An attack at a town hall in Minneapolis, amid a surge in threats against lawmakers, was the latest sign of the fraying of the nation’s political fabric.
A homeless encampment in Chicago in March 2024. Local data collected by The New York Times showed that homelessness fell 60 percent in Chicago in the last year of the Biden administration.
As a legal battle continues over the fate of New York City’s toll program, a judge appeared skeptical of the federal government’s arguments, but did not issue a ruling.
Sergey Brin donated $20 million to a new political drive aimed at solving California’s housing crisis, spurring other billionaires to pitch in. Their efforts may also help ward off a wealth tax.
Sergey Brin’s group says it is trying to solve problems and help middle-class workers pay for housing in a state where the median home price has surpassed $850,000.
The State Department clarified comments made by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada that NORAD would be “altered” if that country did not purchase American F-35 jets.
Canada began a review of its agreement to buy F-35 fighter jets from the United States last year. The United States still wants Canada to use those jets for the common defense of North American airspace.
Carlisle Rivera became the third person to be sentenced for playing a role in trying to kill Masih Alinejad, an activist and a critic of the Iranian government.
Across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, hundreds of power lines and poles remained damaged after freezing rain and low temperatures coated much of the region in ice over the weekend.
Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, speaking before a man sprayed her with a liquid at a town hall event in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
Anthony J. Kazmierczak frequently posted online about conservative issues. He told a neighbor that he was going to get arrested at an event hosted by Ms. Omar.
The police say Anthony Kazmierczak, center, used a syringe to spray Representative Ilhan Omar with a liquid at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday night before he was tackled by security officers.
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