December 18, 2025, 4:30 a.m. Eastern time
Mixing misleading claims with repeated attacks, President Trump promised relief for Americans but said he needed time to deliver it.
An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”
Pentagon officials, surprised by President Trump’s orders, scrambled to work out a plan to halt sanctioned tankers as Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader, vowed resistance.
New legislation will be drafted to target those who promote violence and to increase penalties for hate speech, the prime minister said Thursday.
The European Council convenes on Thursday, and at stake is a contentious deal to back Ukraine and its war effort in 2026 and 2027.
New research suggests that having a pet can actually make people more likely to become parents.
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The departure of Mr. Bongino had seemed inevitable since August, when the White House hired Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, to share his job as deputy director.
Judge Jia M. Cobb wrote that two policies announced in June appeared to unlawfully bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits at immigration detention facilities.
Mr. Reiner was filmed entering a gas station’s store in South Los Angeles to buy a sports drink roughly an hour before he was arrested by the police across the street.
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The Pentagon has released plenty of video clips that show American missiles blowing boats suspected of carrying drugs out of the water. But the “double tap” strike on Sept. 2 is being kept under wraps.
The White House unveiled plaques near the Oval Office that describe U.S. presidents with varying levels of accuracy, depending on President Trump’s opinion of them.
A federal court filing says the Army crew piloting a Black Hawk helicopter could have avoided the nighttime accident in January if it had been able to see and avoid a commercial jet.
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Beijing is using its messaging tools to show off its prowess at building infrastructure and project power, taking advantage of what it says is “deep anxiety” in U.S. policies.
The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.
Federal prosecutors filed criminal fraud charges against two top executives at Tricolor Auto, and two other executives have already pleaded guilty to related charges.
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A boundary-pushing array of new crypto ventures have reached the stock market, enticing investors and leading to more risk taking.
China’s experiments in clean energy can feel like living in the future. Even when things don’t quite work.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it had reached a deal with YouTube for exclusive rights to the show starting in 2029.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul cast the measure in unusually personal terms, saying she had felt “the pain of seeing someone you love suffer and feeling powerless to stop it.”
For more than three and a half years, officials said, the men used the Johnson Houses as “an open drug market” to sell crack cocaine and fentanyl.
A dispute on a Brooklyn street appeared to explode after the perpetrator made antisemitic statements, the police said.
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The novelist Dinaw Mengestu will lead the literary group at a time of escalating threats to free expression at home and abroad.
The musical was already one of theater’s biggest success stories. Then came Hollywood.
