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In early 2019, as the Defense Department’s bureaucracy seemed to be slow-walking then-President Donald J. Trump’s order to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria, Joe Kent, a C.I.A. paramilitary officer, called his...

Four months after raging floodwaters swept through Yellowstone National Park, forcing it to close for about a week and chasing more than 10,000 visitors to safety, the rebuilding will reach a milestone...

The debate between Senator Raphael Warnock and his less experienced Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, had its share of sharp clashes, as the two candidates in one of the country’s most-watched Senate races...

Two police officers were killed and another was seriously wounded while responding to a domestic violence call in Bristol, Conn., the authorities said early Thursday.Gov. Ned Lamont of Connecticut identified the two...

Most of the initiatives were financially supported, or in some cases launched, by an opaque, sprawling network shaped by Mr. Leo and funded by wealthy patrons, usually through anonymous donations that critics...

By the last day of Hell Week, candidates told Navy investigators, Seaman Mullen was barely coherent and so swollen that one sailor said he looked “like the Michelin Man.” That day, the...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, many Ukrainians took shelter underground for days and even weeks from constant bombardments and fighting.Yesterday, Russia hit at least 11 Ukrainian cities with missiles in its...

With less than a month to go until Election Day, candidates in the most competitive races of this midterm season are hashing out their differences in debates. Read about those that have...

But Mr. Fleming’s warning is another reminder of the speed at which the Western allies have come to view themselves as in direct competition, and sometimes in conflict, with both of the...

There will be no debates in one of the most competitive governor’s races in the country — between Katie Hobbs, the Democratic secretary of state of Arizona, and Kari Lake, a former...