The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era.

The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”

Documents submitted to Congress detailed concerns about competitive bidding processes and a White House order to tear up new bathroom tile because of its color.

The state’s large Muslim and Somali communities expressed indignation after the president reposted a video of a kindergarten promotion ceremony, including comments noting the girls were in hijabs.

Surveillance footage obtained by The Times shows ICE agents driving aggressively in unmarked vehicles, but the moment of the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo remains murky.

Mr. Araujo was a father, a husband and a business owner who had moved to the United States 35 years ago from Mexico.

During the war, Israel attacked Iran’s steel plants, saying they provided forces with revenue and the means to make weapons, but it also hurt the civilian economy.

The visit comes after heavy clashes this week between the U.S. and Iran. The country’s supreme leader pledged to avenge his father’s killing, trading threats with President Trump.

The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.

Two senior editors discuss the difficult effort to track down allegations against the leading Democrat for Senate in Maine and the questions that soon followed.

Representative Ro Khanna was barred from leaving for 90 minutes. Where past U.S. leaders toured the region to show support for Israel, today’s Democratic presidential aspirants are going to bolster their credentials as critics.

Frustrated by the appointed court’s support of abortion rights, which has been affirmed resoundingly by voters, Republicans are pushing an Aug. 4 referendum to elect Kansas justices.

The legendary rock star, now 82, on how fame, touring and aging have changed him.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan are bracing for their city to be overrun by a militia notorious for committing atrocities.

What America’s embarrassments have in common.

We think and dream and fuss and project entire worlds into existence. Meanwhile, the earth’s orbit continues and the sun goes on shining.

Roswell’s annual U.F.O. festival was supposed to be full of triumphant “told you so’s” after the Trump administration declassified its alien files. Instead, apparently, the coverup continues.

With its mass-produced and inexpensive A.I. powered war machines, the German start-up Helsing SE illustrates a profound shift in military spending.

Between Trump accounts and child-friendly investment platforms, it has become much easier for parents to invest for their children’s future.

The city has a proud history with the sport thanks to Lamar Hunt, who owned the Kansas City Chiefs and co-founded Major League Soccer.

The Slate Auto truck is making a splash for its lack of frills and its relatively affordable price, but it’s jumping into a difficult market.

It is no Great Society measure, but the new law offers local governments and builders incentives to make incremental changes.

The 2016 release has become the most watched movie on Disney+. Parents and experts explain why kids can’t get enough.

The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”

A May lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims the newspaper discriminated against a white male employee who did not get a promotion.

SK Hynix began trading at $170 a share, above its initial public offering price of $149, in the latest test of investor demand for A.I.-related companies.

Companies desperately want to get their ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, but face mounting risks. “Things are becoming uglier by the minute,” one executive said.

A federal labor law judge determined last week that the software maker Atlassian had illegally fired an employee who questioned company policy changes.

Near the midpoint of the year, stocks and bonds both report good returns. But the global stock market has become highly concentrated, our columnist says.

The German auto giant’s push into China powered it for decades, but now the company faces fierce competition from Chinese automakers in markets around the world.

Start-ups are paying white-collar professionals to teach their jobs to artificial intelligence models. It’s a bonanza. It’s bleak. Where will it end?

Goldman Sachs is the latest firm to restrict how employees use the popular betting platforms.

European Union authorities said the company’s use of “addictive design” violated a digital safety law.

Office temperatures are typically set in the low 70s during summer. But where you sit and the efficiency of the cooling system can make you feel colder.

Even as matches have drawn large crowds, hotel bookings have lagged. And workers in host cities say they’re struggling.

As the commissioner for sustainable tourism, José Antonio Donaire’s job is to diminish the impact of the nearly 16 million annual visitors to the Catalan capital. Here’s what he’s planning.

The latest turmoil, sparked by attacks on three commercial ships in the strait days ago, pushed the price of crude back above prewar levels.

A settlement by the company with the Federal Trade Commission will allow farmers and local mechanics to make their own fixes, instead of relying on authorized dealers.

Delta is the latest U.S. airline to introduce stripped down, luxury-class fares. What do you get for your money, and is it worth it? What you need to know.

