The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.John Phelan, the Navy secretary, in December. President Trump’s frustration over Mr. Phelan’s management of his prized battleship program grew over the past two wee
Vaccine skeptics, ‘organic moms’ and anti-pesticide activists came together to elect President Trump. But some voters are disillusioned and might not turn out again.Tricia Busch, a former elementary schoolteacher and a MAHA voter, felt betrayed by President Trump’s recent executive order promoting g
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ushered in a new form of collective leadership in the country, with more power for the Revolutionary Guards.Iranians gathered last month in Tehran with flags and posters to show their support for Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader.
The Lebanese are deeply divided over whether rare direct talks with Israel are a good thing.A funeral in southern Lebanon on Wednesday for people killed during the war between Hezbollah and Israel.
The layoffs affect about 8,000 employees, with Meta also planning to close 6,000 open roles, as the company focuses on artificial intelligence.Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
The tech giant is offering long-serving employees early retirements as it continues to invest aggressively in artificial intelligence.Microsoft and other big tech companies are on a spending spree to build the infrastructure for artificial intelligence.
A jury trial that is set to start on Monday could shift the course of the A.I. race, with Mr. Musk seeking billions of dollars in damages from Mr. Altman’s OpenAI.Mr. Musk in February with Shivon Zilis, the mother of four of his children and a former OpenAI board member. She is expected to testify a
The maker of ChatGPT is taking a more open approach to cybersecurity than its chief rival, Anthropic.OpenAI said its new technology was better at writing computer code and tasks related to other office work.
Hours after Republican lawmakers asked the Democratic fund-raising group’s chief executive to testify, ActBlue sent a sharp letter dismissing the inquiry as a “partisan attack.”Regina Wallace-Jones, the ActBlue chief executive, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
A spokesman for Representative Thomas Kean Jr. said an unspecified “personal medical issue” has led the New Jersey Republican to miss House votes.Democrats in New Jersey were aggressively targeting Thomas Kean Jr.’s seat well before he began missing votes.
The nonpartisan primary remains volatile after the departure of Eric Swalwell. A televised debate featured six leading candidates, but produced few fireworks.Candidates in California’s race for governor (from left): Matt Mahan, Xavier Becerra, Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton, Tom Steyer and Katie Porter.
The report focuses on the lack of transponders in the fire trucks, which investigators suggested could have allowed an automatic warning system to alert the controller of an imminent collision.An Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck collided on the runway at LaGuardia Airport last month.
A galvanizing force in classical music as a conductor, composer, pianist and evangelist, he spent 25 years as music director of the San Francisco Symphony.Michael Tilson Thomas conducting at Carnegie Hall in 2009.
The arrangement would have brought up to $200 million to the Metropolitan Opera, which has suffered a series of financial setbacks.Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera in September.
The Paul Weiss partners Kannon Shanmugam and Masha Hansford are departing to start a practice focusing on Supreme Court and other appellate litigation at the rival firm Davis Polk.
For a decade and a half, Prajit and Projjal Dutta have led the market for South Asian art in the United States. Now they rarely speak to each other, except through lawyers.Prajit, left, and Projjal Dutta
On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comments since becoming pope last year, but grew uncomfortable at how that criticism was interpreted.Pope Leo XIV in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday.
Calvin Duncan, who became a lawyer and an advocate for incarcerated people, was recently elected criminal court clerk in New Orleans. Lawmakers are racing to eliminate the role.Calvin Duncan, who was recently elected criminal court clerk in New Orleans, forced the incumbent into a runoff, which he w
The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent.Miles was born with otoferlin deafness, a rare form of deafness caused by a mutation in a single gene. But with a new gene therapy, he ca
The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters.A Chinese submersible in the South China Sea in 2017 during exploration for seabed mineral resources.
The new federal office will undo a change made after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Critics say it could reduce environmental oversight.Drilling platforms off California in 2021. The Trump administration said the move would speed approvals of offshore energy and mining projects.
Known best for tightly wound characters in generational hit films, the actress is a tortured pop star in “Mother Mary” and returns to playful form in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
Normal language is inadequate and precedents are irrelevant when it comes to appraising the senior administration officials of the president’s second term.
Big parts of the Rio Grande Valley turned against the party in recent years. One candidate is trying to win it back, one quinceañera at a time.
