A spike in oil prices has roiled stocks and bonds again and threatens to accelerate inflation — adding pressure on the White House.
Plus, the “slop bowl” is losing its appeal.
The Oklahoma senator whom President Trump chose to run the Department of Homeland Security has risen in Washington by styling himself as a MAGA warrior and Trump loyalist.
The war in the Middle East has sent prices soaring, showing how much the world continues to depend on reliable supplies of oil and gas.
America is a big oil producer. But its overreliance on crude — and the president’s efforts to keep it that way — mean times like these can hurt.
The Trump administration has yet to announce a process to return fees paid by companies and shoppers for tariffs now deemed illegal.
La exsecretaria de Seguridad Nacional sobrevivió a múltiples polémicas, pero cayó cuando pareció atribuir al presidente la aprobación de una costosa campaña publicitaria del gobierno.
Ali Larijani, aliado cercano del ayatolá Alí Jameneí, dijo que Teherán no detendrá sus ataques y buscará vengar la muerte del dirigente.
Los europeos, que tanto supimos matarnos en el pasado, estamos obligados a mostrar fortaleza moral ante los intentos de Trump de destruir el orden multilateral.
As the war in Iran spreads, Kyiv is eagerly offering its hard-won expertise and advanced technology to counter Iranian drones.
The global oil benchmark topped $100 a barrel late Sunday, putting Republicans on the defensive on an issue at the center of this year’s midterm elections.
The attack, in the eastern Pacific, was part of a continuing campaign by the U.S. Southern Command to target people suspected of smuggling drugs, and raised the overall death toll to at least 156.
The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.
J. Todd Inman, who was prominent in the investigation of the midair collision in Washington last year, said no reason was given for his firing two years into his term on the transportation safety board.
En una reunión celebrada en Florida, el presidente pidió a los líderes de una decena de países latinoamericanos y caribeños que ayuden al ejército estadounidense a aplastar a los grupos de traficantes armados.
Iranian state media reported that the country’s top clerics have identified who will replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. They have not released his name.
What do declining birthrates really mean for the future? Readers respond to a front-page news article.
Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation.
Representative Thomas Massie’s race against a rival backed by President Trump is shaping up as a key midterm testing ground for G.O.P. attitudes on the war.
The many similarities between the White House’s justification for war in Iran and Russia’s messaging on Ukraine underscore the risks of a vaguely defined, open-ended war.
President Trump thinks Republicans should “take over” election procedures in parts of the United States. But where? Here are some possibilities.
A new generation of cryptocurrency, pegged to the dollar, is growing rapidly, promising faster payments and potentially lower interest rates. But regulators and bankers warn of risks.
President Trump made Mr. Khalil the face of his crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests. Mr. Khalil is now living with uncertainty as the courts consider his deportation.
Six writers weigh in on what’s next for the country and its citizens as the war continues.
The ruling, which said that Kari Lake’s appointment to oversee V.O.A.’s parent agency was invalid, was a major rejection of President Trump’s attempts to dismantle the government-funded news group.
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a close confidant of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Iran was determined to avenge the killing of the leader.
At a gathering in Florida, the president asked the leaders of a dozen Latin American nations to help the U.S. military crush armed trafficking groups.
The U.S. and Israel have pounded Iran’s leadership and undercut its defense capabilities, but President Trump has offered wildly different explanations for what he hopes to achieve.
Documents show how A.I. was used to cancel most previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities as the agency embraced President Trump’s agenda.
U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have set off a crippling energy crisis and sparked deadly protests in one of the world’s most populous Muslim nations.
The drop in arrests reflects a retreat, at least for now, from some of the administration’s most aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, apologized for Iranian strikes on Gulf states before backtracking after criticism from other Iranian leaders. Despite his remarks, Iran has continued its attacks.
The U.S. and Israel have no good options to address an unavoidable problem.
Kristi and Corey cavorted in the swamp as D.H.S. got bogged down.
A week into Trump’s war in Iran, his strategy is still a mystery.
President Trump’s war in Iran isn’t so much a strategy as a game of “Risk,” says the Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie. On “The Opinions” podcast, he explains that the administration sees the world as “we big, they small,” with other nations as non-playable characters reacting to America, the “protagonists of reality.”