The German automaker has struggled to compete with fast-growing Chinese companies that offer more affordable and sophisticated electric vehicles.

The five task forces are focused on topics that Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has said are “central to the broad conduct of monetary policy.”

State actors in China, Russia and Iran have sought to exploit the U.S. public debate over the effects of the technology.

While shoppers may get better deals on some items, it’s unlikely their overall grocery bill will fall.

This year’s boom includes the most spent on global deal-making in a six-month period in a decade. But questions persist about whether it can continue.

Investors have taken heart from the fragile cease-fire between the United States and Iran before. Will they do so again?

A traveler to Germany returned his vehicle with slightly more gas than it had when he picked it up. So why was he billed $131 to fill up the tank?

Xenom, a new fitness company, wants to make weekend warriors feel like pros.

Second place in the hearts and wallets of Americans isn’t good enough for the world’s largest sportswear companies, who bet big on the tournament.

Fresh data showed that the number of ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz halved on Wednesday amid renewed fighting.

Minutes from Kevin M. Warsh’s first meeting as chairman showed heightened unease about inflation, which is running at a three-year high.

He brokered celebrity divorces and recovered billions for victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. But he was proudest of helping to legalize interracial marriage.

Oil prices are likely to remain volatile as long as the United States and Iran are unable to resolve the status of the Strait of Hormuz.

Michael Rousseau, who prompted widespread criticism with a largely English condolence video following a crash in March, will retire.

Even before OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they are distorting home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area, as people race to buy and sellers ask for stock instead of cash.

UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health and Cigna are battling efforts to break up their control over prescription drugs.

A move against Spain would face political, legal and practical issues and probably provoke a wider trade war with the European Union. It could also roil markets.

The I.M.F. projected world output growth would fall to 3 percent for the year, a number pushed down by high commodity prices.

The rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos is set to take on external investors for the first time, at a $130 billion valuation.

A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices. The creators know criticism is coming.

E.U. leaders rebuffed a plea from the aviation industry to pause the biometric checkpoints, which have caused long lines and missed flights. Summer travelers beware.

Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz sparked a new cycle of retaliation that could throttle the flow of energy from the region.

Not for the first time, Budweiser is trying to make it in Germany. But this is a tough time to sell German drinkers on the image and taste of American beer.

In a new filing, ABC said that the F.C.C. had ruled in 2002 that “The View” was a “bona fide news program.”

The “Law & Order: SVU” star is a departure from the comedians and sitcom actors who have typically hosted the annual awards show.

The threat of tariffs may have helped push more capital into the United States, but other factors are pushing it away.

Imports of foreign goods, including pharmaceuticals and equipment for data centers, hit a record high, pushing the monthly trade deficit to its highest level in over a year.

Some market watchers are puzzled that shares in Elon Musk’s rocket and A.I. company have stalled out despite major interest from Wall Street.

The two companies struck a deal in 2024 to offer A.I. services on Apple devices, but their partnership has soured.

Users and Hollywood agencies raised privacy and copyright concerns about the new tool, Muse Image.

European Union authorities said the company’s use of “addictive design” violated a digital safety law.

“If the net result is that all the teens in Australia are still using social media, even after they’re technically banned from doing it, why are we doing any of this?”

A.I. chatbots are not just a propaganda tool for violent extremists but are aiding in bomb construction and attack planning, new research finds.

Ms. Simo, who was Sam Altman’s second in command before taking a medical leave in April, will become a part-time adviser to the company.

A settlement by the company with the Federal Trade Commission will allow farmers and local mechanics to make their own fixes, instead of relying on authorized dealers.

The German automaker has struggled to compete with fast-growing Chinese companies that offer more affordable and sophisticated electric vehicles.

The new release was delayed after the U.S. government restricted the latest artificial intelligence models over cybersecurity concerns.

For the first time, the company will offer a paid version of the service, a departure from its longtime philosophy of giving its A.I. away for free.

The Times, The New York Daily News and other media organizations accused OpenAI of withholding evidence in a lawsuit.

Free apps from Google, Samsung and Apple can help you track your diet, exercise and well-being — and provide vital information during emergencies.

