While the president remains the most dominant figure in the world, other leaders and institutions are pushing back more vigorously than at the beginning of his second term.World leaders and domestic institutions are showing less willingness to submit to President Trump’s will.
Foreign ambassadors were promised free food and drinks, misting fans and shaded seats during the event. Then some of them were uninvited.White House staff members watch the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the National Mall last week. Some ambassadors were uninvited.
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.Dolly Parton in 1975. She was likened to the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the Depression-era symbol of abundance. Her music confronted privation and loss even as
Parton gave hopeful expression to songs she wrote about the hard times and hard-won triumphs of her life.Dolly Parton performing on the steps of New York’s City Hall in 1978.
Parton had recently canceled a Las Vegas residency because of health issues. A spokesman said she was admitted to a cancer center in Nashville on Friday.In the past, Dolly Parton said she had dealt with challenges involving her immune and digestive systems.
The country music star kept her home state at the forefront of her music and work. “She inspired Tennesseans to be better,” one resident said.As the nation mourned Dolly Parton’s death on Tuesday, the grief was perhaps the most profound in Tennessee.
President Trump went all in for Senator Darline Graham in a primary runoff on Tuesday. It worked, preserving his undefeated streak in Republican Senate primaries this year.Senator Darline Graham’s victory on Tuesday showed President Trump’s continued ability to move Republican primary voters, especi
Mike Mazzei, a former state senator who lent more than $11 million of his own money to his campaign, narrowly defeated the state’s attorney general, Gentner Drummond.Mike Mazzei delivering his closing remarks at a televised debate this month in the Oklahoma Republican governor’s race.
Everton Blair Jr. will serve until January in the seat long held by Mr. Scott, who died in April. Mr. Blair is not competing in the general election for the next full term in the deep-blue district.Everton Blair Jr. will head to Washington for the remaining months of Representative David Scott’s ter
A long-shot candidate with the same name as the incumbent Republican senator will be on the ballot in November. That could be a problem for the G.O.P.Dan J. Sullivan in Petersburg, Alaska, this summer.
The leadership vacuum comes as the Army is trying to adapt to a new kind of war dominated by deadly drones.
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The United States threatened sanctions for any country or entity that engages with Iran’s gold, digital assets, aviation, shipping and tech industries. Here’s why that matters.A gas station in Tehran on Tuesday. The United States imposed a monthslong blockade on Iran’s shipments of oil, the nation’s
President Trump’s “Economic D-Day” is intended to break the stalemate with Iran. But decades of sanctions have done little to change the country’s behavior.President Trump has bombarded Iran with new sanctions during his second term, targeting virtually the country’s entire economy.
Bank Melli, Iran’s largest lender, already faces waves of sanctions that severely limit its ability to operate abroad. Every foreign branch must be shut down, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.The main branch of Bank Melli in Tehran last year.
The prospect that the kingdom could enrich uranium has drawn opposition from Democrats and revived concerns about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Saudi energy minister, in Saudi Arabia last year. The two signed an agreement
Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs.The U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Plant in Clairton, Pa. Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on hu
The president has invoked a long dormant section of law to hit one of America’s closest allies, a move that has troubled courts in the past.President Trump has invoked a little-known statute to impose his latest tariffs on Canada.
A surrogate refused to have an abortion after the fetus was diagnosed with a serious heart problem. She fled to Texas and had the child. Now she wants a judge to give custody to her instead of the biological parents.McKenna West, right, after a court hearing in Dallas on Tuesday.
The National Museum of Korean Democracy, which opened last year, documents an era of brutal suppression. But that dark history has resurfaced in troubling ways.Yoo Dong-woo was among hundreds of pro-democracy activists who were tortured at the Namyeong-dong Anti-Communist Interrogation Office in Seo
Williams and Carlos Alcaraz coasted to an early victory in mixed doubles before losing their second match.
The star-studded sporting and social event runs until Sept. 13 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.Naomi Osaka of Japan, left, faced off against Amanda Anisimova of the United States in their U.S. Open semifinal matchup in Arthur Ashe Stadium last year.
Trailing Dolly Parton around the world, I witnessed so many small moments in which she’d gracefully own her power without the slightest hint of fight.
Spheres of conflict have multiplied and are merging. Meanwhile, the West is a mess.
