Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the president’s America First approach.Americans cheered the announcement of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope on Thursday. Other spectators were bewildered when his identity
“This is like a reward from God,” a local parishioner said, as researchers unearthed more details about the lives of Leo XIV’s ancestors in the heart of the city’s Afro-Caribbean culture.A special mass was held in honor of the new pope on Friday at St. Louis Cathedral, a famed basilica in New Orlean
One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ rights.Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the ambassador of the Holy See to the United States, far left, with several American cardinals at a news conference in Rome on Friday.
Stephen Miller, a top aide, repeated a justification used in the immigration crackdown: that the country is fighting an invasion. But it is unclear the president has the power to take such a step.Suspending habeas corpus is “an option we’re actively looking at,” Stephen Miller, the White House deput
A small group of Republicans is threatening to torpedo President Trump’s agenda over the state and local tax deduction, long a headache for both parties.Lawmakers who represent states where the deduction is cherished, including Representative Nick LaLota, a New York Republican, say they are willing
Environmentalists said a ritual at the office of Lee Zeldin, the agency head, highlighted a disconnect between religious principles and looser health and climate protections.A mezuza, a parchment scroll inscribed with Jewish prayers, that was installed by the office of the E.P.A. administrator this
Pakistan accused India of launching air-to-surface missiles that targeted at least three bases. Soon after, Pakistani officials said retaliatory action had begun.Streaks in the skies over Jammu, a city in the part of Kashmir that India controls. Residents reported a blackout and sounds of explosions
Ras J. Baraka and city officials have said that the lockup is operating without a valid certificate of occupancy. Three members of Congress from New Jersey were with Mr. Baraka when he was arrested.
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was being detained in Louisiana. A federal judge said her detention threatened to chill the speech of millions of noncitizens and ordered her release.People rallied in support of Rumeysa Ozturk in April in front of a federal courthouse in Boston.
Can a small Massachusetts start-up perfect a battery that would make electric vehicles cheaper and more convenient than conventional cars?A Factorial pilot factory in Methuen, Mass. To make money, a battery factory can’t produce too many defective cells.
The Times found that federal agencies have revived dozens of contracts that Elon Musk’s group still publicly listed as canceled, inflating what it has saved.The reversals illustrate not only the struggles of Elon Musk’s team to produce accurate data about its results, but also the drawbacks of its f
He left conservatives bitterly disappointed with his migration from right to left, leading to the cry of “no more Souters.”Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in 2003. Appointed in 1990, he had become known by the end of his second year on the Court for having surprised the president who appointed
The military parade marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was intended to impress allies and tap into Russia’s deep sense of national pride.Russian service members at the Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday.
On Saturday, the leaders of four major European powers — France, Germany, Britain and Poland — will travel to Kyiv in a display of European unity.Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and President Emmanuel Macron of France, in Paris on Wednesday.
It has been 120 days since the last drawdown of weapons from Pentagon stockpiles was announced, outstripping Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on Ukraine aid more than a year ago.An American-made Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the Donetsk region of Ukraine last year. The Trump administration has not sent new
The rapper and R&B star are taking victory laps for smash hits and albums. But their co-headlining tour is still threaded with angst and reflection.SZA and Kendrick Lamar onstage during the first night of their joint Grand National Tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Thursday night.
Dispensary owners say a protracted trade war would harm a niche but popular sector in which imported herbs are prescribed to treat colds, pain and other ailments.Kamwo Meridian Herbs in Manhattan claims to be the largest traditional Chinese medicine dispensary on the East Coast. Many of the herbs it
The Trump administration could use the investigation to impose new tariffs on imported planes, jet engines and other aerospace parts.A Boeing factory in Everett, Wash. An investigation by the Trump administration into imports of jet engines and other aviation parts could be the first step in the imp
Future Forward, the big-money group supporting Kamala Harris’s presidential bid last year, resurfaced after her loss with an event in California.Some of the biggest names in Democratic politics came to the Ritz-Carlton resort in Half Moon Bay, Calif., this week for a closed-door conference hosted by
The air traffic control mishap early Friday morning added to disruptions in recent days that have intensified concerns about safety at one of the busiest U.S. airports.The outage at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday lasted about 90 seconds and delayed flights for hours.
Let her stay in her pajamas, and make one of these for her instead.Mark Bittman’s everyday pancakes are reliably light and fluffy.
When such family teams make it work, though, they can have mother-and-child super powers.
Preaching about the supernatural and the digital.
There’s been a profound and dangerous shift in their rivalry, and it threatens U.S. interests.A flag-lowering ceremony at a post at the India-Pakistan border.