The company’s new A.I. image generator has a surprising twist: It allows people to use images from public Instagram accounts.

Even before OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they are distorting home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area, as people race to buy and sellers ask for stock instead of cash.

Muse Image, which can create realistic images for users on Instagram and WhatsApp, is the company’s latest attempt to catch up in the global artificial intelligence race.

A Supreme Court ruling that presidents can fire independent regulators without cause has added volatility for industries that prefer stable enforcement.

U.S. companies complain that competitors in China are unfairly copying their A.I. systems using a technique that has been around for years.

The layoffs were part of wider cuts at Microsoft, as the company prioritizes spending on artificial intelligence.

The social platform that Meta once positioned as a rival to Elon Musk’s X now has 500 million monthly users. It increasingly resembles Reddit.

What we learned from the government’s biggest attempt yet to control who can gain access to the most powerful new A.I. models.

A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United States’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.

A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.

A new study finds that sometimes cats groom each other specifically to be annoying.

An accident at the lab that produces America’s nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research.

Jessica Cantlon had a grant with the U.S. Navy to explore whether people could improve spatial problem-solving skills through training. Then the program was cut.

A star 1,300 light-years away appears to have just consumed one world and is gearing up for seconds.

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction could drive more than half to extinction.

Omar Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley, will head an initiative to apply artificial intelligence to the discovery of new materials.

Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals.

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and older adults are at higher risk. But only about a quarter of patients eligible for screening are up-to-date.

The 2016 release has become the most watched movie on Disney+. Parents and experts explain why kids can’t get enough.

The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.

The lawsuit claims that the companies, including 3M and DuPont, contaminated the environment and engaged in fraud by withholding information from the public about the harms of the chemicals, known as PFAS.

In the past weeks, two sites in the United States have halted operations.

Considered the founder of molecular epidemiology, he worked with Frederick P. Li to identify a hereditary disorder that increased the risk of developing cancer at a young age.

Recent technological advances have brought the president’s goals a bit closer to reality.

As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of flying in space as an octogenarian.

A Chinese spacecraft has captured the first image of the asteroid Kamo‘oalewa.

Free apps from Google, Samsung and Apple can help you track your diet, exercise and well-being — and provide vital information during emergencies.

Limerence is more than a crush, psychologists say, and it can persist for months or years.

An unusually early heat wave smashed records across France, Britain and Spain. Temperatures in some areas are starting to soar again.

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented the process in action.

Hotter temperatures and harsher droughts could cause Indigenous societies to lose many of the species they have used for medicine, rituals and more, scientists found.

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists still know very little about it. Two researchers set out to map this largely uncharted terrain.

A rare camera-trap study logged the effects of armed conflict on wild animals in real time.

Federal officials said they would withhold some money unless states pursue paper ballot systems, verify citizenship and conduct costly audits.

The president promised a record display of some 850,000 pyrotechnics for the country’s 250th birthday. The Park Service warned it could get dirty.

A Japanese spacecraft flew by an asteroid and snapped a picture. It turned out to be a “contact binary”: two space rocks that somehow fused together.

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet destabilizes glacial ice.

The native plant movement gets a lot right, but there’s so much more to consider.

The discovery bemused residents of a small town in northeastern Australia. The objects appear to be junk from a space launch, the country’s space agency said.

The birds are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, and France’s torrid June took a heavy toll.

Bill Frist, a surgeon who also served as Senate majority leader, has emerged as an outspoken advocate for environmental health. “A healthier planet means healthier people,” he said.

The C.D.C.’s tobacco control office has been shut for more than a year. After its most prominent antismoking campaign went off the air, calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW lines have plummeted.

Popular communication methods for nonspeaking autistic people have ignited a fierce debate over what counts as evidence of hidden cognitive abilities.

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an animal that can make new calls.

He provided the first convincing evidence that cancerous tumors develop from a single mutated cell and later helped expose contamination by cells taken from Henrietta Lacks.

Documents submitted to Congress detailed concerns about competitive bidding processes and a White House order to tear up new bathroom tile because of its color.

