U.S. officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country’s economy after capturing its president.An oil jack in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt, the country’s main crude producing area.
Nonessential personnel were moved from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, an American site that could be a target of Iran if President Trump ordered an attack on the country.Members of the military at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in May.
President Trump has said that “help is on the way” for Iranian protesters. Amid reports that thousands of the protesters have been killed, our national security correspondent David E. Sanger describes what some of Mr. Trump’s options might be.
While several of the Gulf Arab countries harbor little love for Iran, they worry that the consequences of rising tensions could blow back on them.A patriotic banner in Tehran on Wednesday.
Denmark’s foreign minister said that the three governments had a “frank” but “constructive” discussion about President Trump’s wish to get Greenland. It was their first meeting on the subject.Vice President JD Vance, left, and Secretary of State Marco outside the White House on Wednesday.
The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences.A frozen sea inlet outside Nuuk, Greenland, last year. In the 12 months ending on Aug. 31, 2025, Greenland lost 105 billion
A visit to Greenland reveals a swirl of feelings as people nervously await talks with the Trump administration about the island’s future.Nuuk’s old harbor, Greenland, on Tuesday. People on the island have reacted with shock, anger, confusion and fear to President Trump’s interest in buying or taking
The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.A frozen corner of the main fishing harbor in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Months after the partisan clash that led to the longest shutdown in history, lawmakers have agreed on spending bills that look far different from what the president wanted.The U.S. Capitol last week. The House voted to pass bills to fund the State and Treasury Departments, as well as other foreign a
Weather, supply, tariffs, labor and changing consumer habits continue to drive up the cost of groceries. President Trump falsely claims prices are falling.The cost of groceries surged last month, according to data released on Tuesday. But President Trump continues to falsely claim that they’ve falle
Federal officials said the move was meant to discourage immigration by people who they deemed likely to rely on public benefits.The pause will affect foreign nationals from countries that include Somalia, Haiti, Iran and Eritrea.
Notices went out late Tuesday to more than 2,000 programs nationwide that will be affected by budget slashing at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.A man holds a Narcan kit at the Raytown Fire Protection District in Raytown, Missouri, in April, 2025.
In “A Private Life,” the actress takes on her first solo lead role in which she speaks fluent French, but her French connection goes all the way back to childhood.To prepare for her role in ”A Private Life,” Foster read French books aloud at home and then turned up in Paris to immerse herself in Fre
The country’s biggest problem may not be President Trump.An oil pump on the shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela.
A panel in Los Angeles sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom in a decision that will help Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering in Texas. Republicans are expected to appeal.Gov. Gavin Newsom of California persuaded voters to approve new congressional maps that benefited Democrats. It was a response, he
The question in the case was not a mail-in ballot rule itself but whether political candidates have the right to challenge the rules governing the vote count in their election.A vote-by-mail ballot drop box in Chicago. The Illinois case is one of several lawsuits brought by allies of President Trump
New data from Gallup shows overall gains for Democrats even though 45 percent of Americans do not identify with either political party.A poll by Gallup indicated that nearly half of voters identify as independent, but a majority of those voters will side with a political party if pushed.
Ms. Good was killed by an ICE agent last week. Separately, a federal judge put off ruling on a request by the state to block the surge of immigration agents to the Minneapolis area.Federal agents near the site in Minneapolis where Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an agent on Jan. 7.
The Trump administration is unlikely to bring a federal case, and any criminal case would face high hurdles. But charges are not out of the question.An impromptu memorial sprang up at the site of the killing.
The split-screen television images of mass demonstrations in Minneapolis and Tehran have highlighted the president’s disparate views of democracy and popular dissent.The television images of mass protests in the streets of Minneapolis and Tehran in recent days have invariably highlighted the complic
The oboe has 500 parts. Turning a profit is a killer. But Jim Phelan is bent on reviving one of the great names in classical music.
A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBS’s new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.Tony Dokoupil, the new anchor of “CBS Evening News,” interviewed President Trump in a factory near Detroit on Tuesday night. Dokoupil has been broadcasting from different cities
The case, escalating the interstate battle over abortion, is the second time Louisiana has criminally charged out-of-state doctors with sending abortion pills to Louisiana residents.After the Supreme Court eliminated the national right to abortion in 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order
Four astronauts departed from the I.S.S. about a month earlier than scheduled because a crew member, who was not identified, has an undisclosed medical issue.The International Space Station crew members in their Crew Dragon pressure suits on Jan. 9. Clockwise from bottom left: NASA astronaut Mike Fi
