Despite his tough talk, President Trump has consistently made allowances for countries he sees as powerful or dominant.

The former Missouri police officer, Julian Alcala, was sentenced to two years in prison and now faces civil lawsuits from several of the 20 victims the authorities identified.

American goals are starting to conflict with Israel’s.

Also, world leaders agree to tap oil reserves. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

The president has yet to make an endorsement in the contest between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton as he tries to push the Senate to pass a bill requiring voters to show identification at the polls.

At least two people were killed and several were injured in the severe storm on Tuesday that heavily damaged areas of Illinois and Indiana.

Turning Point USA, the right-wing campus group, is partnering with Arkansas and Indiana, the latest of several states to have similar arrangements.

In public comments and private meetings at a House G.O.P. retreat, top officials allowed that President Trump’s immigration crackdown had hurt the party and that they needed a course correction on the issue.

It takes backbone to solve an enigma like the “falling cat” problem.

The fairy tale was 1990s New York.

A settlement is reached in the case of Mike Disfarmer, who renounced his family. Decades later they sued to take back his life’s work. When heirs battle the people who built their legacies, the art may be at stake.

After making the journey from prewar Germany to Madison Avenue opulence, she gave her name to one of New York’s most influential indie cinemas.

The storm, called a kona low, is expected to churn slowly across the islands all week.

In late July, an F.B.I. agent asked colleagues to get started on a sensitive task relating to Jeffrey Epstein, listing the names of 14 prominent men, with President Trump at the top.

Young conservatives in Florida are fascinated by James Fishback, a long-shot gubernatorial candidate known for his provocative online posts.

In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.

The New York Times is looking to talk to people about the impact that the trade deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico has had on them and their businesses.