US Carries Out First Airstrike in Somalia Since August
WASHINGTON — The United States conducted a drone strike against Al Shabab militants in Somalia this week, the first such military action against the Qaeda affiliate in East Africa since…
Pentagon Offers Grim Assessment of Early Stages of Russian Invasion
Russian military forces are moving to decapitate the Ukrainian government in Kyiv, the Pentagon said on Thursday, in a grim assessment of the first stages of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion…
A New California Law Could Make Your Next Car Rental More Expensive
Californians renting cars may want to watch out for new charges on their bill now that a longstanding provision banning fees for additional drivers has quietly been removed. Those fees…
Are You Affected by the Conflict in Ukraine?
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia declared the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine on Thursday, after months of speculation about Russia’s intentions as it massed tens of…
New U.S. Sanctions Target Russian Company Behind Nord Stream 2
WASHINGTON — President Biden said on Wednesday that he would issue economic sanctions on the company behind a new natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, the latest in a…
Putin Spins a Conspiracy Theory That Ukraine Is on a Path to Nuclear Weapons
“It is a great tragedy,” said Rose Gottemoeller, who negotiated the New START arms control treaty with Russia and is now at Stanford University. “Putin is so steeped in his…
William Kuenzel, Who Claimed Innocence From Death Row, Dies at 60
Mr. Kuenzel petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review the case, and in a friend of the court brief filed in 2013, Mr. Morgenthau, who had by then retired…
3 Men Plead Guilty in Plot to Attack U.S. Power Grid
As part of their plot, each man focused on substations in different regions of the country, and how to attack the power grids with rifles, according to court documents. The…
Bob Beckel, Liberal Operative Who Became a Fixture on Fox, Dies at 73
Bob Beckel, who parlayed a lengthy career as a Democratic political operative into an even longer one as a TV pundit, mostly for Fox News, where he assumed the role…
How David McCormick Is Attempting a MAGA Makeover
By any conventional measure, David McCormick’s pedigree is impressive. Champion wrestler. West Point graduate. Army Ranger. Ph.D. from Princeton. Tech executive. Treasury official in the George W. Bush administration. One…