The persistent rejections suggest that the grand jurors may have had enough of prosecutors seeking harsh charges in a highly politicized environment.Grand jurors have refused in at least seven recent cases to indict their fellow residents who became entangled in the president’s show of force.
In a social media post, President Trump said Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” Illinois officials condemned the message.Metal barricades were placed around the federal courthouse on Thursday night in the heart of Chicago’s downtown.
The operation includes Boston, whose mayor has drawn the administration’s ire for speaking out against the growing scale of its immigration actions.A homeland security officer observed a news briefing by Mayor Michelle Wu in Boston last month, after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded that Boston li
President Trump’s renaming of the Defense Department comes amid his campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize. On Saturday, he wrote on social media that Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.”President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to change the name of the Defense
The unraveling of relations between the United States and India has convinced many Indian officials that the country should return to its difficult balancing act of nonalignment.
The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.Vehicles move on the line at the Hyundai Motor Group plant in Ellabell, Ga. in March. Another part of that comple
The country said it had sent diplomats to the site, and South Korea’s foreign minister said he might travel to Washington himself to address the matter.A Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Ga., in March. On Thursday, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested hundreds of South Korean nationals at a neighboring
A 12-day war in June upended the shadow war rivalry between Israel and Iran. Some Iranians want to strike back, others want to move on.Over 12 days of war in June, more than 1,000 Iranians were killed in Israeli attacks. Most were civilians.
Following a 12-day war with Israel in July, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 civilians and many of Iran’s top nuclear scientists and officials, a New York Times team was granted access to Tehran. Declan Walsh, a Times international correspondent, explains how the conflict has created a wid
The demonstrators oppose the British government’s decision to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organization.Police officers detain a demonstrator at the “Lift The Ban” rally at Parliament Square in London, on Saturday.
Both singles champions will win $5 million. But the envelope they receive during the trophy presentation is a symbolic gesture.Sloane Stephens received $3.7 million for winning the U.S. Open women’s singles title in 2017. But it was not in the envelope she held.
Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.The Trump administration demanded that Gregory Washington, president of George Mason University, personally apologize for supporting diversity pro
One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.The Trump administration has opened more than a dozen federal investigations into Harvard over a variety of targets, from the university’s admissions policies to
Past jackpot winners recall fortunes found, mistakes made and advice for those holding a lucky ticket.Some last lottery winners have turned over their fortune to a financial adviser to manage. Others have seen their money fritter away on expensive purchases.
The most recent Powerball jackpot increased to $1.8 billion. Changes to Powerball and Mega Millions have led to increasingly large jackpots in recent years.In March, a Mega Millions jackpot became the first in 2024 to to pass $1 billion.
Noh was once the entertainment of medieval warriors. Today, remote Sado Islanders embrace one of the world’s oldest surviving types of drama.Shinobu Kamiyama, center, playing the tormented ghost of a famously beautiful woman in the play “Tamakazura” at Ushio Shrine on Sado Island, Japan. Noh dramas
Portuguese authorities released a highly anticipated preliminary report into the disaster, which killed 16 people this week.Tributes to victims of the funicular accident in Lisbon, on Friday.
The justice’s comments reflected tensions within the judiciary, as trial judges struggle to interpret the Supreme Court’s often cryptic emergency orders.Former Justice Stephen Breyer in 2021.
The remains of people killed and left in mass graves in the waning days of the war are being given dignified burials.A priest conducting a mass burial ceremony of people killed during World War II in the now-abandoned, formerly ethnic Polish village of Puzhnyky, Ukraine, on Saturday.
The two sexes are looking past each other.
Disposable plastics have profoundly reshaped the way we eat, shop, raise children and understand hygiene and progress.
The department had assigned officers to protect the former vice president after her Secret Service detail was terminated. Some criticized the use of the officers.Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at an event in April.
But the vote will not lead to a repeat of the walkout that snarled air travel in Canada last month.An Air Canada flight attendant walks through the terminal at Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal last month.
Mr. Sanders appeared with the Democratic front-runner for mayor of New York City at a town hall in Brooklyn on Saturday night as part of his Fighting Oligarchy tour.Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Fighting Olig
