The largest banks in the United States collectively raked in tens of billions of profits in the second quarter, despite the war in Iran and persistent inflation.

The Ukrainian firm Fire Point has produced weapons that hit Russian territory. Its next goal, developing an antimissile system, is a much bigger challenge, experts said.

In a show of collective strength, President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted European allies at the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris. Yet Europe is still a hostage to America’s foreign policy.

We look at the Trump administration’s attempts to pressure news organizations.

President Trump announced a 20 percent fee on cargo through the waterway, despite his own administration’s position that such fees violate international law.

Ma Xingrui is the third member of the Politburo to be purged since 2022. He once led the Xinjiang region and was previously head of China’s space program.

Kevin Rudd, a former prime minister of Australia, went back to school to try to understand how the Chinese president thinks.

The Democratic Party needs shaking up.

Plus, scientists find sugar in outer space.

Democrats have real hope for candidates for governor in red states like Iowa and Ohio, but if Republicans seize supermajorities in the legislatures, their power would be limited.

Residents fear that the Trump administration’s plans to build a border wall will threaten the region’s spectacular starry skies.

As they near death, some dementia patients recover mental faculties assumed to be long lost. Researchers want to know why.

Sure, “Catcher in the Rye” has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among the Great American Novels.

Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders once set the record as the oldest person to complete the roughly 2,190-mile trail. Now, he’s back for his title.

The “Daily Show” host called the image “totally believable evidence that Mitch McConnell is not only alive, but the happiest boy in the hospital.”

Senators returned to the Capitol mourning their colleague, who played pivotal roles on multiple issues confronting lawmakers.

A congresswoman and a lawyer relayed witness accounts that diverge from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s version of the fatal encounter.