Richard A. Boucher, Veteran State Department Spokesman, Dies at 73
Working for six secretaries of state, he was known for explaining and defending U.S. foreign policy in a noncombative tone, without interjecting his own opinion.
Working for six secretaries of state, he was known for explaining and defending U.S. foreign policy in a noncombative tone, without interjecting his own opinion.
The attacker, described as a “hacktivist,” shut down computer systems and stole student data last week.
The judge decided the jury should keep deliberating on a racketeering conspiracy charge after it said there were “unpersuadable opinions on both sides.”
The company’s name has become synonymous with a failure to adapt to the digital revolution. But overseas, its logo has become an unlikely retro fashion statement.
Prosecutors aimed to show jurors that Sean Combs ran a criminal enterprise responsible for years of sex-trafficking, drug distribution and other crimes.
Here are five takeaways from New York City’s second experience with ranked-choice voting, and how it helped Zohran Mamdani secure a decisive victory.
The music mogul has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. Here’s what has happened in court.
Will liberals keep making excuses for Mamdani?
Students said they had been overcharged for their educations as a result of incorrect data that they said the school had used to artificially inflate its ranking.
In an order on Tuesday, a judge found the Trump administration’s plans to drastically change the structure and mission of the Department of Health and Human Services was probably unlawful.
Small improvements in taxes are overshadowed by cuts to health insurance and other federal aid, resulting in a package favoring the wealthy.
Party leaders were able to muscle through considerable internal rifts, but the bill’s fate in the House was uncertain.
A bill to cut the cost of Britain’s social welfare system passed a hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday, but only after Prime Minister Keir Starmer made significant concessions.
The Nordic country for the first time has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women in its latest move to expand its armed forces.
It was the two leaders’ first call since 2022, and the Russian president’s first with any major European leader since last year.
The sprawling legislation that Republicans expended extraordinary effort to muscle through the Senate was a high-stakes risk that is likely to have major consequences for the party and the country.
A member of the German collective Zero Group, he hammered thousands of nails — into columns, chairs, canvases — expressing the power of repetition to bring about complexity.
You cannot control outsiders without controlling insiders.
The Federal Reserve chair said the central bank would make decisions on interest rates based on data.
President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials laid out expectations from the new government in Damascus.
Vance’s posts about the reconciliation package reveal the true nature of Trump’s populism.
The federal website hosting five legislatively mandated reports stopped working Monday afternoon.
Mr. Mamdani’s victory upended city politics and reverberated nationally. He relied on a memorable message, charisma and a strong ground game.
Mr. Mamdani, a state assemblyman and democratic socialist, won by a 12-point margin. He was declared the winner on Tuesday after ranked-choice tabulations were run.
Among the most expensive pieces of legislation in years, the Republican legislation could reshape the country’s finances for a generation.
A fire-and-brimstone preacher, he reached millions and made millions in a global enterprise before tumbling from grace over his encounters with a prostitute.
The luxury retailer made an initial payment to bondholders on time, but six months after it acquired Neiman Marcus concerns about its finances remain.
Heather K. Gerken, the dean of the law school, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.
No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.
Voting for over 24 hours, senators donned fluffy blankets in the frigid chamber, gobbled fast food and recorded behind-the-scenes tours of the Capitol as Republicans struggled to pass their sweeping policy bill.