Some conservative sheriffs have raised concerns about the aggressive enforcement tactics that Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has embraced.Florida made more immigration arrests in 2025 than any state but Texas.
The S&P 500 is down nearly 9 percent from a January high. The weekly losing streak is its worst in roughly four years.
Fertilizer prices are climbing as a result of disruptions in the Middle East, putting global food supplies at risk.A farmer spread fertilizer on his mustard field this week in Pampore, India. Large parts of Asia, particularly India and Thailand, are most exposed to fertilizer supply shortages.
Diesel has climbed faster than gasoline this month, directly hitting businesses, from brewers to trucking companies. Those higher costs are likely to make their way into consumer prices.The rising price of diesel fuel is driving up costs for Maui Brewing, a brewery in Kihei, Hawaii, that imports raw
When the world map of literal power changes, the political hierarchy shifts, too
Officials in Tehran and Washington alike are trading taunts in English, often using American pop culture references.A billboard in Tehran this month showing Iran’s three supreme leaders since the Islamic Revolution.
The Conservative Political Action Conference has been an America First gathering for years, but with President Trump pursuing war in Iran, organizers have tried to make a shift, with mixed results.“A ground invasion of Iran will make our country poorer and less safe,” Matt Gaetz, the former Florida
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial and gender bias.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said repeatedly that he is determined to change a Pentagon culture corrupted by “foolish,” “reckless” and “w
What appeared to be personal emails from before Mr. Patel’s time as director were posted on a website that identified itself as Iranian but seemed to be hosted in Russia.Hacked emails and photos stolen from an old email account of Kash Patel, the director of the F.B.I., surfaced on the internet on F
The Trump administration is weighing declaring Brazil’s two largest drug gangs terrorist groups, after lobbying by the sons of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro.Drug traffickers, part of an organized criminal group, gathered after a police operation in a favela in 2019.
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The FX show, which dramatizes the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, has inspired a legion of younger viewers to dig into the couple’s past and 1990s New York City.
The pair joined in a gathering of artists and others who denounced censorship and faulted President Trump’s growing influence over the nation’s cultural life.
The decision by the company, one of the most prestigious in the country, is the latest in a wave of high-profile cancellations at the center.A scene from New York City Ballet’s “Solitude,” choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, which was to be performed at the Kennedy Center.
A jazz drummer who called off a performance in protest of the center’s being renamed for President Trump said the president’s allies had sued him as punishment.The Kennedy Center in Washington was established as a living memorial to former President John F. Kennedy.
A man linked to a pro-Israel terrorist group was charged with making Molotov cocktails for what officials said was a plot to assassinate the New York City-based activist Nerdeen Kiswani.A New Jersey man who the authorities said was targeting Nerdeen Kiswani was arrested and eight Molotov cocktails w
For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction.Tim O’Harrow, 79, has tried to persuade politicians he has supported that they needed to fix the nation’s immigration system.
After a fatal runway collision between a jet and a fire truck, one of the key questions is why the truck didn’t heed frantic calls to stop.
Days after the disaster on a LaGuardia runway, two veterans of a specialized rescue unit have been released from the hospital.An Air Canada Express jet slammed into a Port Authority truck late Sunday at LaGuardia Airport. The two pilots were killed but the firefighters survived.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating an incident involving a helicopter that crossed in front of a commercial plane in California this week.
The bill passed Friday by the Idaho legislature would make it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison to use a gender-designated bathroom that does not conform to a person’s sex at birth.Idaho extended regulations on how transgender people can use bathrooms in schools to virtually all public re
The investigations are the latest moves by the Trump administration to force prisons to house transgender women with male inmates.The federal government blocked some grant funding to Maine prisons last year, a move that Attorney General Pam Bondi has said was made in response to the state’s transgen
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s primary opponents criticized him for inviting Hasan Piker to campaign with him. Mr. Piker is a fierce critic of Israel.Hasan Piker, left, will join Dr. Abdul El-Sayed at campaign rallies at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in April.
