The U.S. defense secretary told reporters in Brussels that to be an alliance, NATO had to be ’more than flags’ as he arrived for a meeting of defense ministers. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday he was confident NATO members would sign up to Washington’s demand to increase defense spending across the alliance
The U.S. defense secretary told reporters in Brussels that to be an alliance, NATO had to be ’more than flags’ as he arrived for a meeting of defense ministers. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on June 5 that he was confident NATO members would sign up to Washington’s demand to increase defense spending across
Merz is making his first official visit to Washington since taking office in May. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will host German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on June 5 to discuss a wide range of pressing issues, with the Ukraine war, defense spending, and transatlantic trade tensions topping the list. This will mark the
Merz is making his first official visit to Washington since taking office in May. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will host German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on June 5 to discuss a wide range of pressing issues, with the Ukraine war, defense spending, and transatlantic trade tensions topping the list. This will mark the
A total of nine candidates competing to replace Adams made it to the stage. A crowded field of Democrats took to the debate stage on June 4 to vie for their party’s nomination to lead New York City as mayor. The party has been rocked by since-withdrawn corruption charges filed against Mayor Eric Adams by
Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the agricultural fields near her family’s home. Pesticides are a known contributor to asthma and
Emily Scott is a Job Corps student in Los Angeles who is also a caretaker for her disabled mother. She is four months away from graduating from the Job Corps program as a licensed nurse. Andrea Watts of Las Vegas was homeless before finding her way to a Job Corps center in L.A. for an