The 2016 release has become the most watched movie on Disney+. Parents and experts explain why kids can’t get enough.

Inside the high-wire act of casting celebrities to play themselves, including in movies like “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass.”

Outside of her job as the therapist on the series “Couples Therapy,” she has a favorite clip of the rapper performing and shows it to everyone she knows.

Beyoncé gets amorous, the Rolling Stones stay loud and the Linda Lindas team up with Hayley Williams.

The director and actress discusses a tense scene from her dinner-party comedy, in which she stars with Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton.

Tennessee Williams’s darkly operatic one-act play becomes a proper opera in a new adaptation by the composer Courtney Bryan.

A lawsuit by a former shareholder says he was not fairly compensated when the company behind the popular drama about Jesus’ life went private.

The 11th-century tapestry will go on display at the British Museum in September. Tickets for the exhibition have already been selling rapidly.

Best known for contemporary stylings of praise music that topped charts across genres, this singer’s new album of pared-down sacred music, “The Hymns,” put her back atop the gospel charts.

The novelist Dinaw Mengestu, who was elected seven months ago, said the article “continues this approach toward defending some rights while not defending others.”

Ahead of the rapper’s three celebratory nights at Yankee Stadium, our “Popcast” hosts debate two major Jay-Z albums.

Crime and mystery fans can catch a 10-day festival of film noir at the Paris Theater, or find some killer movies streaming on major platforms.

Ross McElwee (“Sherman’s March”) reconsiders footage of himself and his family, including a son who died of an overdose.

An Israeli artist, he became a global sensation, creating sculptures, paintings, toys and public works that delighted the eye and confounded perception.

Why do the characters in so many new novels insist upon eating each other?

A stirring but tonally muddled new musical about the “poison queen of Palermo” gets an elegant Off Broadway production.

Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.

An installation honoring the artist, Wim T. Schippers, features a 270-square-foot hexagon spread on the floor of a museum in Rotterdam.

Upgrade your movie night with these picks, featuring karate-chopping families, rogue assassins and more.

Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

The author of an exhaustive two-volume biography, he was “fanatical about his approach to scholarship and infatuated with Melville,” a colleague said.

The Netflix rom-com series that just ended after three seasons succeeded thanks to an irresistible performance by its star, Michelle Buteau.

A group of artists gathered at a hotel on the Côte d’Azur in 1937. A new book by Anna Thomasson captures the art and escapades the holiday inspired.

In an interview, Mokochan discusses his new adaptation of the classic cyberpunk manga and why this story continues to resonate.

This month’s picks include two 2026 animated adventures and the finale to a Guillermo del Toro franchise.

In the psychological horror series Pathologic, eerie theatrics and impossible decisions unfold in a Russian town overrun by plague.

The director and actress Olivia Wilde breaks down a tension-filled scene from her new film “The Invite” for Anatomy of a Scene.

“Is that why there’s no gas in the world anymore? Because the president flies with an extra emotional support plane?” Chieng said on “The Daily Show.”

This week in Newly Reviewed, Travis Diehl covers the ramblings of Tinmantis, Jill Magid’s politics, a gory group show and Erin Johnson’s look at Lawrence, Kan., after “The Day After.”

Don’t worry, they’re fine, though the Los Angeles Fire Department did have to use a hand crank to free them.

In a letter to staff, Lonnie G. Bunch III wrote that the report was “not a fair characterization of the work and totality of the National Museum of American History.”

Multimedia art is often challenging, provoking. Now it is also potentially bruising. Check your joints before you check out these summer shows.

With a voice both weathered and operatic, she minted 1980s pop anthems like “Total Eclipse” and “Holding Out for a Hero.”

Mozart choral works, a pairing of Dvorak and Carlos Simon and piano music by Philip Glass are among our selections.

A pioneering painter, sculptor and installation artist, he achieved posthumous glory as a rule breaker, as two riveting exhibitions show.

The directors of a new four-part docuseries talked about why the long-running desert festival is important — and like being on “another planet.”

A new play is its own piece of art: A first-person account of an official inquiry into an artist’s use of private investigation databases to create work.

