The actor had to read so many books (153) she bowed out of most family activities. Still, she said, collaborating to pick a winner was worth the sacrifice.
For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.
After an arduous journey from Iran to Turkey to Brazil to the U.S. border, Mehrdad Dalir was detained and then deported back to Iran, where he fears for his safety.
Leah Stavenhagen, now 32, started Her A.L.S. Story in 2021, two years after she herself was diagnosed with A.L.S., because she wanted to connect with other young women with the disease. A BiPAP machine helps her breathe.
Moderate Black voters and young progressives favored Zohran Mamdani for mayor, while Andrew Cuomo won many wealthy New Yorkers and those who voted for Donald Trump.
Those responsible for the explosion “will not be spared,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said. The blast killed at least eight people near a subway station at evening rush hour.
Iraq is caught in a power struggle between Washington and Tehran, with the Trump administration insisting that the next government disarm powerful Iran-backed militias.
The senator from Pennsylvania chronicles his stroke, unlikely election victory and battle with depression. Just don’t expect him to try to win you over.
The vote, on Day 41 of the shutdown, signaled an end in sight to weeks of gridlock. Eight members of the Democratic Caucus supplied the critical backing.
Senator John Thune, the majority leader, speaking to reporters after the vote on Monday. Democrats accepted his offer to hold a vote on expiring health care subsidies later this year.
The Kennan Institute, which researches Russia and the surrounding region, has re-emerged in a form that is smaller but more impervious to government control.
Robert Harshbarger Jr. pleaded guilty in 2013 to health care fraud and distributing a misbranded drug. His wife, Diana Harshbarger, is a member of Congress.
Representative Diana Harshbarger, Republican of Tennessee, was a corporate officer for American Inhalation Medication Specialists, the company through which her husband distributed a misbranded drug.