The country Trump has suggested should be the 51st state resoundingly elected his opposition.

The superstar’s new stage show turns reclamation, personal and musical, into joyful extravaganza.

Miriam Haley, one of three women who prosecutors say were victims of Harvey Weinstein, spoke at his retrial in Manhattan.

President Donald Trump last week told the Justice Department to investigate Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue and claimed in a fact sheet that the order was aimed at “foreign contributions in American elections.” Republicans quickly touted the order as cracking down on hidden sources of funds in US elections. “The Democrats’ Dark Money scam has gone […]

Despite his administration’s lack of concern about climate change, a recession would give the atmosphere a break. At least in the short term.

In a 2-to-1 ruling, a panel of appellate judges restored a district court’s injunction preventing the Trump administration from laying off 90 percent of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff.

G.O.P. leaders used a procedural maneuver to close off an avenue for House members to demand answers from the Trump administration, including on the defense secretary’s use of Signal.

The investigations by the Government Accountability Office come as the White House looks to expand its power over the federal budget.

Sali Berisha—the allegedly corrupt leader of Albania’s opposition party—wants help from Donald Trump. And Berisha, or someone backing him, is paying big bucks to get it. Berisha is seeking removal of a “persona non grata” designation imposed by the US government because of what the Biden-era State Department said was his involvement in “corrupt acts.” […]

The media organization said the White House emailed three of the company’s five directors on Monday, telling them that their positions had been terminated.

NYU Langone Health aired a commercial showcasing its doctors during the Super Bowl. A North Carolina congressman wondered if it was a waste of money.

The victim was stabbed dozens of times last Friday while he was praying, and critics say officials were slow to call it a bias crime or show concern.

The legal questions were tangled, but some justices seemed incredulous at a government lawyer’s defense of a botched operation involving a battering ram and a flash-bang grenade.

A series of dismissals by the Trump administration has flooded a little-known group of administrative judges who protect civil servants.

President Trump’s cryptocurrency firm has eroded the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in American history. David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The New York Times covering the crypto industry, describes how it works.

The former Georgia senator, who has declared that Beijing is “at war” with America, is now tasked with easing U.S.-China tensions.

Even as electricity was restored across Spain and Portugal after a daylong blackout, residents tried to make sense of 18 hours of the “insanity.”

The Vatican said that Francis had stripped a convicted cardinal, Angelo Becciu, of his right to vote for the next pope. Cardinal Becciu maintains his innocence but said he would sit this one out.

The main oil and gas trade group wants the Trump administration to reconsider maritime rules released in April that would require it to use some U.S. ships to transport liquefied natural gas.

The administration had said that no senior U.S. envoys could attend the events marking 50 years after the war’s end. On Tuesday, the U.S. consul general was seen at a reception for the anniversary.

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, attacked the retail giant over a report that suggested Amazon would highlight tariff-related price increases. Amazon said it was “not going to happen.”

The prime example is Tether, a firm that regulators once targeted. Its chief executive recently hobnobbed in Washington with lawmakers and lobbyists.

Electricity was back in most of the two countries after a blackout that shut down much of daily life. The cause of the outage remained unclear.

The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.

Russian forces launched 100 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, hours after President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a unilateral three-day cease-fire starting on May 8.

“It feels like I lost my whole extended family,” one survivor said.

The Department of Education’s findings stem from an investigation into the university’s decision to let Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, compete on the swim team. Penn has said it was following N.C.A.A. rules.