearly a month since the former Pfizer building became dangerously unstable, the
After 14 years, the city has returned to slapping bright stickers on cars that do not move for street sweepers.Many New Yorkers fail to move their parked cars on designated street-cleaning days, resulting in standoffs with sanitation vehicles and resentment from neighbors.
Inspire Entertainment Resort — an alternative to Macau, the world’s gambling capital — was supposed to be a “transformational” project for the Native American tribe.An entrance to the casino at the Inspire Entertainment Resort in Incheon, South Korea, in January.
The pop star has long pushed back on comments about her weight loss, urging fans to be “gentler.” As her fame reached new heights, so did the scrutiny.Ariana Grande will soon take a “break from public-facing work and appearances,” a representative said, citing “endless, ongoing public scrutiny.”
The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.An Anopheles stephensi mosquito under a microscope in the lab of the parasitologist Mahaman Lamine in Niger.
When the New York Historical realized that sunlight in its new wing would potentially damage some items on display, it scrambled to reproduce or remove them.The large windows in the new wing at the New York Historical make a bold architectural statement, but they also introduced sunshine to a galler
Nicaragua shows what happens when even dictators fear a rigged election.
Wyoming has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.
Aaron Farinacci, 37, was arrested after a witness reported seeing him kneeling near the ignition site, officials said. Winds were forecast to increase Friday and Saturday, bringing a return to extremely critical fire weather.Destruction left in the wake of the Old Trails fire in Spokane, Wash.
