The opening days of the conflict are challenging the idea that President Trump can project force abroad while safeguarding American lives and the economy.

Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel?s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carries out bombings.

Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.

The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.

Plus, why you should not let A.I. do your taxes.

Texas voters will revisit the Republican Senate primary ? and some House races where no candidate captured more than 50 percent of the vote ? in runoffs on May 26.

Even as some top targets held on, lawmakers in both parties were pushed into runoffs by challengers in Texas, while some in the North Carolina state legislature lost.

The artificial intelligence start-up has reportedly resumed talks with the Defense Department over use of its tools, with high stakes for both.

The Oversight Committee took the action over the objections of its Republican chairman, after several G.O.P. members sided with Democrats to insist on it.

Agency officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they will not be a ?rubber stamp? for the industry. But patients with rare diseases view recent decisions as signs that the doors are closing on their options.

In the four years since the British singer last released an album, artists like Sombr, working in similar aesthetic modes, have climbed onto the charts.

China announced a 7 percent increase in military spending and a five-year plan to try to reduce its military and industry?s reliance on Western technology.

The goal, announced at a gathering of Communist Party leaders, was the lowest since 1991 and can offer clues about China?s policymaking plans.

Stocks in South Korea and Taiwan, the center of global chip making, plunged on fears about energy prices. Their recovery shows the bullishness over artificial intelligence.

After explosive growth in recent months, the country?s benchmark stock index plummeted, then rebounded, in the wake of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

In an interview with The New York Times, President Cyril Ramaphosa opened up about the role of middle powers, relations with Washington and apartheid.

James Luckey-Lange, 28, wrote about kindness and shared humanity as he traveled. But he said he had been shackled, starved and beaten in Venezuela after being detained.

President Trump?s simple campaign promise, now reality, includes lots of fine print that is confounding taxpayers and companies this filing season.

The world?s smartest technology is no match for the U.S. tax code.

It has always been expensive, but recently prices have risen faster than inflation.

A dispute between the nonprofit Housing Works and the owner of a cannabis dispensary shows the risks for businesses in an industry that is locked out of traditional financing and resources.

On the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, a novice learns to drive her own team on an adventure in the heart of winter.

How the antiwar right sees Trump?s foreign policy.

Michael Steinberger on how A.I.?s impact on white-collar jobs may transform politics and society.

?This could be the first war ever launched based on vibes,? Jimmy Fallon said.

The authorities in Wayne County closed schools and urged the public to take precautions after two women were found on a hiking trail, and a third at a residence.

By hosting a pavilion again this year, Russia continues its efforts to shed its status as a cultural and sporting pariah.

A millennial rapper and former mayor is aiming to lead the country, six months after the old guard was ousted.

Both sides have moved troops toward their shared border, while Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of occupying part of its territory.

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