With two G.O.P. senators opposed, Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick for defense secretary, can afford to lose only one more. If he is confirmed, it is likely to be by the smallest margin for that post in modern times.
Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has generated controversy since the beginning of the nomination process.
On President Trump’s first day in office, he pulled out of the Paris Agreement, a pact among nearly all nations to fight climate change. Reporting from Davos, Switzerland, David Gelles, a climate journalist for The New York Times, explains what this decision means for the rest of the world.
Arthur Blessitt in 2009 with the cross he carried when he started his trek from Los Angeles to New York on Christmas Day 1969. He went on to carry a smaller version of the cross all over the world.
The health insurer named Tim Noel, a longtime employee of its parent company, for the job. The previous chief executive, Brian Thompson, was killed in Manhattan.
The federal law banning TikTok has revealed a major schism among American tech companies: Some are willing to flout the law — and some, including Apple and Google, are not.
Locked out of power in Washington, the party is struggling to agree on a unified message of opposition. Some of its lawmakers are even telling Republicans they want to work together.
Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin, a Democrat, used his annual State of the State speech this week to defend immigrants. Many other Democratic leaders have been quieter in their pushback to the new administration.
We want to know how workers are processing President Trump’s decision to end hiring practices meant to further diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal work force.
Riad Sattouf signing his books in Rennes, France, last month. His masterwork series, “The Arab of the Future,” tells the story of his childhood, which was jarringly divided between the Middle East and France.
A popular TV host admitted trying to conceal a sexual assault complaint. This time, the reaction was swift and harsh, and aimed not only at him but also his employers.
Much of the capital investment, a big jump from 2024, will fund expansion of Meta’s data centers, which provide the computing power needed by A.I. products and algorithms.
“I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.
President Donald Trump toured storm damage from Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, La., with Chad Wolf, left, the acting homeland security secretary. and Pete Gaynor, second from left, the FEMA administrator, in 2020.
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to withdraw from southern Lebanon, but Israel says that Hezbollah hasn’t upheld its promise and that the Lebanese Army isn’t ready to fill the void.
The government attributed the release to procedural reasons. But critics say it is because Italy depends on Libya to stem the flow of migrants from Africa.
Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni, opposition members of Italy’s Parliament, denounced the government’s release of Osama Elmasry Njeem at a news conference on Thursday.
The new administration wants to slash aid for health, food and housing, but many of those programs now reach the struggling working class he is courting.
Republicans are mulling deep cuts in safety net spending, partly to offset tax cuts for the wealthy. But these could harm some of the voters who helped elect Donald Trump.
Videos showed fireballs over a facility in Ryazan, 110 miles southeast of Moscow. Kyiv is seeking to disrupt Russian military logistics and put pressure on the country’s economy by striking its oil industry.
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