Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84
As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.
As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.
The “J6ers,” as they refer to themselves, praised President Trump but called for more action from his administration, including financial restitution and prison reform.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was said to have listed the Trump administration’s demands to Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, in a classified meeting Monday with senior congressional leaders.
President Trump’s trusted adviser is casting his hard-right gaze abroad, saying the world must be governed by “force.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, and said they must work to end solitary confinement.
Claudio Neves Valente, who is accused of killing two students at Brown and an M.I.T. professor, left rambling descriptions of the shootings.
Lawmakers were informed that the Office of Legal Counsel said Mr. Trump could lawfully order military strikes inside Venezuelan territory and a commando raid to capture President Nicolás Maduro.
Ms. Weaver, a longtime tenant advocate who was appointed to a high-profile role in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, is facing criticism for past comments on homeownership.
His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.
Timesha Beauchamp, 20, was found alive at a funeral home after she had been pronounced dead during a medical episode in Southfield, Mich. She died weeks later.
“I don’t think any governor in history has had to fight a war against the federal government every single day,” Gov. Walz said after ending his re-election bid.
The small but symbolic gesture, at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge, signals more ambitious street redesign plans from the new mayor.
Also, Europe discusses postwar plans for Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
A new web page on the official White House site blames the Capitol Police and Democrats for the pro-Trump mob riot, absolving the president of responsibility and calling participants “innocent.”
President Trump has said since his first term that he wants to acquire Greenland, and he asked aides for an updated plan on Monday. European leaders rejected the president’s assertions.
The ruling was the most robust effort to date to press the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, on why she has continued to serve as the U.S. attorney, despite an order throwing out her appointment.
The move against the medical aid group enforces policies limiting criticism of Israel’s conduct in the war and requiring personal details about Gazan employees.
But taking Venezuela’s oil while leaving the regime in place weren’t among them.
The funding is part of an A.I. frenzy, as investors aggressively plow enormous sums into fast-growing start-ups at sky-high valuations.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the numbers on Tuesday. Officials attributed the rise in rapes in part to a change in the state definition of sexual assault.
The movies and TV series competing for the 83rd Golden Globes. The ceremony will air on Jan. 11.
The California Republican’s sudden passing, on the same day that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation took effect, made the party’s House math even trickier.
The election on March 10, or a runoff in April, will determine who serves out the remainder of Ms. Greene’s term after her unexpected resignation from Congress.
The country could, eventually, attract investment and re-emerge as a force in the oil markets, but many analysts are concerned about an oversupply.
On Capitol Hill, Democrats spent the fifth anniversary of the riot forcefully rebutting the president’s attempts to rewrite the history of the attack, as he stepped up his false claims.
There is no simple procedural mechanism for lawyers, or the public, to challenge the fitness of judges.
President Trump is still sowing doubt about the integrity of America’s elections. The claims could affect this year’s midterms.
The secretary of state helped steer President Trump to attacking Venezuela and seizing Nicolás Maduro, and now aims to force the country to give U.S. companies access to its oil.
Ray Jayawardhana, the incoming president, is an astrophysicist, but leaders at the California Institute of Technology also praised his credentials as a communicator at a time when science is under attack.
Rights groups accuse security forces of killing protesters and storming a hospital in the province of Ilam. State media claimed that some protesters were armed.