The Times obtained videos of a Tuesday immigration operation in South Los Angeles that left a deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer Carlitos Ricardo Parias wounded. Footage shows a sedan boxed in by officers, engine revving as smoke billows, an order to 'Shoot him with a pepper ball,' then 11...
On Day 22 of the shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson conceded at his Capitol news conference that the GOP’s message feels "old" and said a strategy shift may be needed, even as he insisted Republicans are "99.8%" united in refusing to negotiate with Democrats until the government is funded. With...
Thieves stole €88 million in crown jewels from the Louvre in under eight minutes, riding a stolen basket lift to a window and slicing open two Apollo Gallery cases with disc cutters. Alarms sounded, visitors were evacuated, and police were alerted, but the crew fled at 9:38 a.m. on scooters,...
EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Thursday to debate a €140 billion loan for Ukraine, financed with frozen Russian assets, and whether to tie it to buying European-made weapons. France, with Germany and Italy to a lesser extent, backs steering funds to the EU defense industry, an idea floated...
NATO chief Mark Rutte, after meeting President Donald Trump at the White House, praised US–NATO ties and backed fresh U.S. sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, urging sustained pressure for a Ukraine ceasefire. Rutte said Trump uniquely opened a dialogue with Vladimir Putin, though Trump canceled a planned meeting...
The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 Farm Service Agency offices nationwide on Thursday despite the government shutdown, enabling access to $3 billion in existing aid. Each site will have two paid staff, with funding drawn from the Commodity Credit Corporation, a White House official said. Republicans and farm groups...
Astronomers report that comet 3I/ATLAS has flipped its tail to point away from the Sun, after a rare sunward anti‑tail seen in July–August 2025. Nordic Optical Telescope data confirm the anti‑tail vanished by September. Researchers say dust and ices respond differently to sunlight: far out, CO2‑driven jets pushed large grains...
One day after a high-profile ICE raid jolted Manhattan’s Chinatown, New York attorney general Letitia James unveiled a Federal Action Reporting Portal, urging residents to submit photos and videos of federal immigration enforcement across the state. The form accepts images, locations and consent for public use by her office. The...
President Donald Trump said the White House East Wing will be torn down to make way for a new $250m ballroom, with crews already demolishing sections and officials telling CBS the entire wing will be gone by the weekend. He insisted the project has been transparent and said it is...
Graham Platner, a 41-year-old Marine veteran and Democratic US Senate hopeful in Maine, apologized and says he has covered a chest tattoo that resembled a Nazi Totenkopf after backlash to a wedding video where it was visible. He said he chose the skull-and-crossbones in 2007 while drinking with fellow Marines...
