An unusual heat wave is pushing temperatures in San Francisco into the 80s this week, and Los Angeles hit 98 on Tuesday.

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The U.S. central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady as officials assess the economic fallout from the war with Iran.

In the 1980s, Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard created a new kind of encryption that would be impregnable.

It’s all a matter of perspective.

After years of criticism and financial risk, Palantir, Anthropic and small start-ups are generating rewards from their investments in defense tech.

This administration has given the company, staffed by the president’s allies, multimillion-dollar contracts it was guaranteed to win.

Theories abound as to who pulled off the largest art heist in U.S. history. In a new book, the former F.B.I. agent who handled the case dismisses many of them.

After he left jail in 2009, Mr. Epstein hired a host of people to make him look better on Google, Wikipedia and many other places on the web.

Israeli attacks have targeted the command centers of Iran’s repressive, internal security forces in hopes that Iranians will overthrow their rulers. Some see that as wishful thinking.

In guessing which ex-leader Trump might have discussed Iran with, Jimmy Fallon said “two things seem equally possible: Either Trump’s lying, or Joe Biden doesn’t remember talking to him.”

Selling marijuana is strictly prohibited in the military. What that means for soldiers who own businesses is unclear.

Organizations linked to the pro-Israel lobbying organization had some victories and some less-than-ideal outcomes in closely watched Democratic contests.

The TrumpRx website claims to offer the best prices for medications. Here’s where Americans still pay more — and much more.

In Washington on Thursday, President Trump is expected to press Sanae Takaichi for military help in the Strait of Hormuz. But she faces constraints on what she can offer.

The Times photographed an unexploded munition in southern Colombia, near the Ecuadorean border. A high-stakes feud between both countries quickly ensued.

A U.S. attack or a move to seize control of Iran’s main oil export hub could cripple the country’s ability to profit from its natural resources. But it would also risk sending energy prices even higher.