Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel’s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carries out bombings.
The opening days of the conflict are challenging the idea that President Trump can project force abroad while safeguarding American lives and the economy.
Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.
The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.
Plus, why you should not let A.I. do your taxes.
Texas voters will revisit the Republican Senate primary — and some House races where no candidate captured more than 50 percent of the vote — in runoffs on May 26.
Even as some top targets held on, lawmakers in both parties were pushed into runoffs by challengers in Texas, while some in the North Carolina state legislature lost.
The artificial intelligence start-up has reportedly resumed talks with the Defense Department over use of its tools, with high stakes for both.
The Oversight Committee took the action over the objections of its Republican chairman, after several G.O.P. members sided with Democrats to insist on it.
Agency officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they will not be a “rubber stamp” for the industry. But patients with rare diseases view recent decisions as signs that the doors are closing on their options.
In the four years since the British singer last released an album, artists like Sombr, working in similar aesthetic modes, have climbed onto the charts.
In an interview with The New York Times, President Cyril Ramaphosa opened up about the role of middle powers, relations with Washington and apartheid.
Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading exporter of cocaine.
James Luckey-Lange, 28, wrote about kindness and shared humanity as he traveled. But he said he had been shackled, starved and beaten in Venezuela after being detained.
President Trump’s simple campaign promise, now reality, includes lots of fine print that is confounding taxpayers and companies this filing season.
The world’s smartest technology is no match for the U.S. tax code.
It has always been expensive, but recently prices have risen faster than inflation.
Tracy Tutor said Mr. Alexander, a former top real estate agent in New York, drugged and assaulted her in 2014. Mr. Alexander and his two brothers are on trial for sex trafficking.
A suspect was detained in Colorado a day after two women were found dead on a hiking trail, and a third at a residence in Wayne County, the authorities said.
On the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, a novice learns to drive her own team on an adventure in the heart of winter.
How the antiwar right sees Trump’s foreign policy.
Michael Steinberger on how A.I.’s impact on white-collar jobs may transform politics and society.
“This could be the first war ever launched based on vibes,” Jimmy Fallon said.
Ms. Guthrie visited 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Thursday for the first time since her mother, Nancy, went missing in early February.
A dispute between the nonprofit Housing Works and the owner of a cannabis dispensary shows the risks for businesses in an industry that is locked out of traditional financing and resources.
A former classmate contends that Ms. Griffin’s story of being sexually abused, described in “The Tell,” was based on assaults the classmate herself suffered.
No injuries had been confirmed, but consumers reported finding glass in their products. The announcement was part of a larger recall of nearly 37 million pounds of food products.