The haze is likely to ease in the East this weekend but linger in the Upper Midwest, where some cities recorded extremely high pollution indexes on Thursday.
From an underground parking garage, Ukraine’s newly dismissed defense minister aired the most dramatic, public critique of the military command to emerge during the war.
In demanding steps to address the integrity of voting, President Trump persisted in relitigating his 2020 election defeat while finding ways to cast doubt on the 2026 outcome.
A plain-spoken politician from a modest background in northwest England, Mr. Burnham is set to be named Labour leader — and prime minister apparent — on Friday.
Andy Burnham is set to officially become the next prime minister on Monday, but a number of things have to happen before then. Here’s how everything is expected to play out.
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.
Drawings obtained by The New York Times show the columns called for additional steel plates, but engineers reviewing site photos said they appeared to be missing.
A technical assistant to President Trump won around $100,000, according to the prediction market, which flagged the activity to the federal government.
The partner of Johan Guerrero, who was killed by an immigration agent this week, described him as a tireless worker and doting father who would do anything for his 3-year-old daughter.
Shaoping Wu was working as a contract delivery driver for Amazon when he was pulled over in Pennsylvania. He had championed personal and religious freedom for Chinese citizens.
Researchers have made important strides in understanding and treating diffuse midline gliomas, which were long seen as a death sentence for the children and adolescents they affect.
Flooding from relentless rain, which Gov. Greg Abbott said was likely to break records, left a trail of damage in many communities in the Hill Country region.
On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design.
Once a harsh critic of Donald Trump, the South Carolina senator became one of the President’s most dependable allies—a sign of what it takes to remain influential in today’s Republican Party.
Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda.
The thirty-seven-story tower in midtown was stabilized, after almost falling over earlier this week. Now Nathan Berman, the real-estate developer behind its renovation, will have to deal with the fallout.
The Russian President is facing growing domestic discontent after a series of successful attacks by the Ukrainian Army, including a major attack on Moscow.
The Senate primary race between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed reflects the Party’s growing ideological schism, but it’s also a contest of competing campaign styles.
Following an allegation of sexual assault, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine is considering his future. What would his exit mean for the race, and for the broader direction of American politics?
Despite a strong start to the tournament, and an egregious intervention by President Trump into FIFA’s suspension of its star striker, the U.S. men’s soccer team couldn’t keep up with Belgium.