We have three years left with a mad king. It doesn’t feel sustainable.

A federal judge said he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents.

Taiwan’s domestic gridlock is revealing a deep-seated fracture over how the island should defend itself and how much it can depend on the United States.

Prime Minister Mark Carney got a standing ovation in Davos for starkly describing the end of Pax Americana. He is looking for new allies to help his country survive it.

Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.

For years, Nicolás Maduro and his movement used song and dance to rally support. Now, millions of Venezuelans are dancing to a different political tune.

For weeks, judges have pressed Ms. Halligan to explain why she continues to identify herself in court filings as the U.S. attorney, despite a ruling in November that she was unlawfully appointed to the job.

Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.

We look at the first year of the president’s second term.

Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

The film’s unapologetic depiction of the experience in all of its complications rejects the idea that such characters have to suffer.

The insult wielded against protesters taps into a long tradition of casting wine drinkers as out-of-touch elitists.

From the ballot box in California to the halls of Congress and Wall Street, several new initiatives would require more oversight of how the company protects its passengers.

The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.

For now, Europe’s anti-coercion instrument is less a bazooka than a waterlogged firecracker.

Cubans had long benefited from legal privileges unavailable to immigrants from other countries. President Trump has changed that.

On Monday, the eldest Beckham son posted one-sided explosive accusations against his parents on Instagram. His parents have not responded directly.