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Congress on Monday began an uphill push to pass a new bipartisan spending agreement into law in time to avoid a partial government shutdown next week, with Speaker Mike Johnson encountering stiff resistance from his far-right flank to the deal he struck with Democrats. Ultraconservative House Republicans have panned the…

With presidential primaries, it ain’t over till it’s over. Still, given the Republicans’ enduring devotion to their MAGA king, it’s best to mentally prepare oneself for the likelihood that the guy who has long been the prohibitive front-runner will, in fact, win the nomination. And a particularly juicy part of…

Pope Francis on Monday called surrogate motherhood a “despicable” practice that should be universally banned for its “commercialization” of pregnancy, including the practice among wars, terrorism and other threats to peace and humanity in an annual speech to ambassadors. An unborn child must not be “turned into an object of…

Hezbollah said on Monday that one of its commanders had been killed in a strike in southern Lebanon, adding to concerns about a wider regional war as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza. In a statement, Hezbollah identified the commander as Wissam Hassan al-Tawil but gave few additional details. A Lebanese…

The Golden Globes had a lot to prove Sunday night. It was the award show’s return to a primo broadcast time slot after a series of scandals over finances and lack of diversity upended what used to be known as the biggest party of the year in Hollywood. Now privately…

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine — Under the cover of darkness, leaning forward under the weight of packs and rifles, a squad of soldiers walked along a muddy lane and slipped into a village house. They were Ukrainian infantrymen of the 117th Separate Mechanized Brigade, assembling for a last briefing and roll…

There is a famous story by the French writer Jean Giono about a man who plants trees in a barren valley. “For three years he had been planting trees in this wilderness. He had planted one hundred thousand. Of the hundred thousand, twenty thousand had sprouted. Of the twenty thousand…

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Russia launched a large-scale air attack against Ukraine on Monday morning, Ukrainian officials said, pounding several regions with missiles that killed at least two people, wounded at least 33 others and caused heavy damage to residential buildings and industrial sites. Air raid alerts blared across the country from about 6…

A brand-new rocket lifted off early Monday morning from Cape Canaveral, Fla., sending a robotic spacecraft toward the surface of the moon. No American spacecraft has made a soft landing on the moon since 1972. For United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, the successful launch…