Swiss Bar Hit by Deadly Fire Was Not Inspected for Five Years, Authorities Say
Officials in Crans-Montana, the Swiss alpine resort town where a bar fire killed 40 people last week, are facing growing accusations of lax oversight.Read More
Tim Walz’s 17 Months in Politics Before Ending His Re-election Bid
Mr. Walz drew national notice when Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate. A fraud scandal derailed his bid for re-election as Minnesota’s governor.Read More
U.S. Faces Uproar Over Venezuela Attack, and Kennedy Scales Back Childhood Vaccine Recommendations
Plus, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s last day.Read More
Why Trump Refused to Back Venezuela’s Machado: Fears of Chaos, and Fraying Ties
U.S. intelligence suggested María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, would struggle to lead the government. But her relationship with Trump officials had been souring for months.Read More
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.Read More
Venezuela Braces for Economic Collapse From U.S. Blockade
Venezuela could lose the bulk of its export revenues this year if the U.S. blockade stays in place, according to internal government estimates, a scenario that would set off a humanitarian crisis.Read More
Zelensky Taps High-Profile Canadian Politician as Economic Adviser
Ukraine’s president appointed Chrystia Freeland, a former deputy prime minister of Canada, to a role in which she would advise on postwar reconstruction, if peace talks are successful.Read More
Zelensky’s Assessment Darkens as Europeans Gather to Talk Peace
With Russia still seen as unlikely to stop fighting, the Ukrainian leader’s tone has shifted from upbeat to cautionary.Read More
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
In a CNN interview, the top Trump aide also echoed the president’s intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States’ controlling weaker states by flexing its military might.Read More
Trump’s Post About Slain Minnesota Lawmaker Dismays Her Children
The son and daughter of Melissa and Mark Hortman have asked the president to remove a social media post promoting a conspiracy theory about the assassination.Read More