France has added a ninth European country to President Emmanuel Macron’s growing nuclear deterrence initiative as European governments move to take on a larger role in its own defense following years of pressure from President Donald Trump to shoulder more of NATO’s security burden. Norway announced Wednesday that it will join France’s so-called “forward deterrence” initiative, becoming the latest country to participate in discussions over how France’s nuclear...

A congressional candidate in New Mexico is betting that his Hispanic ties — and military background — are just the thing historically Democratic voters will need to go Republican in the fall. “I connect with them on that level. They wanted somebody with law enforcement or military experience, which, you now know, I have both,” Greg Cunningham said, referring to the Hispanic community in the state’s 2nd Congressional...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked the beginning of June’s Pride Month with a Monday post on X, saying it would take longer than just one month to honor the ways in which “queer and transgender” residents have benefited the city over time. “It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers,” Mamdani wrote. “From the Cercle Hermaphroditos...