President Trump and congressional leaders failed to reach a budget deal, raising the risk of a federal government shutdown over disputes on health care funding.
Ian Roberts, superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, was arrested by ICE and placed on unpaid leave after officials alleged he was in the U.S. illegally.
Aron Bell, the youngest and final surviving member of the Bielski partisan brothers who rescued 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust, has died at age 98.
Mika Immonen, the Finnish two-time world pool champion known as the ‘Iceman’ for his steely focus and fitness-driven approach, has died at age 52.
James Graham’s new play ‘Punch’ brings to the stage a real-life story of tragedy, accountability, and reconciliation through restorative justice.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ returns as ‘Masquerade’—a daring, intimate, and controversial immersive theater experience in Manhattan.
The United States is increasingly adopting tactics seen in authoritarian regimes to suppress dissent, particularly around Israel-Gaza discourse and media criticism.
Top Trump officials are advancing a bold strategy to remove Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, combining military pressure, intelligence ops, and secret talks with opposition leaders.
While publicly urging peace in the Cambodia-Thailand border war, China secretly supplied Cambodia with rockets and artillery, according to Thai intelligence—highlighting Beijing’s contradictory regional strategy.
In Shenzhen’s towering office blocks, freelance ‘floor runners’ form an essential human link that gets hot meals from lobby to desk—revealing the hidden labor behind China’s food delivery boom.