December 20, 2025, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time
Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.
American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.
Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.
No one knows the true toll of the massacre, and the city remains isolated. Now, refugee camps in Chad are flooded with newly displaced Sudanese.
Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).
The alleged gunmen in the shooting, Sajid Akram, 50 and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, were from Bonnyrigg, a diverse, multilingual suburb miles from Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
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Several victims said they were frustrated by the heavy redactions of photos and documents that the Justice Department released on Friday.
The parents of the suspect in the Brown and M.I.T. killings had not seen or heard from him since he left Portugal to enroll at a graduate program at Brown more than two decades ago.
Hundreds of people had rallied for the family in New York City after they were separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in November.
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The leading Republican candidate for Ohio governor is calling out his party for rising intolerance, including against Indian American immigrants and their children, like him.
The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.
The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”
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A state judge had invalidated the package, saying shareholders were not properly informed about it. Friday’s ruling cleared the plan, now worth $139 billion.
The basketball league will require teams to submit injury reports closer to tipoff, an attempt to close one source of inside information.
Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave them holiday hope.
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A.I. chatbots have been designed to behave in a humanlike way. Some experts think that’s a terrible idea.
The bill, which lawmakers passed in June, will be modified to more closely match a similar law in California, at Big Tech’s urging.
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The incident Friday evening shut down the Montclair-Boonton Line in Montclair, N.J.
At a demonstration of devices designed to replace turnstiles, one rider got hit in the neck, and another sneaked through without paying.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.
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The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
Thanks to a steamy television adaptation, Rachel Reid’s romance novels about closeted hockey players have become mainstream best-sellers.
How directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity.
