President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a “pretty reasonable” new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.President Trump in Miami last week. Mr. Trump has declared a “regime change” accomplishment in Iran, even though analysts believe
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger examines what the Iran war means to China, which is the world’s biggest importer of Iranian oil.
For the fourth time since the war began, G.O.P. senators successfully fended off an effort to constrain the president. But there were signs of growing unease among Republicans.Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the lone Democrat to oppose taking up the measure.
Concerns over the Iran war led several Democratic senators who had rejected past bids to curb weapons transfers to Israel to vote to block the sale of bulldozers and bombs.Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, has long been critical of robust American aid for Israel’s military.
Also, Pakistani mediators arrive in Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
A steep slide in housing prices has left consumers less prosperous and less willing to spend, but the government is pouring money into new rail lines and other projects.An import and export trade show in southern China this week.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump’s closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.President Trump greeting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House last year. They were once considered close allies.
President Trump’s attack on Pope Leo has touched off an argument about a framework for determining when war is justified.Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers on Monday.
Fresh off a two-week break, lawmakers returned to turmoil in the House, where legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security is stalled and the G.O.P. is struggling to keep its agenda on track.Speaker Mike Johnson on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday.
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer asked staff members to bring wine to her hotel room, and to keep in touch with her husband and father.Lori Chavez-DeRemer during her Senate hearing last year to be secretary of labor.
Jerome H. Powell’s term as chair of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, but it appears increasingly likely that he will stay on in some capacity at the central bank after that.Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, said that if the Senate did not confirm a successor by May 15, he would stay on
The Florida governor is expected to propose a congressional map that could result in up to five new Republican-leaning seats. Some in the party fear it could backfire.Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican, middle, said he would delay a special session on redistricting by a week.
As artificial intelligence makes many tasks easier, the human work of cajoling, arm-twisting and reassuring appears to be rising in importance.
A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.
Investors appear to be treating an end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a foregone conclusion, as the S&P 500 closes above 7,000.
An influential order of nuns decided to complete its mission when the last sister dies. The only question left is how to finish well.Water is poured over the hands of Sister Mary Kay Finneran during Maundy Thursday Mass at Kittay Senior Apartments in the Bronx.
The story of how President Trump quadrupled the size of the original proposal for the arch follows a now-familiar pattern.Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, showed the latest renderings for a proposed triumphal arch during a briefing on Wednesday.
The Saudi league, established in 2022, attracted some of the sport’s biggest stars with huge contracts.Yasir al-Rumayyan, left, the head of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, presenting a trophy at the LIV Golf championship in Michigan in 2025.
A 10-member committee offered a brutal assessment of academia’s role in creating the forces challenging American colleges and universities.Yale has not been directly targeted in the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education, but its president commissioned a report to understand public mistr
Amid calls from the left to tax the rich, a tax proposal on multimillion-dollar second homes in New York City, backed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, seems to have better odds of passing than in years past.The proposed tax on second homes worth more than $5 million would yield “at least $500 million” in recur
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to tax second homes in New York City that are worth $5 million or more. Here’s how the proposal might work.Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal on taxing second homes would address the city budget gap by targeting the very wealthy.
The review said a certain class of drugs had little clinical benefit, but many Alzheimer’s experts criticized the analysis, saying it unfairly lumped failed drugs with two recently approved treatments.A clinical trial participant receiving an infusion of an anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drug in New York
Anthony Griffin was a popular battle rapper who turned toward religious rhetoric. The police say he slashed three people with a machete before they killed him.Anthony Griffin was taking his usual subway commute on Saturday from Queens to the Bronx, when police say he attacked three people with a mac
Reporting on the people who upend life and those whose lives are upended can bring surprising and uncomfortable details to light.Luigi Mangione became a subject of online debate after being charged with killing Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare chief executive.
