After China announced new retaliatory measures against the United States, President Trump responded that Beijing “PLAYED IT WRONG.”President Trump defended his economic strategy Friday on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, says the central bank’s “obligation” is to ensure that a “one-time increase in the price level does not become an ongoing inflation problem.”Federal Reserve officials, led by Jerome H. Powell, are confronting a thorny set of issues that have upended ex
Fears that President Trump’s tariffs could slash global economic growth — and demand for oil — are weighing on the market.An oil drilling site in Midland, Texas.
The app was facing a Saturday deadline to change its ownership or face a ban in the United States.An advertisement for TikTok in New York. The popular video app now has an additional 75 days to find a new owner.
As President Trump claims expansive and disputed powers, his administration has curbed the influential Office of Legal Counsel.President Trump’s administration has undercut the power of the Office of Legal Counsel, speeding up Mr. Trump’s ability to act but creating mounting difficulties for Justice
Jonathan Braun, a drug smuggler, on Friday made an obscene gesture toward people in the courtroom and complained about his legal representation.Jonathan Braun has been arrested five times since the president freed him at the end of his last term.
Demanding an end to the war, hundreds pressed the militants to relinquish control of the enclave, a rare demonstration against a group that has suppressed dissent with violence.An antiwar rally in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 26.
What one image shows about the aftermath of a strike on a shelter in Gaza.
Israel said the operation had killed a militant who was “likely personally involved in the abduction” of the Bibas family on Oct. 7.Palestinians fleeing the Shajaiye neighborhood of Gaza City after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders on Thursday.
D.I.Y. influencers indulge our most ambitious housing fantasies — and cash in on them.Lisa Chun, a 42-year-old mother of three, is one of the most popular self-taught home-improvement and décor influencers in the world.
A law student in Florida has a lucrative side gig: fund-raising consultant. His firm earns a 25 percent cut of “profit” from donations, and critics have begun to pile up after two special elections.“All the senior fund-raising strategists at my firm — myself, Ryan — we’re dungeon masters,” said Jack
The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November. The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation.Judge Jefferson Griffin’s legal argument centers on a claim that about 65,000 people who cast their ballots in the election were ineligible
Students chained to a gate were removed by security officials. It came as the university planned to deploy 36 officers empowered to remove people from campus.Columbia University students protesting Wednesday at the school’s campus in Upper Manhattan.
After 30 years in prison, Ibrahim Rivera was headed to the Ivy League. Then he realized that because of Trump administration threats, the university could not guarantee his funding would survive.
The missile strike was the latest in a series of attacks that have caused civilian casualties, despite ongoing cease-fire talks. Russia said it had targeted a meeting of Western military instructors.Emergency personnel work next to a body lying on the ground, at the site of a Russian missile strike
Whether the Kremlin is serious about peace talks to end the Ukraine war will become clear soon, the secretary of state said.Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended a North Atlantic Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
Dozens of companies are building robots that look like humans. One of them is training a machine to be a butler and will soon test them in homes.
A woman detained by U.S. border officers for overstaying a visitor visa died by suicide while in custody, according to a Democratic congresswoman.
He ascended to the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church before allegations of misconduct in 2018, and an investigation led Pope Francis to strip him of his title and priesthood.Theodore E. McCarrick in Rome in 2013. An investigation in 2018 concluded that he had molested a teenage altar serve
The two have long been divided on whether speech can be restricted, and when. Under the Trump administration, the gap is widening.Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton, then E.U. officials, announcing the Digital Services Act in 2020. The law is meant to prevent the spread of illegal content and dis
The American president cast the French politician’s conviction as an example of far-right persecution, ignoring ample evidence against her.Marine Le Pen, a far-right French politician, was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public off
As Canada faces an election defined by President Trump’s threats, its progressive party, the New Democrats, finds itself losing support and confronting an existential crisis.Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, speaking in Ontario. Several public opinion polls show support for
Justin Wolfers on how the tariffs will radically change our daily lives.
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
