For months across the Potomac, the protocol of the inauguration is as constant and solemn as the president’s words engraved on the monument. Leaders and luminaries will put aside their sorrows and come together to celebrate democracy. This day marks…
Complaints that the US government is no longer doing big and bold things have become random. But the ban on TikTok — a social media platform that half of Americans use — certainly qualifies as big and bold. Yesterday it…
When Hamas militants launched a deadly raid on the border on October 7, 2023, they triggered a war with Israel that devastated Gaza. They also created shock waves that changed the Middle East in unexpected ways. Strong contracts have been…
Immigrant food is in a sweet spot, both literally and figuratively. Just a stone’s throw from the White House, which will soon be occupied by a new president with hot ideas on immigration, the restaurant showcases the influence of global…
Just two weeks after the election, a doctor at our clinic received a letter from a patient, an undocumented immigrant who feared he would be detained for a second term. Trump. The patient is diabetic and has rotator cuff tendinitis,…
President-elect Donald J. Trump has chosen Brandon Williams, a former Marine officer and one-term congressman, to become the custodian of thousands of nuclear weapons. Mr. Trump’s selection is a departure from the tradition in which the people who have served…
For 18 years, Nancy Spiller has enjoyed “the magic of canyon living” in LA’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where the morning sun casts the brush-covered rocky mountains beyond. the windows in the bright orange light. Ms. Spiller, 71, watched the mist…
Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital and other cities across the country with drones and ballistic missiles before dawn on Saturday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, Ukrainian officials said. . Air-raid alarms continued to sound as emergency crews…
TikTokers have said goodbye to the app and to “private Chinese spies” who have allegedly been monitoring them for years. The BBC spoke to US influencers who are participating in this trend and how they feel about the possibility of…
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen told Congress on Friday that on January 21 the Treasury Department must begin using “extraordinary measures” to prevent The United States will not pay its debts. The warning is likely to be one of Ms.…
