Lindsey Graham, Longtime Republican Senator, Dies at 71

GOP stalwart and Trump ally backed tough action against Iran and support for Israel

A Zombie Congress Is Threatening Trump’s Agenda

Wave of defeated and discouraged House members creates new headaches for GOP leaders

All Eyes Were on the U.S. Soccer Team. Then It Collapsed Spectacularly.

In the wake of President Trump’s intervention, the Americans hoped to reach the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time since 2002. Instead, they’re going home.

‘There Is No Going Back’ The Inside Story of Europe’s Rupture With America

Trump’s tariffs, threats against Greenland spurred a rebellion by top leaders; the limits of ‘flattery diplomacy’

People Have Long Worn the American Flag. What It Means Has Evolved.

For almost as long as Old Glory has flown over the nation, its stars and stripes have influenced American style

U.S. Dangles Rewards for Opening the Strait of Hormuz. Iran Isn’t Budging.

Washington offers a cash release but Tehran insists on charging tolls to pass through the waterway

U.S. Rare-Earth Firms Battle Over Technology

A legal fight between two of the U.S.’s biggest rare-earths companies illustrates the stakes behind the breakneck effort to loosen China’s hold on the sector

The Obama Presidential Center: A Pharaonic Temple in Chicago

The impressive new complex has at its center a 225-foot-tall tower that is at once ill-suited to its task—housing a museum—and queasily unbecoming for the leader of a republic.

How World’s Fairs Gave Americans a Glimpse of the Future

Among the groundbreaking innovations unveiled at U.S.-hosted exhibitions were the telephone, Ferris wheel and electric lighting

Cuba Has Few Defenses if the U.S. Military Moves Against It

The Communist island once had a vaunted military but it’s now ‘a shell of a shell of what it used to be’

Quarantine ‘Hotel’ Treats Cruise Passengers

While many travelers are in quarantine, a handful are in high-tech biocontainment facilities for medical care if their illness progresses

Why We’re Longing for the ’90s

Plus, America’s overmedicated seniors, a new path to the middle class and Portugal’s best-kept secrets

Iran’s Underground ‘Missile Cities’ Have Become One of Its Biggest Vulnerabilities

U.S. and Israeli aircraft are circling over the subterranean bases, destroying missile launchers as they emerge to fire

In Sports, American Socialism Is Beating European Capitalism

The more egalitarian, redistributive club competitions that exist in the U.S. are starting to be copied across the Atlantic

U.S., Israel at Odds Over Claims of Links Between Hamas and Charities

Washington wants proof before taking action against some nonprofits as contributions surge to address humanitarian crisis