| Starmer Tells Parliament He Was Kept in the Dark on Mandelson Vetting
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed British lawmakers on Monday after it emerged that Peter Mandelson, his onetime ambassador to the United States, was rejected for top security clearances.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:23:14 +0000
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| Why Gas Prices Go Up Fast and Take So Long to Fall
- Fuel station owners take some of the hit for consumers when oil prices surge. On the way down, they try to get their money back.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:19:08 +0000
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| Strait of Hormuz Traffic Is at a Standstill Again
- Few vessels are crossing after Iran reversed course on reopening the vital waterway and ships came under attack.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:13:24 +0000
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| Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That Reject Children of Gay Parents
- Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:52:56 +0000
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| A Decisive Win Raises Bulgarians’ Hopes for Change
- An election victory by a former president, Rumen Radev, gives the country a chance for stability and to clean out the corruption that has stymied its growth.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:16:56 +0000
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| Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a ‘Natural’ Health Hack
- The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:46:53 +0000
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| Vance Heads to New Talks With Iran. At Stake: Peace and His Own Standing.
- The vice president is again center stage, after abruptly leaving the first round of high-level Iranian peace talks without an agreement.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:34:01 +0000
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| The Town That Reveals All of Trump’s Bad Economic Ideas
- The jobs are coming back, despite President Trump’s tariffs and harsh immigration enforcement.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:54:45 +0000
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| The Iran War Sent Shock Waves Through Asia That Are Likely to Spread
- The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks. Scenes of crisis there indicate that problems are multiplying and spreading.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:39:57 +0000
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| Tsunami Warnings Downgraded in Japan After Strong Offshore Earthquake
- The 7.7-magnitude undersea quake occurred off Iwate Prefecture, on the northeastern coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:28:49 +0000
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| Stolen Letters That John Keats Sent to His Beloved Are Found
- The eight letters by the 19th-century Romantic poet to his fiancée, Fanny Brawne, were taken decades ago from a Whitney family estate on Long Island.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:21:57 +0000
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| Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs
- The government will debut a system to repay importers two months after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs at the heart of the president’s trade policy.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:09:55 +0000
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| Haunted by ‘Dark Thoughts,’ Louisiana Father Kills 8 Children
- Seven of the eight children killed were the shooter’s own. Relatives said the gunman, who died in a confrontation with police, was struggling with mental health problems and stressed about his relationship with his wife.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:39:07 +0000
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| The President Is Coming to the White House Correspondent’s Dinner
- A president who relishes attacking the news media is set to break his boycott of an event celebrating the news media. What could go wrong?
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:42:18 +0000
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| A Supreme Court Scoop
- We go behind the scenes at the nation’s highest court.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:37:51 +0000
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| U.S. Attacks and Seizes Cargo Ship Near Iran, and a First Step Toward Tariff Refunds
- Plus, Lego crime.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:12 +0000
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| A Leaner Saudi Arabia Turns From Grandiose Plans to Pragmatism
- A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030” program to transform the country’s economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:30:10 +0000
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| Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real Possibility
- Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:03:51 +0000
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| Northeast Swings From 90 Degrees to Freezing Cold in Just a Few Days
- Central Park and other spots around the region set record-high temperatures last week. Freeze watches were in place on Monday. What’s going on?
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:03:17 +0000
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| Ukraine, Short on Troops, Is Turning to Robots to Help Its War Efforts
- Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm’s way.
Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:02:53 +0000
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