Some mayors and police chiefs said they would welcome more traditional law enforcement cooperation with federal agents, but see the National Guard as a step too far.National Guard soldiers patrolling around the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The persistent rejections suggest that the grand jurors may have had enough of prosecutors seeking harsh charges in a highly politicized environment.Grand jurors have refused in at least seven recent cases to indict their fellow residents who became entangled in the president’s show of force.
Protesters held demonstrations and city leaders spoke against the prospect of a surge of federal agents.Police encountered demonstrators trying to block government vehicles from leaving an ICE facility in Broadview, Ill., outside Chicago, on Friday.
Some of President Trump’s pressure tactics appear to have backfired, sending would-be allies into the embrace of China.“Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday morning, as he posted a photo of the three nations’ leaders meeting in
As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct.”“The Department of War sends a signal,” President Trump said on Friday. The change, he added, was
After a bad employment report in August, President Trump fired the official in charge of the numbers. This month’s data was just as disappointing.The economy added only 22,000 jobs in August. President Trump’s high tariffs and mass deportations appear to have created noticeable pressure on employers
Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.The Trump administration demanded that Gregory Washington, president of George Mason University, personally apologize for supporting diversity pro
One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.The Trump administration has opened more than a dozen federal investigations into Harvard over a variety of targets, from the university’s admissions policies to
A 12-day war in June upended the shadow war rivalry between Israel and Iran. Some Iranians want to strike back, others want to move on.Over 12 days of war in June, more than 1,000 Iranians were killed in Israeli attacks. Most were civilians.
Following a 12-day war with Israel in July, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 civilians and many of Iran’s top nuclear scientists and officials, a New York Times team was granted access to Tehran. Declan Walsh, a Times international correspondent, explains how the conflict has created a wid
The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for residents in the high-rise towers and urged Palestinians to move to the south of Gaza, as it intensifies its offensive on the city.Palestinians fleeing Gaza City after the Israeli military intensified its attacks on the area this week.
A shriekathon in “John Proctor Is the Villain” is the latest in a wave of young women letting their pipes loose — and exhorting anyone to join in.
The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Trump administration.A Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Ga., in March. On Thursday, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested hundreds of Sou
The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had an erratic relationship. They met on Sentosa Island in Singapore in 2018.
Delivery riders are already some of the most vulnerable workers of booming gig economies. During successive heat waves this summer in Italy, it got complicated.A delivery driver drives in front of the Colloseum in Rome
Before his triumph in the 1986 World Series, he had a long playing career and established himself as one of baseball’s brainier and more self-assured characters.Davey Johnson early in his tenure as manager of the Mets, which lasted from 1984 to 1990 and included a memorable World Series title.
A trio of technicians must rush to the aid of players whose wheelchairs break during the tournament. They have just 15 minutes.
The discussions were said to be part of an effort to consolidate opposition to Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor, but appeared to be fading on Friday.Mayor Eric Adams has told allies he is considering a range of options at a time when polls show his path to re-election has all but closed.
Eric Adams would not be the first to leave Gracie Mansion for an embassy. William O’Dwyer did it decades ago.William O’Dwyer, a New York City mayor on the hot seat, was named ambassador to Mexico in 1950.
The two sexes are looking past each other.
On this week’s round table, the G.O.P’s shutdown spiral.
We spend a lot of time thinking of reasons we shouldn’t do things. What if we decided to default to yes?
A plan to buy warships shows how Europe is bolstering defenses amid worries about Russian aggression and President Trump’s isolationist policies, analysts say.A frigate under construction in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday. Norway has signed a $13.5 billion deal to buy at least five such warships from
Software companies that audit expense reports are adding a new arsenal of capabilities to try to detect receipts that have been created using A.I. chatbots.These A.I.-generated receipts were submitted to employers and detected as fake by the finance operations software AppZen.
