President Trump’s verbal broadsides drew gasps and nervous laughter at the annual gathering of political and business leaders.President Trump addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland’s history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims.President Trump speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
Stocks in the U.S. stabilized on Wednesday after an earlier slump had spilled into markets in Asia and Europe, ending a period of relative calm.President Trump takes questions from reporters during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Tuesday.
During arguments, key justices appeared concerned that the president’s efforts to oust Lisa Cook could imperil the central bank’s independence.The Supreme Court is expected to rule on Lisa Cook’s case in the coming weeks or months.
The justices were alert to the central bank’s crucial role and wary of issuing a broad ruling based on rushed briefing and incomplete information.Lisa Cook, a federal reserve governor, with her attorney Abbe Lowell, outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.Federal officers clashed with protesters after Renee Good was shot and killed in Minneapolis earlier this month.
A similar operation that unfolded in Minnesota became a flashpoint between protesters and immigration authorities.Federal immigration agents in Minneapolis last week.
The Post, in its first legal filing since the government searched the home of a reporter last week, had demanded the return of the seized materials.“The seizure chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm every day the government keeps its hands on protected materials,” The Wash
The votes by the Oversight Committee were bipartisan, though many Democrats said the charges were extreme given Bill and Hillary Clinton’s willingness to answer questions.Representatives James R. Comer, right, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Robert Garci
A federal judge denied a request for an independent monitor, saying he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents.Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, made the request for an independent monitor in the release of the Epstein files, alon
The administration withdrew its challenge to a ruling halting its effort to strip funding from schools and colleges with D.E.I. programs. It did not say why.Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, spoke at a rally in March. The federation, another professional association
After a crackdown that killed thousands, Iran’s prosecutor general said on Wednesday that “the sedition is over now,” vowing to punish those responsible for the protests.A photograph taken during a tour for international news media shows a tax office that was burned during protests, on Wednesday in
People across a large section of the central and eastern United States are facing predictions of heavy snow and ice starting Friday.
Here’s a look at the latest forecasts, and how to prepare.Parts of the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest were under extreme cold warnings on Wednesday.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch have little in common. But both their political futures hinge on the safety of the city.Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who served under former Mayor Eric Adams, was reappointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
A Kurdish force that helped defeat the Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian government.Riding past a destroyed Syrian Democratic Forces vehicle on a roadside on Tuesday, near Hasakah, Syria.
The U.S. military said it had transferred 150 Islamic State detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq and could eventually move as many as 7,000, as the Syrian government assumes control of the region from Kurdish-led forces.Syrian government forces guarding a position near the city of Hasakah in no
The three journalists were operating a drone near the town of Al-Zahra.Abdel Raouf Shaath, shown working in Rafah in 2023, was one of three journalists killed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
After the Trump administration’s cuts, workers at the national park are spread too thin to stop people from littering, flying drones and cliff-diving.
The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party’s future and might run for president, said that “across all three branches of government, 75 years — you’re out.”Rahm Emanuel is one of the prominent Democrats who have been most active in trying to guide the party’s direction.
As Mrs. Obama defended her remarks from November that the country wasn’t ready for a woman as president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan offered a different view.Michelle Obama in November. In a new interview, she said she could eventually foresee a woman as president, but asked: “Are we ready now
Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.Michele Tafoya joins a fledgling Republican primary field in the race to replace Senator Tina Smith, a Democrat who is retiring.
A recently filed lawsuit claims the ratings assigned by A.I. screening software are similar to those of a credit agency and should be subject to the same laws.Erin Kistler at her Los Angeles home.
The insult wielded against protesters taps into a long tradition of casting wine drinkers as out-of-touch elitists.