The Iranian people are not overthrowing their government, and the war is spreading across the region.
The desire for a revolutionary presidency gives hubris a lot of space to work.
Durante las dos últimas décadas, Bolivia chocó a menudo con EE. UU. Un giro a la derecha está reorientando al presidente Rodrigo Paz hacia Washington.
President Trump is scheduled to travel Saturday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware in the wake of the deaths of six service members.
With employers cutting jobs and gas prices rising amid the war in Iran, Democrats see an opportunity to press their advantage.
Humanitarians proposed a loophole in international law. Decades later, Trump is jumping through it.
The Persian Gulf is a major source of fertilizers, making the conflict disruptive to the global production of food.
Democrats were torn over military action in Iraq in 2002 and 1991 but are strongly united in opposition to President Trump’s foray against Iran without congressional approval.
For the past two decades, Bolivia resisted U.S. influence. A rightward shift is reorienting the country’s president toward Washington.
The waves of bombings reveal a broad effort to ravage the country’s leadership and security services.
Soaring oil prices suggest that more increases could be in store for American drivers. Diesel, jet fuel, and other refined products are also becoming much more expensive.
El respeto nunca pareció formar parte de la ecuación entre Trump y Noem. Es difícil respetar a alguien tan ansioso por llamar tu atención.
China is learning lessons from the war in Iran. Chief among them, the United States may pose an even greater threat than Beijing thought.
In his National Cybersecurity Strategy, President Trump sought an expanded role for private firms in cyberwarfare. He did not take on China or Russia in the document.
The sale had been under informal review in Congress, but the State Department declared an emergency because of the war in Iran.
After meeting with defense contractors at the White House, President Trump said the companies were all committed to increasing production.
President Trump demanded that Iran capitulate in the war with the United States, invoking a phrase made famous by statesmen and generals.
President Trump, who values loyalty, has at times tried to distance himself from his administration’s own actions when they become politically toxic.
Firings, resignations and diversions to the president’s priorities have left elite counterterrorism and counterintelligence units stretched thin, current and former officials say.
The information has included satellite imagery showing the locations of military personnel. But some officials played down the significance of the partnership.
For some Democrats, generational change comes with a cringey social media past.
There are times when it is clear what it means to stand up for what is right.
The Florida bar said that it had “erroneously” made that assertion, disclosed in a letter last month, and that no investigation into Ms. Halligan was pending.
Members of President Trump’s cabinet see their jobs as “total obedience to the president’s will,” the columnist Jamelle Bouie argues, and that means we should all be very worried about how the war in Iran could unfold.
Israel’s air forces shifted their focus back to Iran on Friday after a night of heavy bombardment in Lebanon, which was quickly becoming one of the largest fronts in the regional conflict.
Reporters tapped sources, combed through public records and scrutinized social media to penetrate the web of influence and money underlying the president’s clemency grants.
The move comes as President Trump is ratcheting up his rhetorical assault on Cuba’s leadership.
Jeffrey B. Clark oversaw the dismantlement of government restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions and water and air pollution. He had also faced a criminal probe in connection with the 2020 election.
Los recientes comentarios del presidente Trump reflejaron otro cambio en los objetivos de las acciones militares estadounidenses. El presidente añadió que esperaba que Cuba cayera pronto.
He hosted a home improvement radio show, fought in cage matches and inherited a plumbing business before becoming a “MAGA warrior” in Congress.
The executive director, Jean Davidson, said her departure reflects frustration at the turmoil that has engulfed the arts center.
President Trump’s comments on Friday reflected yet another shift in the goals of U.S. military actions.
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In opening a military campaign against Iran, President Trump is the first president in modern times to take the United States to war without the backing of the public.
La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional de EE. UU., quien fue despedida por el presidente Trump el jueves, ayudó a cumplir sus promesas fronterizas, pero también atrajo una atención negativa hacia su gobierno.
The president has said he plans to shut down the center for two years starting this summer for a “complete rebuilding.”
Funcionarios del Departamento de Justicia dijeron que las notas de estas entrevistas con el FBI en 2019 fueron retenidas por lo que los llamaron una determinación errónea de que eran duplicados.
