Opinion | Ron DeSantis Is Making an Asylum Crisis of His Own
When nearly 50 migrants were lured onto a pair of planes in San Antonio and dumped on Martha’s Vineyard this month, a sequence of events arranged by Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Sedition Trial of Oath Keepers to Get Underway
When Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers militia, and four other members of the far-right group go on trial on Tuesday for seditious conspiracy in the attack on…
An Israel-Lebanon Border Deal Could Increase Natural Gas Supplies
Israel and Lebanon have been at war since 1948, but the countries are close to an agreement that could increase production of natural gas, helping energy-starved Europe. Officials from the…
House Jan. 6 Panel Faces Key Decisions as It Wraps Up Work
WASHINGTON — A day before resuming its televised hearings and with only months remaining before it closes up shop, the House Jan. 6 committee is wrangling over how best to…
Opinion | We Know Shockingly Little About What Makes Humanity Prosper
Why do some countries produce far more science Nobel laureates than others? Why did Silicon Valley happen in California rather than Japan or Boston? Why did the Industrial Revolution happen…
Germany investigates leaks in Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia.
The authorities are trying to determine the cause of leaks in two gas pipelines running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea after both experienced a sudden drop in…
U.S. Suit Over Alliance of American Airlines and JetBlue Goes to Trial
A Justice Department effort to break up an alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways is set to go to trial in Boston on Tuesday morning, part of a broad…
Hochul and Zeldin Turn Potential Debates Into a Game of Chicken
There have been accusations of cowardice, name-calling and, of course, liberal use of a chicken suit motif. With six weeks until Election Day, the candidates in the New York race…
How About Them Apples? Research Orchards Chart a Fruit’s Future.
Imagine reaching up to a tree branch and plucking an apple that’s unusually tall and narrow — a variety called Kandil Snap, native to the Black Sea region. In an…
Lawmakers Propose Measure to Avert Government Shutdown This Week
WASHINGTON — Top lawmakers proposed a stopgap funding package on Monday night that would avert a government shutdown at the end of the week and set aside a major new…