Iran’s military retaliation, along with the political defiance of its new leaders, evokes a decades-old pattern of unrealized goals for American interventions in the region.
On Wednesday, the director of national intelligence and C.I.A. director contradicted one of the justifications the Trump administration had given for its attacks on Iran.
An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.
The revered union leader who campaigned for farm workers’ rights has been accused by women in the movement of years of sexual assault, some involving girls.
The arrest of Dylan Lopez Contreras was the first case of a public school student in the city being taken by federal agents last year. “I still can’t believe that I’m out,” he said.
Gov. JB Pritzker invested capital, both political and the more traditional kind, in the Senate race of his lieutenant governor, Juliana Stratton. Her victory could help them both.
Imprisoned for murder, Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan sought a new start in life and freedom by signing up to fight in Ukraine. But he says promised benefits proved illusory.
Kyiv accuses Alexander Butyagin, a prominent antiquities scholar, of destroying cultural heritage during his excavations in Russia-occupied Crimea. The Kremlin has condemned his arrest.
Theories abound as to who pulled off the largest art heist in U.S. history. In a new book, the former F.B.I. agent who handled the case dismisses many of them.
In guessing which ex-leader Trump might have discussed Iran with, Jimmy Fallon said “two things seem equally possible: Either Trump’s lying, or Joe Biden doesn’t remember talking to him.”
The outbreak has sickened people in California, Texas and Florida. The agency said Cheddar cheese products from Raw Farm are “the likely source,” but the company denies it and has not recalled them.
A foreign policy freed of liberal pretenses and imperial ambitions could lead to restraint—or, as the Iran attack shows, simply license hit-and-run belligerence.
Even with Kristi Noem gone, the Administration’s immigration agenda shows no signs of flagging—in fact, it is leading toward a new humanitarian and legal crisis.
They’ve often been a punch line, but by fusing their political convictions to a broader cultural identity they seemed to find something that we’ve lost.
In the President’s first term, Iran demonstrated what tactics it would use in a confrontation with the U.S. Yet the Administration seems to have no game plan.
After speaking out about the Atlanta Hawks’ promotion of a strip club, the backup center for the San Antonio Spurs drew unexpected attention to his blog, which is shaped by his faith, sense of humor, and personal reflection.
The state’s lieutenant governor has won the Democratic race to fill Dick Durbin’s U.S. Senate seat; Republicans elect Darren Bailey to challenge Governor J. B. Pritzker.
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses social media’s “subversion of the ability to pay attention on a species-wide level,” how policymakers are intervening, and what more we should be doing to protect children.
The Trump Administration wants Claude to act like an obedient soldier. But, if you ask for a killer robot, the company argues, you might get more than you bargained for.
The country spent decades cultivating the Axis of Resistance, but, as the war continues, the Houthis and other allied forces have plenty of reason to stay out of it.
The case of Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen shot by an officer in Chicago, offers a rare window into the recent spate of D.H.S. shootings—and the smear campaigns that often follow.