The speaker’s decision to hold the House in an indefinite hiatus during the shutdown is his latest move to diminish the role of the legislative branch — and his own post.
South Florida will feel some of the most intense reverberations if Congress allows the extra insurance subsidies it approved during the pandemic to expire.
Lupe Todd-Medina, left, a Democratic strategist, and Tyquana Henderson-Rivers, a political consultant, said they are familiar with Letitia James’s impulse to help relatives. “I think it’s in our genetics,” Ms. Henderson-Rivers said.
The federal indictments against N.B.A. players and others for illegal betting exposed a new wrinkle in the way old friends can benefit from their access to an athlete.
The City College of New York basketball team won the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden in March 1950 but was later caught up in a point-shaving scandal.
As winter slows the pace of battlefield combat, Moscow and Kyiv are betting on campaigns against each other’s energy assets to break a stalemate in the conflict.
Ukrainians firing at Russian targets this month in the Zaporizhzhia region. With cold weather setting in, the emphasis is expected to shift away from the battlefield.
He was asked to cater a climate event for Prince William and 700 guests. But omitting the famous local fish was like “asking Iron Maiden to play jazz.”
The Earthshot Prize, an environmental award founded by Prince William, required a plant-based menu for a dinner in Rio de Janeiro next month. The Brazilian chef initially selected for the event, Saulo Jennings, was surprised to learn he could not serve Amazonian fish.
President Trump is embarking on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with Beijing.
From Kuala Lumpur to Gyeongju, President Trump is casting himself as a deal-maker and peace negotiator, while a wary region looks for tariff relief and steadier ties.
One of America’s favorite fall drinks shows up in Brussels and Antwerp, but rarely in Paris and Rome. It has yet to reach the ubiquity — or the sugar content — of its stateside counterpart.
A study in Uganda found that treated baby wraps dramatically reduced malaria infections in the young children carried in them — 66 percent fewer cases among those children compared with babies in untreated wraps.
Eleonora Srugo, a real estate agent, reality TV star and friend of Mayor Eric Adams, said a member of the mayor’s administration had asked her to serve on the Rent Guidelines Board.
The claim comes after months of President Trump toying with the idea, insisting that he is “not joking” about defying a constitutionally-mandated term limit.
Patricia Gutiérrez, left, and her father José, sensed an opportunity to put their town, Deifontes, Spain, on the map following intrigue around the disappearance of a Picasso painting.
Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia.
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