Polls and interviews show a rising number of Ukrainians saying they would hand over the portion of the Donbas still controlled by Ukraine if doing so would bring a lasting end to the war, though most insist they would do so only with strong security guarantees. The shift reflects a

President Trump said he wanted to drive housing prices up rather than down, arguing he did not want to harm the value of homes owned by current homeowners even as housing affordability remains a top voter concern. Economists say the central problem is a large housing shortage that has driven

The spending package passed by Congress includes new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers, the large companies that oversee prescription benefits. The three largest — CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx — collectively oversee some 80 percent of prescriptions, and lawmakers and employers have criticized P.

Allies of Senator John Cornyn have spent about $50 million on advertising since last July as he faces a tough Republican primary challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton in a three-way race that is widely expected to go to a runoff. Mr. Paxton has done little advertising; his main super

Federal immigration raids in the Minneapolis area have left many children living in fear and taking on new responsibilities at home. Xochitl Soberanes, 16, became the backbone of her family after her father was detained, saying, "It’s like living in fear all the time." Neighbors have grown

State officials, university administrators and students are increasingly monitoring college classrooms. Several states have passed laws requiring professors to post course syllabuses in searchable databases and have set up offices or tip lines to receive complaints about instructors. Supporters say the measures increase transparency and accountability, while many professors and

In 1917 the United States purchased the Danish West Indies for $25 million in gold and, as part of the deal, agreed to respect Denmark’s control over Greenland. Both Greenland and the Caribbean islands were under Danish rule, and historians say Denmark used American interest in the West Indies

President Trump signed a spending package in the Oval Office that reopened major parts of the government and provided short-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill passed the House on a bipartisan 217 to 214 vote, and lawmakers from both chambers gathered in the Oval Office after

A Democratic candidate, Taylor Rehmet, won a state legislative special election in a historically conservative Fort Worth area, defeating a Trump‑endorsed Republican. Rehmet ran as someone who disliked party labels and made support for public education, including vocational programs, central to his campaign. The result was described as a

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from stripping temporary protected status from up to 350,000 Haitians. Judge Ana Reyes issued a temporary stay preventing Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, from implementing her decision to remove the status, which was scheduled to expire on Tuesday. Reyes

A second round of peace talks among U.S., Russian and Ukrainian officials was set to begin in the United Arab Emirates after a large Russian assault on Ukraine’s power grid. The talks are the most public sign of progress in President Trump’s effort to negotiate an end

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola criticised the US president Donald Trump’s administration after the deaths of Renee Good and nurse Alex Pretti during ICE operations, calling for accountability and defending human rights. Guardiola said: "Look what happened in the United States of America, Renee Good and [intensive care

House Republicans canceled a planned vote to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in criminal contempt after the Clintons agreed to be deposed this month and requested that the proceedings be public, a request the Republican chairman did not acknowledge. Representative James R. Comer, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee,

Michael Parenti, a Marxist political theorist who published more than 20 books and lectured widely, died on Jan. 24 in Amherst, Mass. He was 92. His death was confirmed by his son, Christian Parenti. Infuriated by the Vietnam War, Dr. Parenti moved leftward and became an active critic of U.