The lawsuit comes after the Trump administration moved to expand its control of the city’s police department by installing an “emergency commissioner.”
As he heads to Alaska for talks with President Trump, Vladimir Putin is projecting confidence that his edge on the battlefield will secure a peace deal on his terms.
Once a vague proposal for a territorial swap gained clarity, a worried President Volodymyr Zelensky worked to rally allies before Friday’s Trump-Putin summit.
The Federal Reserve is poised to lower interest rates in September. But signs of stickier inflation could limit how much relief officials can ultimately provide.
President Trump and his allies have berated local officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder for those officials to manage the capital.
By imposing new fees on exports and briefly demanding a C.E.O.’s firing, President Trump has bluntly intervened in the operations of major companies.
President Trump has deployed 800 Guard members and 500 federal agents to fight crime, even as official figures show a sharp drop
President Trump said he needed the National Guard to secure the capital. But on the most lawless day in its recent history, he had a very different reaction.
Several allies will host President Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky for a video call, the latest in a summer-long effort to hold ranks in supporting Ukraine.
One gauge showed prices increasing at the fastest annual pace in five months, a sign that businesses are passing along tariff-related costs to customers.
President Trump again delayed higher tariffs on China. But his recent moves on chips have stoked fears he’s willing to give too much to make a deal.
Russian forces have moved several miles into Ukrainian-held territory in the east, threatening to outflank Ukraine’s positions.
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The U.S. military is preparing to activate National Guard troops in the capital as part of President Trump’s campaign against crime there, an official said.
The unorthodox agreement for Nvidia and AMD to pay the U.S. 15 percent would essentially make the federal government a partner in their business in China.
President Trump has yet to formally sign off on an agreement to extend an economic cease-fire with China, which expires on Tuesday.
Ukrainians have worried about a peace accord being struck without them. Mr. Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia are set to meet this week.
Images of starving children spurred Britain, France and Germany to a tougher stance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undeterred.
Times reporters documented how fentanyl was concealed by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate, which is adapting amid a crackdown by two governments.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine’s comments risk angering President Trump, who has made a peace deal one of his signature foreign policy goals.
Assaults on Ukraine have intensified even as President Trump has threatened new sanctions. But Russia’s gains aren’t translating into a breakthrough, experts say.
Time and again, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to defeat Hamas by force. The decision to capture Gaza City repeats a strategy that has failed in the past.
President Trump’s demand for college admissions data enters a debate over how grades and test scores should be weighed against less quantitative measures.
The Russian economy was slowing even before President Trump’s latest threats. But the Kremlin has enough money to keep fighting in Ukraine.
Few major trading partners have been spared the import taxes, which have already disrupted supply chains and are expected to drive up prices for Americans.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia sees direct talks with President Trump as essential to achieving his ultimate aims in Ukraine.
The census, which is mandated by the Constitution, is next due in 2030. President Trump tried a similar move during his first term, but was unsuccessful.
Demanded by President Trump, the public release of data on test scores and race could wind up making wealth even more influential in admissions.
The vaccines, first used for Covid-19, can be developed quickly and altered as a virus changes. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been critical of the technology.
Surgeons have made significant strides in tending to the war’s wounded, particularly through the use of 3-D printing.
The fighting has stopped in Sweida, three weeks after a deadly eruption of violence. But the area remains tense as clashes continue beyond the city.
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