The plight of temporary workers like Kim Hyoung-su, who’s been protesting for months at the top of a tower, has become an issue in Tuesday’s presidential election.
Kim Hyoung-su in his makeshift tent at the top of a 98-foot-tall traffic camera tower in central Seoul.
Beijing has intervened significantly in Myanmar’s civil war to protect its substantial investments in the country, handing a setback to resistance forces.
Gary Works, the largest integrated steel mill in the United States, which is operated by U.S. Steel in Gary, Ind. President Trump has announced what he calls a “partnership” between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel.
U.S. companies that rely on shipments from abroad, like Bivo, a water bottle maker in Vermont, above, are trying to rapidly digest the latest twist in President Trump’s roller-coaster trade war.
A court ruling invalidating President Trump’s sweeping tariffs was halted hours later, throwing into question the administration’s overall approach to trade.
Using tariffs to pressure foreign countries to drop their own levies and to remove other barriers to U.S. exports has been one of President Trump’s main tactics.
The former New York City police commissioner Bernard B. Kerik, who served three years on fraud charges, hopes to build a new career as a speaker and consultant.
His meteoric rise to become New York City’s chief law enforcement officer was later tarnished after he pleaded guilty to federal corruption and tax crimes.
The Boeing 737 has been chartered more than a dozen times this year by the federal government to deport migrants to several countries in Central America.
Elon Musk left his government position on Wednesday, after weeks of declining influence and increasing friction with President Trump and shareholders of his own private companies.
Employees of federal agencies continue to wrestle with the shocks of Elon Musk’s drive to purge the government of diversity programs and slash employment even as the billionaire leaves Washington.
While Elon Musk succeeded in shuttering U.S.A.I.D. and thinning the ranks of workers in other agencies, his legacy in the minds of many federal workers is one of shattered morale and growing job frustrations.
The girl, Joshlin Smith, is still missing, and the case has haunted South Africa. Prosecutors said that the mother was addicted to drugs and had sold the girl for about $1,100.
Kenneth Genalo, the top ICE deportation official, is retiring, and two other officials are moving on to different roles, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
After video of the incident went viral, showing a face and body covered in ice, the local sporting authority said it had banned the paraglider from the sport for six months.
He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the United States: When his grandfather was born, George Washington had just become president.
Trumpism can be seen as a giant attempt to amputate the highest aspirations of the human spirit and to reduce us to our most primitive, atavistic tendencies.
A federal judge said she would issue a temporary order that would prevent the Trump administration from blocking the school’s ability to enroll international students.
The Perlmutter supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2022. The next flagship supercomputer will arrive in 2026.
The Israeli military is again advancing into Gaza and has blocked most aid, causing widespread hunger. A new but widely criticized system for getting relief in started operating this week.
Small groups of alumni stood at each gate to the Harvard campus on Thursday, handing out stickers that read “Crimson Courage,” the name of a new alumni group created to galvanize support for the university.
Dr. Robert Jarvik in 1982. He said that his artificial heart, made of aluminum and plastic, was used hundreds of times as a temporary implant for patients until they could receive a donor heart.
Demonstrators protested against the Williams pipeline in Albany, N.Y., in 2016. The company is renewing plans to build two pipelines into New York State.
Thomas Barrack raised the American flag over the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus, amid broader efforts by the Trump administration to improve ties.
Paul Doyle, 53, was accused of dangerous driving and other assault charges after almost 80 people were injured when a vehicle plowed into a crowd at a soccer parade.
In a recent pair of focus groups, voters loyal to President Trump judged members of Congress almost entirely according to whether they backed him — and rejected lawmakers who dared to dissent.
Marty Thomas walking through his empty henhouse after a bird flu outbreak in January led to the deaths of his entire flock of 3,000 hens, in Matteson, Ill., earlier this year.
An accidental trip over the Peace Bridge in Buffalo typically means a toll and a loss of time. But for Victor, crossing an international border carried a higher cost.
Small groups of alumni stood at each gate to to the Harvard campus on Thursday, handing out stickers that read “Crimson Courage,” the name of a new alumni group created to galvanize support for the university.
In its fight with Harvard, the Trump administration has focused on international students, who are critical to universities’ bottom lines and campus life.
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