The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.
A treaty from the 1960s declared that nobody can own outer space. Half a century later, billionaires and superpowers see fortunes to be made nonetheless.
Summaries obtained by The New York Times offer a detailed look at the discipline meted out to the men accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student at Cornell University.
Accusations of sexual assault at a fraternity party have tarnished the self-image of a fiercely proud Ivy League institution. Can the university ever be the same?
The decision to intercede by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York attorney general, Letitia James, has raised questions of impartiality as both face re-election.
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
Democratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas.
Democrats competing in historically conservative territory in the midterms are more aggressively responding to Republican attacks casting them as extreme.
The announcement plunges the Middle East deeper into war, as the Iran-allied Houthis have scored a series of triumphs in Yemen on the battlefield since the conflict was reignited.
The justices are about to hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the oil industry faces billions of dollars in liability for damages caused by global warming.
Arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools.
Amid deportations and Trump’s lagging popularity, one Koch-backed group has recruited Michigan Latinos to reach more than a hundred thousand voters for Mike Rogers.
The White House has quietly paused an order to end Temporary Protected Status for thousands of immigrants from El Salvador, a move that came after months of lobbying from the construction industry and other interest groups.
Oil exports in the Gulf have rebounded as the U.S. escorts ships through the Strait of Hormuz. But the obstacles to a lasting peace are greater than ever.
Analytics have transformed how teams manage pitching, unlocking new approaches and fantastic creativity. But the experience of playing and watching the game is about more than what the numbers can tell us.
Emmanuella was the only one in her family with Temporary Protected Status. Now that it’s gone, she’s leaving her job without a word, desperately dating to find a husband, and beginning to go underground.
A Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in connection with the death of a Black teen-ager during a boating trip, but it’s still unclear exactly how he died.
The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, the tech mogul, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.”