Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, went to Capitol Hill to allay Republicans’ concerns over a fund to pay people who claim government mistreatment. It did not go well.Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, said his colleagues had “very legitimate questions” a
Federal law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from halting an audit at the direction of the president or his aides.As part of an arrangement drawn up this week by Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, the Internal Revenue Service faces its most profound legal and ethical test in years.
The G.O.P. abandoned its plan to quickly pass a $72 billion immigration crackdown bill as senators revolted over his plan to pay people who claim government persecution.Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, scrapped plans for votes on Thursday and lawmakers left for
Also, Democrats release a draft report on what they did wrong in 2024. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.John Thune, the Senate majority leader, in the U.S. Capitol today.
A draft report released by the Democratic National Committee argued that Ms. Harris did not sufficiently separate herself from President Joseph R. Biden Jr.Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential election loss was the focus of a draft report released on Thursday by the Democratic Nat
Democratic voters are in a combative, anti-establishment mood, unhappy with their party and disagreeing about its best path forward, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said.Eli Lilly’s headquarters in Indianapolis.
Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report” satirized politics. Then his “Late Show” confronted a moment when politics became self-satirizing.
The Trump administration backed a lawsuit brought by the Havana Docks Corporation that would allow the U.S.-owned entity to get compensation for property confiscated by Fidel Castro’s regime.Cuban revolutionaries taking over the Havana Docks Corporation facilities in 1960.
The pilot, Luis González-Pardo, was one of the defendants in the indictment that included former Cuban President Raúl Castro.Lt. Col Luis Raúl González-Pardo, left, and Lorenzo Alberto Pérez-Pérez, both MiG pilots in the Cuban Air Force, in an undated photo included in the federal indictment against
Ramzi Kassem is accustomed to challenging authority. As the chief counsel to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City, he finds himself on the other side.Ramzi Kassem, who once sued the New York Police Department for its surveillance of Muslim Americans, is now advising the mayor on police matters.
The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.An illustration published in 1877 depicted a scene in southern India. Millions died from a famine that coincided with an El Niño that year.
El Niño may keep the Atlantic quieter, but it could bring more storms to the Pacific.A satellite image showing Hurricane Melissa approaching Jamaica last October. Melissa was one of three Category 5 hurricanes last year.
Elon Musk and other powerful executives who accompanied President Trump to China are hoping to clear roadblocks put up by Beijing.Elon Musk and Tim Cook were among the U.S. executives in Beijing last week. Recently, China blocked Tesla, Mr. Musk’s company, from acquiring solar manufacturing equipmen
The U.S. oil giant is negotiating a deal to pump oil in Venezuela, ending a standoff with its socialist rulers and marking a victory for President Trump.An oil tanker docked at the Cardón refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in January.
Elim Chan has been named the symphony’s next music director. She joins a small field of female conductors at American orchestras, as San Francisco rebuilds after Esa-Pekka Salonen.“When it happened, I was like, ‘Oh my God — it’s time,’” the conductor Elim Chan said of her appointment in San Francisc
Tony Carruthers, convicted in connection with three 1994 murders, was scheduled to be executed Thursday morning.Death penalty opponents stood outside the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the scheduled execution of Tony Carruthers in Nashville on Thursday.
An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.The Alabama case also raised the issue of the extent to which states must consider a broader evaluation of evidence beyond I.Q. test scores in deciding if a person is disab
Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.
Booksellers are trying to figure out how to market audiobooks in person. At a new pop-up, the Amazon-owned company is betting on listening rooms, branded merch and “story tenders.”“Story tenders” were on hand to offer personalized recommendations to those seeking “twisty thrillers” or “enemies-to-lo
The Trump administration cut the programs meant to coordinate an Ebola response.
How can Cubans move forward if they aren’t ready to reckon with their past?Images of Raúl Castro adorn walls around Havana, Cuba.
The owner of the “Peanuts” catalog would really like it if companies and the U.S. government stopped using its music without permission.A scene from “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2022. The caterpillar was the last individual in human care.
