The talks are aimed at securing a ceasefire in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon but are likely to be fraught with difficulty.

New York was Washington’s crucible.

She joins other former Republicans and Trump administration officials running for office as critics of the president. The district would open up if voters approve a new map.

Even with a U.S. blockage, geography gives Iran an edge in the Strait of Hormuz, shaping control of a vital global chokepoint.

The Trump administration may challenge Jerome Powell’s plan to stay on as acting Fed chairman if the Senate doesn’t confirm Kevin Warsh by May 15.

The owners of Camp Mystic, where 27 campers and counselors died, want to reopen. The family of Cile Steward, 8, the only girl whose body wasn’t found, sued to stop them.

Peter Magyar joined supporters of his Tisza party in jubilation over their seismic victory, but sought to prepare the country for difficulties ahead.

The arrest of Brazilian former intelligence chief and congressman Alexandre Ramagem ended a manhunt that stretched for six months across two continents.

Corruption and stagnation led to the Hungarian prime minister’s landslide loss.

Both parties appear to be factoring in the razor-thin majority that Republicans hold in the chamber as they weigh whether to oust members.

Formerly ascendant European right-wing parties are in retreat, a possible omen Trump’s MAGA movement.

A new report distills the Trump administration’s strategy as officials jockey to shape health care messages ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

Evangelical and Catholic allies call the post “blasphemous” and urge its removal in a rare public break from a base that has largely stood by Trump.

A patchwork of small oversight units across agencies is no substitute for a strong centralized office.

The Fed chair nominee says Alan Greenspan trusted anecdotes over data. That’s not true.

About 34,000 concierges, doormen and other building workers in New York are threatening to strike over stagnant wages and proposed health insurance increases.

Computer science has been one of the hottest college majors for 15 years. Enrollment data suddenly shows a big drop.

The conflict has animated voters in the suburban swing district of Republican Rep. Mike Lawler ahead of the midterm elections.

Vice President JD Vance’s negotiations in Pakistan with Iran failed to end the war, but progress was reported on building goodwill.

The new Mythos model can detect critical software flaws, but the Pentagon is barring itself from using it.

The fund cut its 2026 growth estimate but says an unusual amount of uncertainty clouds the outlook.

I know the Presidential Records Act well. Now the Trump administration is calling it unconstitutional.

Sympathy for Lebanon that ignores the government’s complicity is counterproductive.

Drinking unpasteurized milk is risky, but there are bigger public health battles to fight.

The debate in Fort Worth echoes a dilemma that local leaders are grappling with around the country: End diversity programs or risk losing all federal funding.

The Trump administration has sought a moratorium on uranium enrichment of at least 20 years. Tehran’s offer would last up to five.

Some factors that harmed Orban may also apply to Republicans in this year’s midterm elections, say some American conservatives who backed the Hungarian leader.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal on veteran spending. Readers on NASA.

The California Democrat said in a statement he was “deeply sorry to my family, staff and constituents for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past.”

A toast to an appeals court that says the federal government can’t ban at-home distilleries.

It’s a shame the Trump vs. Pope Leo mess makes serious discussion of “just war” theory impossible.

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump that claimed that the Wall Street Journal defamed him by publishing a drawing of a naked woman it said Trump contributed to a birthday gift for Jeffrey Epstein.

The hostile litigation environment amounts to a de facto tax on participating in public markets.

Peace talks broke down over Iran’s nuclear program, which has survived two decades of international diplomacy seeking to curtail it and more than five weeks of bombing.

The Hungarian prime minister, a self-proclaimed champion of illiberal Christian democracy, turned thwarting E.U. policy into an art form but suffered a resounding election defeat.

The number of American millionaires has reached a record high, but rising costs are chipping away at the value of nest eggs.

The GOP was already bracing for a tough election, but with the ceasefire in doubt, gas prices are likely to stay high, and voters’ economic outlook is dismal.

President Trump wrote that Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, was “weak” and “terrible” on crime and foreign policy. Leo has criticized the Iran war.

The D.C. mayoral candidate’s dueling plans: Bold and unrealistic vs. modest and achievable.

Are talks over or just starting? With Iran, it’s hard to tell. Both sides’ wild rhetoric doesn’t help.

The SCORE Act could help civilize the Wild West that student-athletes have been living in for years.

Voters will need to adopt a “buyer beware” mentality.

What started as places to store presidential papers for historians have turned into flashy personal museums.

The rich already pay more than their fair share.

Legend has it that Fatou was brought from Africa to France in the late 1950s by a sailor who then traded her to settle a bar bill.

Lower courts blocked the effort to send home Haitian immigrants, part of an already shrinking workforce in nursing homes. The Supreme Court will hear the case this month.

Michael Ramirez cartoon on Pope Leo XIV, Donald Trump, Iran war.

DOGE tried to slash research grants by targeting “indirect costs.” A court ruled that to be illegal.

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The ceasefire gave the president an opening. He used it to turn Iran’s strategy back on itself.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not detail how much the city-run grocery stores would cost or how they would be able to sell products for less than market-rate prices.

Veteran church observers say an open war of words between a pope and a U.S. president is unprecedented.

Chatbot detectors are unreliable and their use threatens honest students.

Energy solutions should come from all sources, not just those favored by one political party.

Self-employed workers are finally getting access to health and retirement accounts.

Depositions offer insight into what Elon Musk’s group was up to. Members describe a club-like atmosphere in which they slashed agencies with little oversight.

Muslims in Rep. Chip Roy’s Texas district react to their Republican congressman’s campaign against Islam with concern — and eye-rolls.

The president is betting economic pressure can do what bombs couldn’t.

Readers on the ninth and 10th presidents, and the assimilation bargain.

Several Democratic and Republican lawmakers said they would be in favor of voting to expel Swalwell, as well as Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who both face misconduct allegations.