Politics

After D.C.'s reflecting pool gets repainted, visitors ask: What changed?

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is refilling after President Trump had it painted "American flag blue." Some visito...

Graham Platner isn't going anywhere in Maine Senate race after latest controversy

A Question Swirling Around Putin’s Big Conference: Could the War End?

At the St. Petersburg economic forum, business and political elites said Russia faced a choice of halting the conflict o...

Senate Republicans pass immigration funding after overnight vote

After a marathon 18-hour vote, the Senate has funded immigration enforcement. The GOP bill funds ICE and the Border Patr...

Europe Needs New Military Alliance to Defend Itself, Italy Says

Guido Crosetto, Italy’s defense minister, said in an interview that European nations should forge a new joint defense sy...

Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill without limits on Trump settlement fund

The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, af...

Backed by Trump, Opposed by Putin, and Fighting for His Political Life

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia is seeking re-election as his country weighs questions of war and peace, of au...

Russia Floods Armenia With Disinformation Ahead of Election

Fearing a loss of influence, groups linked to the Kremlin and intelligence agencies have sought to discredit the country...

The Supreme Court has left limited alternatives for protecting minority voting rights

After a major Supreme Court ruling, state-level voting rights acts and redistricting strategies in Democratic-led states...

Zelensky Mixes Taunts and Peace Talks Offer in Letter to Putin

“After 26 years in power, age is beginning to take its toll,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine wrote of his Russi...

House Passes Ukraine Aid in Defiance of Republican Leaders

Eighteen G.O.P. lawmakers broke with their party and joined Democrats to deliver yet another blow to the president’s for...

Putin says Russia will bolster air defenses in response to Ukrainian drone attacks

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks, which h...

Russia Rails Against the West but Welcomes Candace Owens and Andrew Tate

While some powerful Russians shun the West, others want to restore ties and embrace friendly Westerners. President Vladi...

Mistrust Spreads With the Ebola Virus in Congo

In a remote mining town at the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, grief and mistrust are compl...

Fighting in Somalia’s Capital, Mogadishu: What’s Happening and Why It Matters

Gun battles erupted on Thursday, as armed groups loyal to rival politicians clashed. Residents said it was the worst fig...

Can Abelardo De La Espriella, a U.S. Citizen, Become Colombia’s President?

President Trump this week endorsed the right-wing candidate, Abelardo De La Espriella, a dual citizen of Colombia and th...

Hezbollah’s Fiber-Optic Drones Expose Cracks in Israeli Defenses

The Lebanese militant group’s attacks have caught Israelis off guard, forcing its political and military leaders to scra...

U.S. to Review Mexican Consulates After Right-Wing Claims Against Them

The State Department said it would review all Mexican consulates in the United States, following claims in conservative ...

Trump Says Cease-Fire Intact After Trade of Attacks in Strait of Hormuz

The president dismissed Iran’s firing on U.S. vessels in the strait as a mere “trifle.”

Trade court strikes down a second round of Trump tariffs

The Court of International Trade has struck down a second round of global tariffs ordered by President Trump, after his ...