The leaders of Japan and Canada are making a unified front on defense cooperation as President Trump raises the pressure over military spending.
The weaker-than-expected numbers quickly became a source of tension between the two parties ahead of the midterm elections.
El gobierno de Trump busca controlar las reservas de tierras raras, oro y minerales valiosos de Venezuela. Pero los yacimientos se encuentran en regiones selváticas y controlados por violentas redes criminales.
Prosecutors have offered up no evidence supporting a link that the president claimed between Iran and the attack in Yemen in 2000, defense lawyers say.
The president campaigned on lowering prices for Americans. That pledge has come under fire this week as the Iran war pushes up the cost of gasoline.
President Trump fired the homeland security secretary, who helped fulfill his border pledges but also drew negative attention to his administration.
On seeking clarity in the reasons for the military operation and restraint in foreign policy.
The repercussions of his reckless war in Iran are just beginning.
Colton Moore, who hopes to win a special election on Tuesday to replace Ms. Greene, has the same flair for the dramatic and the ultra-MAGA persona, but he lacks one thing: a Trump endorsement.
One inmate paid lobbyists and lawyers with ties to the president’s team and walked free. Others are following his blueprint, but it is not always clear who can deliver.
The average price of a gallon of gasoline jumped again on Friday, to $3.32 per gallon, hitting its highest level in a year and a half.
El cautiverio de Luckey-Lange terminó después de que el ejército de EE. UU. atacara Caracas, la capital de Venezuela, para capturar a su líder, Nicolás Maduro, y empezara a presionar al gobierno interino para que liberara a los detenidos estadounidenses.
The conflict in Iran may give Moscow a short-term boost economically and in Ukraine. But it has also shown the limits of Russia’s partnerships.
Jamil Jivani, a Conservative rookie member of Parliament, follows an American playbook to win over young men on college campuses.
A three-judge panel reversed the conviction of a man charged with possessing a 30-bullet magazine, saying it had constitutional protection.
Washington has rapidly warmed up ties with Venezuela — and applied major pressure on it — since capturing the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, two months ago.
The pages had been withheld from the trove of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein because of what officials called a mistaken determination that they were duplicates.
The homeland security secretary, who was fired by President Trump Thursday, helped fulfill his border pledges, but also drew negative attention to his administration.
It’s hard out there for a MAGA woman.
After launching a war in Iran, President Trump owes the American people a clear explanation of his objectives and possible endgame — something we have yet to receive, argues the Times Opinion writer W.J. Hennigan.
The strikes were the most intense bombardment since a cease-fire deal in late 2024.
Many veteran diplomats faulted the State Department for its response after the attacks in Iran began, and for its actions beforehand.
Venezuela is home to large reserves of rare earths, gold and other valuable minerals that the Trump administration wants to exert more control over.
President Trump fired Kristi Noem, his embattled homeland security secretary, on Thursday and announced his plans to replace her with Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma.
The war in Iran may have a lasting impact on the political careers of Trump’s closest allies. On “Interesting Times,” Curt Mills, the executive director of the American Conservative, shares his thoughts on how Trump’s interventionist policies might play out in the 2028 Republican primaries.
The decision to settle the court action is particularly striking because the defendant was accused of a serious violation of securities laws. He denied the charges.
The Oklahoma senator has been a staunch defender of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.
As the war with Iran threatens to engulf more countries in the region, President Trump said he wanted to be involved in picking a new leader in Tehran.
A handful of Democrats joined Republicans to defeat an effort to force President Trump to go to Congress for approval to continue using force against Iran, while two G.O.P. lawmakers backed it.
Long delays in FEMA assistance brought bipartisan complaints, especially in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene in 2024.
“No permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property,” the company said. The Trump administration frequently promotes policies with content from video games.
En pocas palabras, lo que el presidente le está haciendo a la Casa Blanca tiene a mucha gente descontenta.
El presidente anunció la decisión en las redes sociales, junto con una nueva función, hasta ahora inexistente, para Noem: enviada especial para el Escudo de las Américas.
A draft assessment of the health of nature in the United States is grim but shot through with bright spots and possibility.
Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs looks into how Trump’s base is responding to the administration’s conflicting messages on the war with Iran.
