What to Know About COP29 and How the U.S. Election Affects Climate Talks
Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering for annual climate negotiations. Here’s what they’re all about and what Donald Trump’s victory means for the meeting.
Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering for annual climate negotiations. Here’s what they’re all about and what Donald Trump’s victory means for the meeting.
The president-elect says that tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” You may be hearing it a lot.
The president-elect said during the campaign that he would grant clemency to some of those who took part in the assault by his supporters on the Capitol nearly four years ago.
After decades of relative stability, the country has entered a new era of political fragmentation and will hold new elections at a precarious time.
The Jewish Museum pairs the Texas artist with a 20th-century master. Together they confront racism with horror — and humor.
The envoy, Kevin Rudd, said that he had removed the posts “out of respect for the office of the president.” But it was a sign of broader anxiety over Donald J. Trump’s return to power.
He made one essential bet: that his grievances would become the grievances of the MAGA movement, and then the G.O.P., and then more than half the country. It paid off.
The central bank said that future cuts would be gradual after spending increases were introduced in the government’s new budget.
The deadliest strikes hit the Bekaa Valley, which is home to the historic city of Baalbek.
A new report, urging rich nations to give more climate aid to poorer ones, comes as Donald Trump’s election throws global climate talks into disarray.
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Russians close to the Kremlin voiced optimism that Donald J. Trump could help end the war in Ukraine on Russia’s terms. But Moscow also remembers Trump’s first term as a disappointment.
Another Trump term could spur Europe’s efforts to stand on its own, but it is far from clear its leaders will seize the moment this time.
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The executives of tech’s biggest companies largely ignored Donald Trump before the 2016 election. This time around, they’re far more friendly.
It was the wrong time to be the defender and champion of the country’s governing establishment.
Donald J. Trump has embraced tabloids, reality TV, Twitter and cable news. This year, he moved on to podcasts and online streamers.
Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and others learned during the last Trump administration to expect the unexpected when it came to Washington scrutiny and support.
Opinion columnists break down what the worst version of a second Trump administration would be.
The war in the Middle East has become this era’s most important progressive cause.
Donald J. Trump spent his first presidency on a collision course with America’s central bank. Will it intensify?
Beijing is expecting more volatility and competition with the United States, though a lackluster economy may limit China’s options for pushing back.
The Republicans’ election dominance carried into state legislatures, where the party made gains in Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Democrats, though, broke the G.O.P. supermajority in North Carolina.
He made one essential bet: that his grievances would become the grievances of the MAGA movement, and then the G.O.P., and then more than half the country. It paid off.
The coalition the Democratic Party built in the Obama years has crumbled. But Democrats can choose how to respond.
Federal Reserve officials are widely expected to cut rates by a quarter point, as uncertainty about a second Trump presidency looms large.
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Apart from promising to safeguard abortion rights, the campaign didn’t do enough to address other issues important to women.
The Gulf region is looking to the next U.S. administration for help in ending the Mideast war and firm cooperation on security and economic interests.
Moscow has been using decoy drones with no warheads to overwhelm defenses, and surveillance drones and strike drones to gather intelligence, Ukrainian officials said.