Hamas and President Trump have threatened to upend the cease-fire. Analysts say those comments could prove hollow, but the deal still may not last beyond early March.
Deterring Russia from re-invading Ukraine, once this war ends, could require 150,000 troops and American help with air cover, intelligence and missile defense, experts say.
A burned trail at Topanga State Park after the Palisades fire in Los Angeles last month. Forecasters have warned that intense rainfall this week could set off debris flows around recently burned areas in Southern California.
King Abdullah II, a close U.S. ally dependent on aid from Washington, is confronting the president’s demands that he take in Palestinians from Gaza, a step the king’s domestic politics will not allow.
King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, and President Trump at the White House in 2018. Mr. Trump has said he would pressure Jordan and Egypt to take in the estimated 1.9 million Palestinians he would expel from the Gaza Strip as part of his plan for the United States to “own” the territory.
A Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill in Burns Harbor, Ind. The company’s shares rose on Monday in anticipation of President Trump’s announcement of stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Jerome H. Powell is set to testify as inflation risks are resurfacing, regulatory changes are in flux and the Federal Reserve’s policy independence is in the spotlight.
Nicole Okundaye and Jonathan Vocke played music for patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. They are bedside musicians affiliated with the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore.
New research suggests that bariatric surgery could benefit patients with cirrhosis, an advanced form of a liver disease that is often driven by obesity.
Amid the turmoil and controversies of President Trump’s opening weeks, Democrats see an opening with working-class voters wooed by Mr. Trump’s movement.
With the event returning to Midtown Manhattan for the first time since 2020, thousands of dogs flooded the city with a single goal in mind: best in show.
What did Tonic, a Pomeranian, need before competing in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show? A crisp high-five from his owner and handler, Sonya Ratliff.
After Hamas said it would postpone the next release of Israeli hostages, President Trump demanded that all hostages be released Saturday or “all hell is going to break out.”
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure or keep business deals.
The Indian tycoon Gautam Adani was charged by U.S. prosecutors last year under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act after being accused of bribing Indian officials. His company has called the charges “baseless.”
Twin towers in the Chinese city of Chengdu were illuminated with characters from the movie “Ne Zha 2” during a light show on Saturday. The animated feature has become the highest-grossing film of all time in China.
Eric Adams cultivated a close relationship with President Trump. Now, U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan have been told to drop the corruption case against the New York City mayor.
The test vote indicated that despite early reservations even among some Republicans, the former Democratic congresswoman had the necessary support to be confirmed in a vote expected by Wednesday.
Mr. Adams has refrained from criticizing President Trump or his policies, even urging top aides not to do so, and has signaled a desire to work with the new administration.
In response to concerns about his cooperation with the Trump administration, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday told top aides that being confrontational could hurt New York City.
The president turned up the pressure on the two nations to agree to his proposal for them to house the Palestinian population of Gaza and said the Palestinians would not have the right to return to the territory.
President Trump on Sunday aboard Air Force One. On Monday, he doubled down on the idea of forced displacement of Palestinians, which some scholars have said would amount to a war crime and ethnic cleansing.
President Trump, speaking at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in Manhattan in 2024, has empathized with Mayor Eric Adams, center row, left, over his legal problems.
A former neighbor of Edna Schubert, 88, who was beaten to death in her Suffolk County home, was arrested after a retired detective urged the use of new technology in the case.
Edna Schubert, 88, who was killed in her home in December 2003, “was the grandma to every kid in her neighborhood,” Ray Tierney, the Suffolk County district attorney, said after announcing an indictment in the murder.
The new tone of the department, current and former officials say, appears to promise a campaign of intimidation against career employees viewed as insufficiently loyal.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and the other Trump-picked leaders of the Justice Department have framed their criticism by mirroring grievances the president has aired.
Hamas handing over the Israeli hostages Ohad Ben Ami, left, Eli Sharabi, right, and Or Levy, not pictured, to the Red Cross as part of the fifth round of an exchange deal on Saturday.
A Conviasa airliner at the Maiquetia International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela. Conviasa planes are being used to return Venezuelan deportees from the United States.
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