A $30 billion cash infusion and a frantic effort to sell a stake in the bank have done little to calm investors. 

George W. Bush has told advisers that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein — and he has not changed his mind about that. 

Two no-confidence votes failed to oust the cabinet of President Emmanuel Macron over a new law raising the retirement age to 64 from 62. 

A new report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes. 

The decision by Fox News executives in November 2020 to treat the more hard-right Newsmax as a mortal threat spawned a possibly more serious danger. 

President Vladimir V. Putin welcomed Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, to Russia, briefly noting Beijing’s peace plan for Ukraine but stressing Moscow and Beijing’s enduring partnership. 

Robert J. Costello, a former legal adviser to Michael Cohen, said after testifying, “I told the grand jury that this guy couldn’t tell the truth if you put a gun…

The Florida governor, who had refrained for days from weighing in on the potential indictment of his likely 2024 rival, accused the Manhattan district attorney of political motivations. 

Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, appears poised to indict former President Donald J. Trump, and the political firestorm has already begun. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida spoke on Monday about Donald Trump’s expected indictment, as Republicans weighed whether to heed the former president’s call to protest. 

Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, a veteran Times correspondent and photographer asked Iraqis about growing up in wartime, and about their hopes now. 

The White House, Congress, the military and the intelligence agencies see the war as a lesson in failed policymaking, one deeply absorbed if not thoroughly learned. 

The Federal Reserve will decide whether and by how much to raise interest rates this week at a moment when its path ahead is newly fraught. 

Markets wobbled the morning after UBS said it would take over Credit Suisse in a deal arranged by Swiss regulators. In the United States, First Republic Bank remained under stress. 

It’s hard to be a devotee of prayer and silence when parties with thumping music gather outside your walls. 

Ahead of a likely indictment, law enforcement officials are making security plans as some of Donald J. Trump’s supporters signal that they intend to protest. 

An early-morning social media post amounted to a starter’s gun for Republican officials: Many raced to the former president’s side, denouncing a Democratic prosecutor investigating him. 

This week’s meeting between the leaders of China and Russia marks another key moment in the deepening relationship between the two powers. 

Prosecutors in New York, Georgia and the Justice Department face complex choices about what crimes to charge if they decide to indict Donald Trump. 

The grand jury considering the hush-money case against Mr. Trump might hear the testimony of lawyer Robert J. Costello, a critic of the ex-president’s fixer.