The president’s comments were the most explicit he has been yet about his vision of an American role in creating a new government in Tehran.
For the third time, a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed as Democrats refused to support the money without new restrictions on federal immigration agents.
The president tapped Markwayne Mullin as the new homeland security secretary after Kristi Noem was grilled by Republicans at a congressional hearing.
The lawsuit filed by two dozen attorneys general seeks to invalidate the president’s new, 10 percent global tax on imports.
The National Capital Planning Commission, led by Trump allies, moved the vote to next month. It has received about 32,000 comments on the project, more than 98 percent of them negative.
Readers discuss historical and legal aspects of the war. Also: Richard Nixon and a Watergate episode; America’s voting problem; scenes from “The Pitt.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the commitments in Washington, even as some in the medical community questioned whether the government should try to influence curriculums.
Casi todos los republicanos votaron para bloquear una medida que exigiría que el presidente Trump obtuviera la autorización del Congreso de EE. UU. para continuar la ofensiva en Medio Oriente.
Cars have become so expensive that many Americans are putting off or not buying new cars, hurting the auto industry.
Mission? Hostilities? Don’t call it a war, say G.O.P. lawmakers grappling with the political and legal challenges of the operation in the Middle East.
Three-way peace talks are on hold, and Kyiv fears that U.S. air defense systems it needs to counter Russia could be diverted to the Iran conflict.
President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was spurred by an Israeli leader determined to end diplomatic negotiations.
How the antiwar right sees Trump’s foreign policy.
Well, that was a week.
Giving in to bullies has its own costs, not least because bullies are never satisfied with just a single capitulation.
The president’s unique attributes have combined with the ordinary pathologies of American foreign policy.
In an interview with The New York Times, President Cyril Ramaphosa opened up about the role of middle powers, relations with Washington and apartheid.
President Trump’s simple campaign promise, now reality, includes lots of fine print that is confounding taxpayers and companies this filing season.
Agency officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they will not be a “rubber stamp” for the industry. But patients with rare diseases view recent decisions as signs that the doors are closing on their options.
James Luckey-Lange, 28, wrote about kindness and shared humanity as he traveled. But he said he had been shackled, starved and beaten in Venezuela after being detained.
Senate Republicans voted against a Democratic bill that would have required President Trump to obtain congressional authorization to continue waging war against Iran.
China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry’s reliance on Western technology.
Camp East Montana in Texas has been under growing scrutiny over its living conditions and has been grappling with a measles outbreak.
Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound. But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong.
The Trump administration is likely to appeal the move, as it ramps up its attempt to slow or potentially block the repayment of billions in past duties.
The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.
The biggest immediate one: What will Trump do?
A Texas writer assesses the Senate race.
Companies including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI committed to pay for the power plants and grid upgrades needed to run their data centers.
Nearly every Republican voted to block a measure that would require that President Trump win authorization from Congress to continue the offensive in the Middle East.
The California governor, seen as a likely presidential candidate, made comments that reflect a shift in the Democratic Party.
See how much his East Wing ballroom design will upend the White House symmetry.
The battle to lower costs has reached the State Capitol, where concerns have emerged about the fate of a 2019 climate law and its ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals.
Hungary. Cuba. Afghanistan. Iraq. Now Iran?
Pressured by President Trump, Gov. Jared Polis said he is considering the release of Tina Peters, the last high-profile 2020 election meddler still imprisoned. His fellow Democrats are outraged.
The president said on Truth Social that he will call for the candidate who does not receive his endorsement to drop out of the race, which is heading to a runoff.
The White House has floated a new plan to try to ease voter concerns over the A.I. boom’s effect on electric bills. But it won’t be easy to put into practice.
Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about women in Hollywood and says that Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 influenced her decision to become a movie director. She spoke with “The Interview” host Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her career, her new film, “The Bride!,” her family and more.
The veteran Texas senator faces what promises to be a bruising runoff with the state attorney general challenging him from the right. But he had a stronger showing than expected.
El presidente del gobierno español ha arremetido contra los ataques de EE. UU. e Israel, y se ha negado a participar incluso después de que Trump amenazara a Madrid con represalias económicas.