Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound. But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong.
State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.
After clinching the Democratic Senate primary, he told supporters in Austin that the country’s real divide is between “top versus bottom,” not the left versus right.
The surprise announcement by Senator Steve Daines could give Democrats a slim opening in the Republican-leaning state in their uphill fight to take the Senate majority.
Aaron Spencer faces a second-degree murder charge for shooting a man accused of sexually assaulting his daughter. Preliminary results showed him appearing to win the Republican primary.
China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry’s reliance on Western technology.
The goal, announced at a gathering of Communist Party leaders, was the lowest since 1991 and can offer clues about China’s policymaking plans.
Hollywood careers don’t always begin where you expect them to, as Jessie Buckley, Teyana Taylor and Emma Stone could tell you.
The day after being forced into a runoff to keep his seat, Representative Tony Gonzales confirmed that he had an extramarital affair with an aide who later took her own life.
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pushed back against her department’s inspector general, who told Congress in a letter that she had “systematically obstructed” his office’s work.
Camp East Montana in Texas has been under growing scrutiny over its living conditions and has been grappling with a measles outbreak.
Several of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s employees are under investigation for official misconduct under her leadership.
The country and its small Jewish community are still trying to process the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in December.
A well-known conservative radio host in New York called Mayor Zohran Mamdani a cockroach, resurfacing anti-Muslim sentiments that the mayor said were all too common.
In a recent review, a small group of patients received the injections less frequently but still maintained weight loss and health benefits.
Known for reviving football programs, he led six major colleges to bowl games, winning a national championship in 1989 after restoring the Irish to greatness.
A study of over 275 violins suggests that Antonio Stradivari used wood from high-altitude forests in northern Italy to craft some of his most renowned instruments.
Carolin Widmann had to cradle her centuries-old, multimillion-dollar instrument during a flight to Germany. Her predicament resonated with musicians who have faced similar challenges.
Texas politics is in constant churn.
Hungary. Cuba. Afghanistan. Iraq. Now Iran?
Also, sea levels may be higher than we thought. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
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The man fired shots at law enforcement and civilian vehicles before he was killed during a pursuit along Interstate 10 in West Texas.
A federal judge found that the designation for CAIR, one of the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy groups, had violated the organization’s First Amendment rights.
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.
The Justice Department had John Abbamondi testify at an antitrust trial to support its case that Live Nation has acted as a monopoly, an accusation the company denies.