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U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday as he departs for his New Jersey golf club in Bedminster for the weekend.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2026
Democrats plan Trump investigations over impeachment if they win House
Some senior Democrats have discussed using hearings, subpoenas and document requests to obtain records from entities tied to Trump¡¯s political and business orbit, the sources said.
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 15.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
Trump nominee Todd Blanche clears major hurdle in bid to become attorney general
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy¡¯s backing of Blanche capped one of the most contentious Cabinet fights of Trump¡¯s second term.
Legislation on Russia sanctions easily passed the Senate on Friday, with the House of Representatives expected to vote on it within weeks.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
U.S. Senate passes Russia sanctions championed by late Lindsey Graham
Graham, a South Carolina Republican who died last month, was among Kyiv¡¯s most outspoken allies in Congress in its four-year-long war with Russia.
Demonstrators participate in the Stop the AI Race protest march in San Francisco on July 11.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jul 25, 2026
Has AI become too powerful to control?
One of OpenAI¡¯s most advanced models broke out of a locked-down test and attacked another company¡¯s website ¡ª reviving fears that AI is becoming too powerful.
A sign outside the Smithsonian¡¯s National Museum of American History in Washington earlier this month
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2026
Trump orders disclaimer signs outside museum of American history
The highly unusual move marks the 80-year-old Republican¡¯s latest battle in his ideological war on American cultural institutions and monuments.
U.S. President Donald Trump salutes at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which was rescheduled from April after it was interrupted when a man tried to force his way through security and fired a shotgun, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2026
Trump seethes as Iran war spirals anew with no end in sight
A leader who has long resisted the path of retreat, Trump has now gone into revenge mode against the Islamic Republic, according to one insider.
People vote during primary elections at the Brooklyn Museum in New York on June 23.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2026
Trump officials sought ways to sidestep election agency before firings
Some officials were frustrated with what they saw as the Election Assistance Commission¡¯s slowness in updating guidelines for states on voting machines.
Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate, campaigns in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 9.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2026
Platner urged to drop Senate bid after assault allegations
Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who has rapidly lost support from Democrats following a sexual assault allegation, has one week to decide whether to drop out under state law.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the kick-off celebration for the "Great American State Fair" on the National Mall in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2026
Trump asks U.S. Congress for more funds to fight Iran, defying rebuke on war powers
The supplemental funding request ?includes $67.15 billion for the military, in addition to some $1 trillion appropriated last year and the $1.5 trillion Trump wants for next ?year.
U.S. President Donald Trump (center), flanked by Sens. Rick Scott (left) and John Barrasso, Republicans from Florida and Wyoming, respectively, speak to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2026
Trump and Republicans clash after president scraps housing bill signing
Lawmakers pressed Trump over his handling of the war in Iran.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 10.
WORLD
Jun 24, 2026
Gates told Congress Epstein considered blackmailing him
In closed-door testimony this month, Gates disputed details that Epstein recorded in emails to himself regarding the Microsoft?co-founder¡¯s extramarital affairs.
Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, departs following a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jun 11, 2026
Bill Gates tells Congress his Epstein ties were ¡®grave error¡¯
The release of Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein has spurred close public scrutiny of the convicted sex offender¡¯s past associations with powerful figures.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2026
Trump faces new Republican resistance in Congress as midterm pressures build
Multiple Republican factions have stepped forward to rebuke his war against Iran, his White House ballroom ?and his $1.8 billion ¡°anti-weaponization¡± fund.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD
Jun 5, 2026
¡®Embryonic spines¡¯: Trump faces growing Republican pushback
Republicans worry that his focus on pet projects ¡ª like an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout at the White House ¡ª make him look out of touch.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) points during a press conference with Republican House Leadership, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2026
Republican-led House votes to stop Iran war in rebuke to Trump
The vote against the war is the latest in a series of setbacks for a president who has bent Congress to his will for most of his second term.
A rare rebellion by Senate Republicans against U.S. President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse was ?an extraordinary act of defiance against Trump.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2026
Trump¡¯s ¡®weaponization¡¯ fund put on hold after fierce opposition from Congress
The nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse has sparked uproar, including from Republican senators.
Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during an event in Simi Valley, California, last December.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2026
Pentagon¡¯s Asia command seeks weapons aimed at deterring China
The U.S. military is quietly seeking to bolster its ability to deter or battle China over Taiwan, including with new warship-killing bombs and advanced sea mines.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune talks with reporters after leaving the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 28.
WORLD
May 22, 2026
Republican revolt over ¡®weaponization¡¯ fund stalls ICE funding vote
The Senate walked ?away from a planned vote on a $72 billion bill funding Trump¡¯s massive migrant deportation program.
Demonstrators protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's military action in Iran, outside the White House in Washington on April 7.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2026
Republicans retool midterm strategy: Trump¡¯s policies, but less Trump
The party¡¯s new strategy is to tap Trump¡¯s turnout power without making the midterms a referendum on an increasingly unpopular president.
California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell speaks during the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco in February.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2026
Swalwell suspends campaign for California governor amid sexual assault allegations
The San Francisco Chronicle and CNN reported that a woman who previously worked in Eric Swalwell¡¯s district office accused him of two nonconsensual sexual encounters.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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