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Ukraine needs more men than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more material than the United States can provide.

The trees will replace 140 that will be torn up as part of a restoration project. The capital’s first Japanese cherry trees were a gift from the mayor of Tokyo in 1912.

The more candidates in the race, the better for Donald J. Trump, supporters say. And in a tight presidential contest, a small share of voters could change the result.

Congress passed bipartisan legislation to provide families that rely on subsidized school meals with help buying food over the summer. Nearly half of Republican-led states have yet to sign on.

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers sought to pause his Manhattan criminal trial as they argued that it should be moved, but a judge rejected their appeal.

President Biden sends arms to Israel under an Obama-era $38 billion aid agreement that runs until 2026. Israel’s purchases include the types of bombs dropped in Gaza.

President Biden is restoring resources and staffing for the refugee program, which was gutted during the Trump administration.

President Biden, at least in public, has limited his responses to Israel’s war in Gaza to ever more indignant declarations.

The deal, which would be one of the largest U.S. arms sales to Israel in years, awaits congressional approval as criticism of the war in Gaza rises.

The former president has tried to stoke fear around immigration and border security throughout his 2024 campaign, as he has done in the past.

The evidence is strong that, all else being equal, Al Gore would have won if not for an infamous ballot design in Palm Beach County.

The social media post reflects the increasingly violent and personal attacks that Donald J. Trump has employed during the presidential campaign.

President Biden raised $25 million at a Radio City Music Hall event, adding to his huge cash edge, after Donald Trump pushed his law-and-order message at a wake for a police officer killed on duty.

During a very brief tenure at NBC News, the former Republican Party leader downplayed her role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A review of the record showed she was involved in some key episodes.

Moscow has found better ways to conceal influence operations that spread arguments for isolationism, officials and experts say.

A “yes, new taxes” campaign violates every principle of American politics. But it’s the right choice for this moment.

Four years later, the shadow of the pandemic continues to play a profound role in voters’ pessimism and distrust amid a presidential rematch.

In trying to avoid even the smallest mistakes, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland might have made one big one: ending up in a race against the clock.

In an interview in his native Brooklyn, America’s highest-ranking Jewish elected official said he felt obligated to call for new leadership in Israel.

The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. The former president has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020.

The goal of the program is to keep people from skipping out on their asylum hearings, joining the millions of undocumented people who stay in the country indefinitely.