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

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

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.

How the antiwar right sees Trump’s foreign policy.

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

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

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.

Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

The day after being forced into a runoff to keep his seat, Representative Tony Gonzales confirmed that he had an extramarital affair with an aide who later took her own life.

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.

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

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.