A former Broadway actress, she was a no-nonsense foil for the unruly Fred Sanford. She also warmed hearts with a recurring role on the “The Waltons.”
Both President Trump and Senate Republican leaders are pressing for the House to accept their version of the sprawling domestic policy bill, but some right-wing holdouts are opposed to key pieces....
Everyone went all the way in the Israel-Iran conflict, bursting through psychological and military barriers we never imagined would be breached....
Sweltering temperatures not seen in Toronto in nearly a decade have prompted health alerts, pool closures and warnings to students to expect “uncomfortable conditions.”...
The Trump administration is not just releasing its grip on the global megaphone but handing it off to its eager adversaries, foreign policy experts say....
New York’s official temperature gauge hit 99 degrees on Tuesday afternoon. It could climb even higher....
But at a summit focused on keeping President Trump happy, discussion of Russia is expected to be muted, despite most allies’ belief that its aggression is NATO’s chief challenge....
An internal rift over defense spending and President Trump’s disregard for Ukraine have lowered expectations for the gathering....
The loss is a tragedy for Russia....
After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new flag flies across Syria: the emblem of the rebels who toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Ben Hubbard, The New York Times’s Istanbul bureau chief, describes what our journalists learned as they drove across Syria, meeting people in towns a...
Speaker Mike Johnson signaled he was not inclined to allow a vote on whether to authorize military strikes in Iran, while leading Democrats demanded a briefing and said the president had overstepped his power....
The threat of war may propel both sides to work more earnestly to get back to the negotiating table....
The Ukrainian leader met with King Charles III on Monday and was set to meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, after the latest in a series of intensifying Russian strikes....
In interviews, Trump supporters expressed a range of emotions — anger, wariness and avid support. But the dominant theme? Anxiety about what comes next....
While foreign wars may expose autocratic fragility, they rarely create the conditions necessary for democratic change....
A multiday heat wave is bringing high temperatures and health risks from the Midwest to the Northeast, prompting warnings and emergency measures....
President Trump avoided asking Congress for permission before striking Iran, despite the Constitution saying only the legislature can declare war....
Even as he announced the strikes on Iran, President Trump appeared to be rapidly trying to get himself back to the middle by insisting the operation was a one-off....
After a yearslong debate over NATO spending, European nations are poised to commit more funds to deter Russia. Now the region must decide how to unify its fragmented manufacturing....
Putin and the ayatollahs want the same kind of world....
The strikes on Iran ushered in a period of high alert as the Pentagon braced for almost-certain retaliation against American forces in the region....
The war entered a new and potentially more volatile phase when the United States announced it had bombed three crucial nuclear sites in Iran....
By bombing three nuclear sites in Iran, the United States has joined Israel’s war against the country. Now it is bracing for Iranian retaliation....
The outreach to Belarus’s autocratic leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, comes as the country has released at least 14 political prisoners....
Ukraine’s security service is holding classes at high schools to alert teenagers of Russian efforts to recruit them....
Moscow has hoped to mend relations with the United States while continuing to wage war in Ukraine, but Mr. Putin’s insistence on pushing his offensive has come at a diplomatic cost....
To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes....
The Wisconsin Republican has toned down attacks on the measure in recent days, but a new report he released undermines party leaders’ claims that the legislation won’t add to federal deficits....
Republicans plan to terminate billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits. Experts say that will mean more greenhouse gas emissions and more dangerous heat....
Failing to aggressively defend Congress’s role in authorizing war would be a serious blunder for Democrats....
China, which depends on Iran for oil and to counter American influence, has a lot to lose from a wider war. But there’s not much it can do about it....
