Two initiatives that unfolded on Tuesday evening seemed to capture, in the flash of a few hours, the outline of President Trump’s vision for shaping American power. Ten thousand people working around the world for U.S.A.I.D., the main American aid agency, were told to pack up and come home over the next month, eviscerating a…

France’s government lived to see another day on Wednesday, after it survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament and gave the recently appointed prime minister a temporary reprieve from months of political turmoil and the country a promise of stability, at least in the short term. The no-confidence motion was supported by only 128 lawmakers in…

China’s tech industry recently gave the U.S. tech industry — and along with it, the stock market — a rude shock when it unveiled DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence model that performs on par with America’s best, but that may have been developed at a fraction of the cost and despite trade restrictions on A.I. chips.…

President Trump’s brazen proposal to move all Palestinians out of Gaza and make it a U.S. territory sent shock waves around the world, where it was welcomed by Trump loyalists and members of Israel’s far right; rejected by American allies and adversaries alike; and criticized by experts as a breach of international law. Here’s what…

Joseph Osse loaded his black sedan with a few guns, a steel target and a recording stand for his phone before driving into the desert west of Salt Lake City on a cold day in mid-November. Mr. Osse, 32, began filming himself target shooting around a year ago for short videos he posted on YouTube.…

President Trump persuaded several Fox News hosts to leave the network and take up major roles in his administration. Now a Trump is joining the network. Lara Trump, Mr. Trump’s daughter-in-law and a former co-chair of the Republican Party, will begin hosting a new weekend show on Fox News on Feb. 22, the network is…

On a typical day, the Risbergska educational center in Orebro, Sweden, would be thrumming with students gathering to attend construction and child care classes and Swedish language instruction for immigrants. On Wednesday, a day after a mass shooting left at least 11 people dead and sent shock waves throughout Sweden, the school was empty as…

A Federal District Court judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday blocking President Trump’s attempt to unilaterally eliminate automatic U.S. citizenship for children born to undocumented or temporary immigrants on U.S. soil. The nationwide injunction, issued by Judge Deborah L. Boardman, who was nominated to the bench by President Biden, applies nationally and…

The United States Postal Service on Wednesday said it would continue to accept packages from China and Hong Kong, reversing a decision to temporarily halt those deliveries after an order by President Trump took effect that ended duty-free handling of many smaller parcels. Mr. Trump ordered on Saturday that all goods leaving China starting on…

NASA’s second thoughts about VIPER opened an opportunity for someone else to book that ride to the moon. Just because its cargo was canceled did not mean Astrobotic’s journey was off — it remains scheduled for later this year. And on Wednesday, a small startup named Venturi Astrolab Inc. announced it had claimed that opportunity…