Trump Heads to the Middle East With a Single Goal: Deals, Deals, Deals
When American presidents visit the Middle East, they usually arrive with a strategic vision for the region, even if it seems a far reach. Jimmy Carter pushed Egypt and Israel…
Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey
“In the 1970s, when busing began in the schools, the teachers were tasked with categorizing the students in their classrooms,” said Wendy Gaudin, 54, referring to the effort in some…
To Play Betty Boop, Jasmine Amy Rogers Had to Transform
When Jasmine Amy Rogers learned that she had been nominated for a Chita Rivera Award, for outstanding dancer in a Broadway show, her first reaction was to laugh. “Just because…
Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay
President Trump will sign an executive order on Monday aimed at lowering some drug prices in the United States by aligning them with what other wealthy countries pay, he said…
Families of Sept. 11 Victims Urge Lutnick to Help Extradite Saudi National
The families of some of the victims killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks who worked for the bond trading company of Howard Lutnick, now the commerce secretary, are urging…
California Bus Crash Leaves at Least 1 Dead and 32 Injured
A crash involving a tour bus and an S.U.V. in Los Angeles early on Sunday morning killed at least one person and left 32 other people injured, the authorities said.…
‘S.N.L.’: Toasting Moms and Toasted Trump Appointees
If you’re going to celebrate the election of a new pope, you might as well have some sacramental wine, too. Cecily Strong returned to “Saturday Night Live” in a guest…
The Mother Whose Catholic Faith Inspired the Future Pope
Her friends called her Millie. The future pope called her Ma. Mildred Prevost, whose youngest son, Robert, would one day take the name Pope Leo XIV, cut her own extraordinary…
Tufts Student Returns to Massachusetts After 6 Weeks in Immigration Detention
Rumeysa Ozturk returned to Massachusetts on Saturday evening, eyes welling with joy and gratitude at the end of her six-week odyssey in federal custody, a case that stirred outrage over…
Pope Leo XIV’s Creole Roots Tell a Story of New Orleans
One day in June 1900, a census taker visited the New Orleans home of Joseph and Louise Martinez, Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents. They lived on North Prieur Street, just north…