U.S. forces carried out more airstrikes on Iran, calling them a retaliation for an attack on an oil tanker. Iran’s military later said it had attacked American targets in Bahrain and Kuwait.
María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition, hopes to go home. U.S. officials say her wishes to do so come at an inopportune time.
If she reaches the Senate, Ms. Letlow would replace Senator Bill Cassidy and become the first G.O.P. woman to represent Louisiana in the chamber.
Supporters welcomed the agreement as a step toward curtailing Iran’s influence within Lebanon, but others took to the streets, calling it a capitulation.
The military has joined the battle against the insects, as an outbreak strains hospitals in a country already reeling from energy shortages caused by the Iran War.
Shoko Kawata is the first mayor to take maternity leave in Japan’s history. Her decision has prompted debate about gender discrimination in the work force.
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Most states teach history by subject. Texas will go chronologically, starting with ancient history and reaching World War II by seventh grade.
Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said emergency crews were rescuing people from flooded homes and vehicles on Saturday. Rain was expected to continue into the night.
Scott Wiener, who is running to replace Nancy Pelosi, was surrounded by a small group of protesters shouting invective before a transgender march in San Francisco.
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The president said he was nominating Lance Schroyer, an adviser to Markwayne Mullin, the D.H.S. secretary, to lead the high-profile agency.
The State Department said it planned to release 40,000 U.S. passports featuring an image of the president to commemorate the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Nixon’s offenses were not a deep-state invention. But in the age of Donald Trump, and in a fractured media environment, voters have become more inured to political scandal.
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The attacks came after traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had reached the highest levels since the start of the U.S. war in Iran.
The tech scion David Ellison is close to completing a merger that would put the legacy broadcaster and the 24-hour cable news network under the same roof.
When the Trump administration rejected a request for federal assistance to a fire-ravaged part of western Colorado, residents debated which political party was to blame.
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Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez is back in New York City and working at City Hall after his release. Immigration officials have appealed his asylum.
The crew of a Boeing 737 arriving from Florida on Friday reported a drone in the airspace as the plane approached Newark Airport. The plane landed safely.
The people who know playgrounds best want a pink basketball court, hair-braiding station, and pollinator garden.
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Ahead of a survey exhibition, Uman discusses skipping art-world functions, living on a farm and making work on the floor.
Phoebe Bridgers re-emerges, Sombr gets shy and PJ Harvey heads for the cosmos.
These are the images that have stuck with me, from the uplifting to the grotesque — and with a surprising amount of dancing.
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Our columnist on new books by Rebekah Weatherspoon, Felicia Grossman and Tessa Bickers.
A new book examines the desperate lives of Nigeria’s romance scam artists — and their victims.
