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.
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.
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.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump’s closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.
President Trump’s attack on Pope Leo has touched off an argument about a framework for determining when war is justified.
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.
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer asked staff members to bring wine to her hotel room, and to keep in touch with her husband and father.
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.
In confirming the precise location of William Shakespeare’s Blackfriars house, a British scholar raises fresh questions about what he intended to do with it.
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.
The story of how President Trump quadrupled the size of the original proposal for the arch follows a now-familiar pattern.
The Saudi league, established in 2022, attracted some of the sport’s biggest stars with huge contracts.
A 10-member committee offered a brutal assessment of academia’s role in creating the forces challenging American colleges and universities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reporting on the people who upend life and those whose lives are upended can bring surprising and uncomfortable details to light.
In the race to patch up cybersecurity holes found by the newest A.I. models, we risk leaving too many people to fend for themselves.
The “Late Show” host scolded JD Vance for suggesting that Pope Leo XIV “be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”
The California Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision that said Mr. Eastman, had violated the rules of professional ethics.
Severe storms moving across the Midwest were bringing heavy rain and raising the risk of flash flooding, tornadoes and large hail.
At the University of Kansas School of Law last week, she criticized her colleague while discussing his views in an immigration-related case.
Rama Duwaji apologized for using what she said was “harmful” language as a teenager, in her first interview since her husband, Zohran Mamdani, took office.