| A Fed governor plans to resign, giving Trump an opportunity to shape central bank.
- The resignation comes as President Trump has openly pressured the central bank to lower interest rates and called for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:19:23 +0000
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| Gaza War Protesters Arrested at Offices of Schumer and Gillibrand
- Dozens of demonstrators, calling for a flood of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, were arrested at the Manhattan offices of New York’s two senators.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:18:59 +0000
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| Stock Market Posts Worst Week in Months on Renewed Economic Fears
- Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and President Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:56:32 +0000
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| Trump Says He Ordered Nuclear Submarines Repositioned After Threats From Medvedev
- In a social media post, the president described the move as a deterrent prompted by threats by a former Russian leader. It is unclear if any submarines did actually change position.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:44:04 +0000
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| Putin Blames Frustration Over Ukraine Talks on ‘Inflated Expectations’
- The Russian president didn’t directly respond to President Trump’s ultimatum that Moscow halt its offensive by the end of next week or face financial penalties.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:36:09 +0000
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| A Former Rolling Stone Says the Met Has His Lost Guitar. The Museum Says No Way.
- Representatives for Mick Taylor, the Rolling Stones’ former guitarist, said the Les Paul was stolen from him decades ago. The museum says he never owned it and has not made a claim.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:35:49 +0000
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| Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash
- Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:31:05 +0000
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| George Mason President Holds Job After Attacks On His Diversity Views
- Republicans are investigating the president, Gregory Washington, and the school over his support for diversity efforts at the university, Virginia’s largest public institution.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:10:54 +0000
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| Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down
- The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:02:54 +0000
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| Trump Envoy Witkoff Visits Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens
- Steve Witkoff went to the Palestinian enclave amid growing pressure on Israel to ease a deepening hunger crisis there. Hamas derided the visit as a “propaganda show.”
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:29:54 +0000
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| Is Trump’s Economy Starting to Crack?
- So far, Americans are experiencing costs but not the purported benefits of his attempt to remake the global economy.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:21:57 +0000
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| Trump Administration Cuts UCLA Funding Over Claims of Antisemitism, Chancellor Says
- The university is the latest to be targeted by the federal government over claims of antisemitism and bias on campus.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:48:38 +0000
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| D.C. Inquiry Shows How 3 Lives Intersected Before the Crash
- Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly collision of a military helicopter and a passenger jet reveal a smart but shaky pilot, a wary instructor and an overwhelmed air traffic controller.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:59:49 +0000
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| Florida Is Buying Plane Tickets for Unauthorized Immigrants to Self-Deport
- Immigrants in custody, with no felony convictions, may be offered direct commercial flights home — and avoid “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:56:43 +0000
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| Radioactive Wasps Found at Nuclear Site in South Carolina Could Be a ‘Red Flag,’ Expert Says
- Four radioactive wasp nests may indicate previously undetected environmental contamination at the decades-old Savannah River Site. Here’s what to know.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:54:33 +0000
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| States Sue Over Trump Efforts to End Pediatric Transgender Medical Care
- The lawsuit comes amid escalating efforts by the U.S. government to restrict the availability of certain services for transgender adolescents.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:51:10 +0000
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| In Delhi and New York, Hindu Right Wing Lines Up Against Mamdani
- As Zohran Mamdani gets within striking distance of becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, he is drawing fire from supporters of India’s populist prime minister, who accuse him of being anti-Hindu.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:02:18 +0000
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| Mike Donilon Had $4 Million Incentive to Secure a 2024 Biden Win
- Mike Donilon was promised a bonus that would have doubled his payment for work on the campaign if the former president had been re-elected.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:30:30 +0000
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| How U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer
- The decision to free an American convicted of murder in a prisoner swap with Venezuela threatened to undercut President Trump’s claims of keeping the worst of the worst out of the United States.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:02:50 +0000
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| The Publicist on Call for Controversy
- Mitchell Jackson was fired from a high-profile journalism job at 25. Now he represents some of the most divisive figures in America, including the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:07:07 +0000
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