Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III assumed direct oversight of the case and effectively put the death penalty back on the table. Listen to this article · 3:37 min Learn more Share full article 7 Because of the stakes involved,…
The international agency charged with regulating seabed mining elected a U.N. environmental regulator to replace a leader accused of too-close industry ties. Listen to this article · 5:58 min Learn more Share full article Leticia Carvalho was elected to lead…
David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama’s first presidential bid, is among the new senior staff announced on Friday, along with veterans of both Obama campaigns as well as Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run. Share full article David Plouffe in New York…
Lawyers for a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay said the image emerged from a classification review that blacked out much of a legal brief. Listen to this article · 6:05 min Learn more Share full article By Carol Rosenberg Reporting from…
Elizabeth M. Allen, who heads the State Department’s public diplomacy office, served as a top aide to Ms. Harris in 2020
The vice-presidential nominee favors economic policies that help advance a socially conservative vision of American society — and that sometimes clash with Trump’s own plans. Share full article Since taking office in 20
The party chair said she had won enough delegates to secure the nomination, setting up Kamala Harris to become the first Black woman and person of South Asian heritage to earn the top spot on a major political ticket for…
Biles is only the third woman gymnast to win the all-around competition twice at the Olympics. Share full article Simone Biles celebrated after winning gold in Paris on Thursday. Simone Biles, who catapulted herself to a sixth gold medal and…
In the seven days after President Biden stepped down as the presumptive Democratic nominee, the Harris campaign raked in $200 million. Listen to this article · 3:0
A Biden aide hailed a complicated prisoner swap as an act of “vintage Joe Biden” diplomacy. As he greeted freed Americans, the president seemed intent on showing the world what that meant. Listen to this article · 5:0