President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to hold his second news conference since winning the election in November on Tuesday morning at his Florida residence and club, Mar-a-Lago. The ostensible topic is expected to relate to an economic development announcement. But Mr. Trump is likely to take questions, and if history is a guide, he […]
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South Korea’s Presidential Security Service, an agency assigned to protect the president, prides itself on being the “last bastion for a safe and stable state administration.” It is now at the heart of South Korea’s biggest political mess in decades, acting as a final line of defense to prevent criminal investigators from detaining President Yoon […]
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President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday once again left open the possibility of offering pardons to some of his supporters who are serving prison time for assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to restore “law and order,” said that the pardons […]
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Rescuers working in subzero conditions and bracing winds searched the rubble on Wednesday after a strong quake in Tibet toppled thousands of houses in a remote area near the northern foothills of Mount Everest. Tens of thousands of residents were being transferred to safety while dozens were being treated for injuries. At least 126 people […]
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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s attention returned Tuesday to an idea that has fascinated him for years: acquiring Greenland for the United States. In a news conference on Tuesday, he refused to rule out using military or economic force to take the territory from Denmark, a U.S. ally. “We need Greenland for national security purposes,” he […]
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“There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada,” he told The New York Times Magazine in 2015. “There are shared values — openness, respect, compassion, willingness to work hard, to be there for each other, to search for equality and justice. Those qualities are what make us the first post-national state.” This vision, when […]
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U.S. officials made a new offer to the Taliban over the weekend to try to secure the release of Americans held in Afghanistan, according to people familiar with the matter. American officials declined to discuss the negotiations or the offer. But people briefed on the conversations said the White House had been working on a […]
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Against a towering backdrop of black smoke with an ominous orange glow, the stately homes and broad boulevards of the Pacific Palisades looked small and exposed on Tuesday. The fire forced residents, including some celebrities, to flee the seaside neighborhood, which is on the west side of Los Angeles. The scenic Sunset Boulevard became an […]
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Theodore Farnsworth, the former chief executive of the parent company of MoviePass, pleaded guilty to securities fraud on Tuesday after federal prosecutors said he had misled investors about the company’s “unlimited” subscription plan. Mr. Farnsworth, 62, of Miami, also pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida to conspiracy to commit securities fraud as the […]
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President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if the hostages being held by Hamas are not released by Inauguration Day, repeating the threat four times during a wide-ranging news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “If they’re not back by the time I get […]
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