They say that you can’t go home again; in this movie, a young filmmaker learns that the hard way.

In this thriller, a phone scam is being run out of an elder care facility. Eleni, a skittish but observant nurse, quickly becomes enmeshed with two others in the grift.

A film adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s celebrated memoir of teaching literature in a repressive Iran suggests that the story might be more suited to the page.

This live-action remake of the 2016 animated film has nothing to add to the original, and winds up subtracting instead.

A small-town naïf heads to Los Angeles to bed her celebrity crush (Jon Hamm) in this bonkers sex comedy.

The director Lana Daher creates a complex emotional portrait of Lebanon with found footage assembled into a 75-minute film of memory, trauma and life.

A dark spirit boils and sears its way through an unhappy family in the latest “Evil Dead” installment.

This experimental and earnest film from the Colombian American photographer Stillz follows a group of wayward boys in 1980s Medellín.

The classic story (and recent culture-war object) remains wholesome but makes room for people who called the prairie home before the Ingalls family.

Homer’s “Odyssey” has been translated into English countless times, with versions ranging from contemporary and accessible to highly poetic. A.O. Scott, critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, breaks down three translations and explains which one might be right for you.

The best-selling author Kerri Maher recommends books that transport readers to the decade of space travel, counterculture and tumultuous societal change.

“Apparently, people don’t like a majority senator disappearing with no explanation for three weeks,” Ronny Chieng said on Wednesday’s “Daily Show.”

Stressed desserts, L.A. Metro music and pinball everywhere.

Nominations for unscripted programs recognized a certain newlywed and the scandalous reality hit of the spring.

The artists will perform with Madonna, Shakira and BTS in the first-ever halftime show for a World Cup final. The aim is to replicate the cultural sway of the Super Bowl.

Other unexpected results include nods for Chase Infiniti and the “Love Island USA” host Ariana Madix and a snub for “The Amazing Race.”

The FX docudrama about the tragic romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette received fewer nominations than its competitors.

The Trump administration is challenging a federal judge’s ruling that only Congress has the power to rebrand the Washington arts institution.

Nominees for the 78th Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday. Here’s how to watch the shows.

The Apple TV horror comedy, one of the buzziest shows of the spring, has parlayed that enthusiasm into an Emmys haul, with 19 nominations.

Even if voters had wanted to honor the gay hockey drama, which became a hit on HBO Max, they couldn’t have. But the Emmys did recognize one of the stars.

The HBO Max medical series earned 25 nominations in the drama category. And in comedy, the final season of “Hacks” set a record with 24 nominations.

The 78th Emmy Awards ceremony is planned for Sept. 14. See all the nominees below.

Tsai Ming-liang’s 1990s doomsday film gets its first theatrical run with a new 35 mm print at both Film at Lincoln Center and Metrograph.

A British nonprofit helps patients escape the stress and boredom of ward life by watching the latest blockbusters.

Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.

One hundred years after his birth, the French philosopher remains hugely influential, both revered and reviled for ideas that eerily anticipated our day.

Ten recommendations for fans of Mary Pope Osborne’s time-travel chapter book series.

While the Y.A. graphic novel phenomenon wraps up with a sixth volume and a Netflix movie, Alice Oseman mostly reads fiction about adults now.

Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives? (This year, there are prizes!)

Why do the characters in so many new novels insist upon eating each other?

Han Ong’s barbed, irreverent portrait of identity, class envy and flimflam deception in turn-of-the-21st-century Manhattan still resonates.

The author of an exhaustive two-volume biography, he was “fanatical about his approach to scholarship and infatuated with Melville,” a colleague said.

The novelist Dinaw Mengestu, who was elected seven months ago, said the article “continues this approach toward defending some rights while not defending others.”

First, a primer from the author of “Circe,” Madeline Miller. Then, A.O. Scott on all the genres inside the 3,000-year-old poem.

A group of artists gathered at a hotel on the Côte d’Azur in 1937. A new book by Anna Thomasson captures the art and escapades the holiday inspired.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times

Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.

The world’s most famous epic has something for every reader.

