Democrats stand to lose at least one blue-leaning district in Louisiana, but the timing was unclear. Florida is drawing a redder map, and Republicans in several other states are weighing new maps.The Supreme Court’s conservative majority had been widely expected to weaken the Voting Rights Act.
Jerome H. Powell cited lingering legal threats against him and the Federal Reserve in explaining his decision to remain at the central bank.The announcement ends months of speculation about whether Jerome H. Powell would choose to continue on as a member of the Board of Governors at the Federal Rese
King Charles III presented President Trump with a golden bell. “Should you ever need to get hold of us,” the king said, “well, just give us a ring!”President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, welcomed King Charles III of Britain and Queen Camilla to the White House on Tuesday evening for a st
Parsing a state visit told in photo ops, and style.In pink: Queen Camilla, King Charles III, President Trump and Melania Trump at the state dinner on Tuesday.
During his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began, the defense secretary lashed out at lawmakers in both parties who have questioned the conflict.Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, during a hearing at the Capitol on Wednesday.
Crude oil prices hit a fresh high since the start of the war in Iran, as energy supplies from the Middle East remain disrupted.
Buyers across the country are cautious, while the Miami market seems immune.Brokers around the country worry about the impact of the Iran conflict on the American housing market.
The singer-songwriter talks about being self-taught, and reaching down into the deepest, darkest parts of herself to pull out a song.
The artist shares stories behind some of her biggest hits, her love of a “rant bridge” and how life in the public eye informs the stories she tells in her songs.
The details, combined with video, seem to suggest that the gunman was not the person who shot an officer in his protective vest.Secret Service agents rushed into the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner after gunshots were fired at the Washington Hilton on Saturday,
Their appearance seemed at odds with the chief justice’s oft-stated message that the court he leads avoids even the appearance of political splits.The six conservative Supreme Court justices were invited to the state dinner in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday night.
A decades-old fight over a parking lot reserved for judges in Brooklyn has picked up steam with a new generation of combatants.For more than six decades, judges have been able to use a parking lot carved out of a section of Columbus Park in Downtown Brooklyn.
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in public spaces.
The city’s rapid expansion brought new jobs and investment, but decades of low wages and limited access to education and housing have kept many residents from reaching the middle class.Olivia Cruz takes an hourlong bus ride in the morning to clean clients’ homes in the Olmos Park neighborhood.
Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, speaking in Mazatlán in 2024.
With Israel increasingly unpopular and antisemitism on the rise, Jewish politicians find themselves more and more under attack.Noah Arbit, a Michigan state representative, said he had made fighting antisemitism a core part of his platform.
Jeffrey Epstein’s messages cast light on an unusual building on his private island and show how his connections helped him secure tapestries from Mecca for it.
Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species is a growing concern.
This is a president who rarely travels beyond the confines of the White House compound or Mar-a-Lago.
Body camera footage reveals a disturbing pattern of state and federal officials using minor traffic stops to target Black and brown drivers.
We look into whether the U.S. is in a new era of violent extremism.From left: At a memorial to Charlie Kirk, a flag flying at half-staff, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro walking in front of his firebombed home.
Instead of paying $150 for NJ Transit tickets to get to the stadium, some Europeans online are suggesting a scenic stroll through New Jersey’s interstates and swamps.What started as a debate about transit and infrastructure around the World Cup this summer grew into an online tiff about American-Eur
He transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into an international research hub and laid out the existential threats posed by deforestation and unchecked development.Dr. Peter Raven in 1990 with a display of butterfly specimens at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, where he was the director
Throughout the war in Iran, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, did all he could to keep President Trump happy. This week, Mr. Merz appeared to lose patience.Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Monday. He told a group of German students that the Iranian government had “humiliated” America with
