What started as a taco stop with former President Barack Obama quickly turned into a very Texas debate over the proper breakfast taco order.

Pills shipped to states with bans are a reason abortion has increased since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

No one on the ground was hurt when a small plane crashed into a house on a residential street south of downtown Akron, the authorities said.

Federal records show that the no-bid contract to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue now costs $13.1 million. That’s about seven times the amount President Trump initially said it would cost.

In a court filing, the administration signaled support for Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company in a lawsuit challenging xAI’s generators at a huge Mississippi data center.

Also, this is a big week for the art market. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

In contrast to his rhetoric about China at home, President Trump spoke in conciliatory terms with Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader.

A long-running energy crisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration to visit the country.

They were passengers on a plane to Johannesburg with an infected Dutch woman who later died.

We have no F.D.A. director, no permanent C.D.C. director and no surgeon general.

Although at odds over issues like trade and Taiwan, the U.S. and Chinese leaders met in Beijing with a show of friendly gestures.

Erratic behavior and staff turnover have colored Mr. Schlossberg’s bid for a House seat in New York, raising questions about his readiness for office.

Cerebras, a Silicon Valley maker of artificial intelligence chips, began trading on the stock market on Thursday, as SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic also take steps to go public.

The Department of Homeland Security recently formed a unit tasked with revetting thousands of immigrants with permanent residency.

The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact.

An individual with principles and quirks and an aversion to being told what to do.

Bumble is losing the feature that reshaped how we look for love. Daters may be ready for something more intentional.

Dalton Eatherly, who goes by Chud the Builder, was arrested after an altercation that ended in gunfire outside a courthouse near Nashville.

After months of avoiding confrontation, the Trump administration has taken recent steps to call out China on Iran, artificial intelligence and spying.

The flag appeared on a university building in the heart of Greenwich Village during a graduation week event, and resembled the purple N.Y.U. banners flying on campus.

It’s a nightmare faced by families all around Los Angeles: After wildfire smoke blanketed homes, schools and offices with toxic chemicals, when is it OK to go back?

Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent forever.

From satellite phone check-ins to a borrowed royal plane, new details show how Taiwan’s leader’s team outwitted China and pulled off an audacious journey to southern Africa.

Do you meditate? Play Wordle? Wear soft pajamas and sip chamomile tea? We’d like to hear about the little routines that help you wind down.

Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the latest Republican to switch her vote to halt the conflict and require President Trump to win congressional approval to continue it.