Homer’s “Odyssey” has been translated into English countless times, with versions ranging from contemporary and accessible to highly poetic. A.O. Scott, critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, breaks down three translations and explains which one might be right for you.

The best-selling author Kerri Maher recommends books that transport readers to the decade of space travel, counterculture and tumultuous societal change.

A Netflix adaptation of the beloved tale empowers Ma and adds new Black and Native characters to challenge prejudices. The creators know criticism is coming.

William T. Vollmann’s fascinating, wildly ambitious text interweaves a family saga with a history of the American war machine since Vietnam.

Workers at a major publishing house have established what organizers are calling the largest union in trade book publishing history.

A new book by the historian Mason B. Williams chronicles the dubious effects of school, housing and police reforms by local politicians on the right.

Rachel Aviv’s essay collection, “You Won’t Get Free of It,” shows the breadth and complexity of matrilineal relationships.

Three authors chronicle the history of the World Cup and of U.S. men’s soccer.

Miguel Salazar of the New York Times Books Review recommends three titles that can help you understand the history of the World Cup.

“The Coast of Everything,” by Guillermo Stitch, is structured like a nesting doll, with one story hidden within another.

Irvine Welsh brings back his beloved Edinburgh ensemble for his new novel, “Men in Love.”

“The Simp,” by Roshan Sethi, is a satire of the unending demands, learned helplessness and stubborn racism of Hollywood elites.

His 1998 book, “Gotham,” which told the city’s story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer Prize and inspired two sequels.

In “The Face,” Fay Bound-Alberti examines our relationship to our most public features.

In Daniel Mason’s charming “Country People,” a stuck father and his happier family are tempted, and changed, during a stint on a bucolic campus.

Whether you’re looking to do laps in the pool or lounge in the shade beneath towering lindens, these swimming spots are a perfect way to beat the summer heat.

As the commissioner for sustainable tourism, José Antonio Donaire’s job is to diminish the impact of the nearly 16 million annual visitors to the Catalan capital. Here’s what he’s planning.

Delta is the latest U.S. airline to introduce stripped down, luxury-class fares. What do you get for your money, and is it worth it? What you need to know.

A traveler to Germany returned his vehicle with slightly more gas than it had when he picked it up. So why was he billed $131 to fill up the tank?

A writer engaged the Sikh-Scottish chef Tony Singh to prepare a luxurious dinner at a Highlands lodge she’d rented. Would the haggis pakora live up to her dreams?

The crash occurred as the country celebrated its independence from Britain.

Whether hidden in the mountains or nestled by the sea, these spots offer some respite from the continent’s high temperatures.

The name change, approved earlier this year, took effect on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. New signage with President Trump’s name is expected roll out in the coming weeks.

Free apps from Google, Samsung and Apple can help you track your diet, exercise and well-being — and provide vital information during emergencies.

E.U. leaders rebuffed a plea from the aviation industry to pause the biometric checkpoints, which have caused long lines and missed flights. Summer travelers beware.

At least two hotels near the unstable building were evacuated, stranding travelers and forcing guests to clamber for alternative accommodation.

Luxury hotel brands are getting into the cruise business. A Mediterranean itinerary offered a taste of what at times seemed like a mega-yacht experience.

The Washington Passport Agency started issuing the limited-release documents with President Trump’s image on Monday, catching a few applicants by surprise.

In 1776, Cherokee leaders looked for ways to navigate a foreboding future. Nanyehi, a.k.a. Nancy Ward, is venerated and reviled for her choice.

An institution under attack from the Trump administration provided relief from the weather on July 4 — and a chance to ponder what it means to be American.

A series of major events is unfolding in New York this week, sprinkling the city with soccer tees, fireworks and, perhaps, love — though not record visitor numbers.

The decision was a win for the Trump administration as it pushes to remove material that the president has called inappropriate or “woke.”

We asked people whose jobs require them to routinely face temperatures over 100 degrees for their coping strategies. Start with water.

Across New England, a writer traveled down dirt paths and into historic homes to find the forgotten stories of the enslaved men who fought for freedom on two fronts.

The government described the rare fatal attack in Puerto Vallarta as “deeply unfortunate, unusual and isolated.”