Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian secretary under pressure from the White House, organized an exhibit exploring America’s founding ideals.

The babies were part of a vaccine trial for a respiratory virus in the 1960s and died shortly after. Their families said they had been unaware of the trial until recently.

The collision on the Queensboro Bridge involved an e-scooter that is not legally allowed to be used on the streets of New York.

When Matteo Messina Denaro died in 2023, many of his secrets died with him. That began to change with a tip about a wealthy Sicilian woman’s significant assets in a tiny European principality.

President Trump’s pendulum swings on Iran have often seemed driven by mood and moment rather than any discernible strategy.

The TV network slammed the Federal Communications Commission, saying the regulator was targeting its station licenses in a campaign of “unconstitutional retaliation.”

The disaster at the mill in Longview, Wash., which took at least eight lives, was greeted with sadness but not surprise by a community that knew cutbacks and other pressures had raised risks.

First, The Star was born. Now, The Washington Star is reborn. Both are hoping to win readers ceded by recent layoffs at The Washington Post.

Treasury Secretary Bessent backed the idea, which would require legislation allowing a living person to appear on currency.

A key moment at a Senate primary debate in Michigan showed how pro-Israel Democrats are approaching the issue with caution.

Bari Weiss, CBS’s editor in chief, named Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker, as the show’s executive producer. The network also fired two on-air correspondents.

President Trump has increasingly adopted a posture of nonchalance when pushed on the political consequences of his actions.

After attacking the Texas attorney general, who won the G.O.P. nomination, Senate Republicans are pivoting sharply to support him in what is now a competitive race.

Many Gen Z men who voted for Donald Trump are dismayed by his time in office. But they say they are not hearing an appealing pitch from Democrats, either.

Ukraine and Iran have shown us that war as we’ve known it is over.

The billionaire’s new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and shared beliefs with Argentina’s right-wing leader.

Months after Pakistan declared “open war” on Afghanistan, neither side appears ready to back down, despite China’s efforts to mediate.

A key measure of inflation in China, they hit a 16-year low, driven by anemic consumer spending and an oversupply of hogs.

Ms. Carroll, who prevailed in a civil trial after accusing President Trump of sexual abuse, is the latest target in a Justice Department campaign going after his perceived enemies.

The former president argued that the Justice Department has a responsibility to protect the privacy of conversations he had with a former ghostwriter.