August 21, 2025, 4:10 a.m. Eastern time
The State Senate will vote Thursday on maps intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. California Democrats will counter on the same day.
Israel approved new settlements in the occupied West Bank, while its troops have reached the outskirts of Gaza City. The developments raise questions about the viability of a cease-fire proposal.
The secretary of state and national security adviser will meet with European counterparts on Thursday in an effort to advance a peace process that so far has gotten little traction.
Romantasy is propping up the fiction market. Thanks to a generation that grew up reading about a boy wizard.
Heat waves are increasingly dangerous for those without water, shade and air-conditioning.
The long-stalled project near Jerusalem, known as E1, further fragments West Bank lands envisioned as part of a Palestinian state, advancing a goal of Israeli hard-liners.
As negotiations over the war carry on, President Vladimir V. Putin is pushing hard with tactics that have evolved over three and a half years.
Mexico and Canada have long viewed each other with indifference or even distrust. They’re now talking about teaming up.
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Highway 12 is beloved for its scenic views. But it’s also prone to flooding.
The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous” location in every classroom in Texas by Sept. 1.
A Texas Legislative Committee heard for the first time from the parents who demanded better flood warning systems, better training and equipment for camps near the river.
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The party is bleeding support beyond the ballot box, a new analysis shows.
Leaders of the Appropriations Committee are trying to tighten up funding legislation to give the Trump administration less leeway to refuse to spend federal money.
The former president suggested that Democrats opposing G.O.P. efforts in Texas and elsewhere should advance their own gerrymandering plans.
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A 90-day pause on additional tariffs on China offers no relief to American companies already facing extraordinarily high import taxes imposed by President Trump.
A battle is heating up in the streaming world as millions of Americans sign up for multiple services through a single provider instead of separate apps.
Michael Fiddelke, the company’s chief operating officer, will step into the role in February.
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The musical “Operation Mincemeat” tells the story of an absurd feat of deception dreamed up by this spy-turned-novelist. His real acts of espionage were even wilder.
The country singer became the latest major artist to abandon the awards, declining to enter his chart-topping fourth album, “I’m the Problem,” for the 2026 ceremony.
The actor’s improv background makes him more comfortable in comedy, but his performance in this twisty sci-fi mystery brought his first Emmy nomination.
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Among those expected to surrender in the coming days is a close friend of Mayor Eric Adams whom the mayor installed in a powerful city position.
The judge said that the papers contained testimony from a single F.B.I. agent and that far more information about the case was held in Justice Department files.
