Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s adversaries.
The vice president gets saddled with the Iran war and eroding popularity....
The trip by the American vice president, JD Vance, makes clear that Russia is not the only country invested in a victory for Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban....
The war in Iran is a real-time case study in the changing character of modern warfare....
As the Persian Gulf conflict boosts the oil revenue that finances Moscow’s war against Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces are striking at Russia’s ability to refine and ship its crude....
Analysts say their delay in supporting Iran is partly because their capabilities were severely degraded by the U.S.-Israeli campaign last year....
President Trump also asserted that God supports the American war against Iran “because God is good, and God wants to see people taken care of.”...
As deadlines approach in the next two weeks, neither is going quite according to the partisan plan....
President Trump described the risky mission to rescue an Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down, but he offered no clear path out of the war....
The Easter Bunny was out of earshot as President Trump spoke to reporters about the war in Iran and his predecessor’s mental acuity....
Global leaders are struggling in their efforts to find a way to end the American-Israeli war on Iran, and they are spooked about what President Trump might do next....
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made hostility to Ukraine a centerpiece of his campaign. Moscow seems determined to repay the favor....
Tuesday’s special House election runoff in a conservative stretch of Georgia is one of the first to showcase disagreements over the conflict, including within the G.O.P....
In the age of drone warfare, Russia is expected to exploit the return of vegetation to help conceal its troops....
Its newfound might derives from its control the Strait of Hormuz....
Long concerned about geopolitical crises, China redoubled efforts to secure energy security when President Trump started raising the stakes in his first term....
The president said he would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” Until this administration, American leaders had insisted they were trying to follow international law in war....
Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures....
A.I.’s significant targeting improvements aren’t enough to overcome geography in Iran....
The pontiff’s Easter remarks follow a Palm Sunday homily in which he said God rejected the prayers of “those who wage war.”...
Defense systems that shoot projectiles out of the sky have become one of the most important components of warfare, so much so that militaries face a diminishing supply....
President Trump bet that American firepower could cow Iran into compliance. So far, Iran’s leaders have been unwilling to quit....
An F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran and an A-10 Warthog crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, officials said on Friday. Two airmen were rescued, and one is unaccounted for....
From Tehran to the Supreme Court, a look at Trump’s relentless battles....
European leaders and other officials have ideas for bringing shipping back to the strait once the Iran war ends. But none of them are sure bets....
Despite heavy restrictions on journalists and an internet blockade, Yeganeh Torbati has been able to reach people during fleeting windows of connectivity....
Reports cast doubt on how close the United States is to destroying Iran’s missile capability, a key goal in the war....
Demand Justice plans to tie Republicans running for Senate this year to a possible fight to fill vacancies that could emerge on the Supreme Court....
In sharp contrast to the Trump administration’s calls for Christian prayers for the war effort, Pope Leo XIV says military domination is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”...
The Iran expert Suzanne Maloney explains how Iran views the war, and why the United States is losing....
Our colleague spent two months in Kyiv....
12/02/2025 17:49
New York Times
