Tax cuts pushed by President Trump are amplifying debt and deficit concerns among the powerful market players who influence interest rates.President Trump visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday, amping up the pressure on Republicans to push through sweeping tax cuts.
Republicans have readied a plan to overturn California’s law phasing out gas-powered vehicles, using a statute aimed at striking down federal regulations. Democrats say it’s an end run around Senate rules.The fight has serious implications for both environmental policy and the institution of the Sen
A large tax cut, as well as more money for defense and immigration enforcement, would be financed by slashing health, nutrition, education and clean energy programs.The bill includes about $175 billion in new spending to enforce President Trump’s ambitious anti-immigration agenda.
Plus, “Norm!”President Trump visited the Capitol on Tuesday to join Speaker Mike Johnson, left, and House Republicans at their weekly closed-door meeting.
Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives. A team of federal agents from the South American country has been quietly dismantling it.
The messages offer a glimpse at life deep undercover. Our correspondents break down four revealing exchanges.
A inteligência russa transformou o Brasil em uma linha de montagem de espiões. Mas policiais federais brasileiros trabalham, discretamente, para desmontá-la.
In a White House meeting, the U.S. president is expected to point to alleged discrimination against white South Africans, a week after welcoming a group of them as refugees.President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa in Johannesburg in February.
The status of the refugees will be a point of contention when President Trump meets the leader of South Africa at the White House on Wednesday.Newly arrived South Africans listening to the deputy secretary of state, Christopher Landau, and the Homeland Security deputy secretary, Troy Edgar, on May 1
An assessment contradicted a presidential proclamation. A political appointee demanded a redo, then pushed for changes to the new analysis, too.In a March 24 email, Joe Kent, chief of staff to Tulsi Gabbard, said that it was necessary to “rethink” the intelligence assessment, according to multiple p
After killing a criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams, the Trump administration has begun investigating his chief rival in the New York City mayoral race over his testimony about the pandemic.Andrew M. Cuomo is challenging Eric Adams, the incumbent, for the New York City mayor’s office.
Even Mr. Cuomo’s rivals are not sure how news that the Justice Department is criminally investigating the former governor will affect his chances.The inquiry into Andrew M. Cuomo was opened in recent weeks by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington based on a criminal referral it received from Hous
A.I. has yet to upend Hollywood. But it is starting to make big inroads in animation.
The start-up Every centered its business model on artificial intelligence, and has raised $2 million from backers including Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn.Dan Shipper at the Brooklyn office of Every, which he founded four years ago.
Military strikes in Yemen and sanctions targeting the Iran-backed militia have compounded a humanitarian crisis in the poorest country in the Middle East, officials say.A building in Sana, Yemen, damaged by U.S. airstrikes in April. Aid agencies say that the bombing campaigns have caused more harm t
Three days after Israel said it would ease its blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, little, if any, of the desperately needed food, fuel and medicine appeared to have reached Palestinians.Displaced people at a charity food kitchen in Gaza City on Wednesday.
The announcement of an escalation in the war came after a particularly deadly week for Palestinians in Gaza. Some of Israel’s allies denounced the move.
Toms River, N.J., is poised to use eminent domain to raze an Episcopal church to build a park. The church had wanted to set up a 17-bed shelter.The Rev. Sally J. French, who leads the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, said razing the church would also endanger more than 20 programs, including 12-step
Removing marijuana from the government’s most restrictive class of drugs had rare bipartisan support last year. But the D.E.A. slowed the effort and legal challenges followed.
The Justice Department said that it would abandon efforts to overhaul local policing in Minneapolis and other cities with histories of civil rights violations.Officials in Minneapolis said that they would go ahead with promised policy changes whether or not the agreement with the Justice Department
Chicago is one of the most dangerous cities in the United States for migrating birds, and a glassy lakefront conference center was especially lethal.A common yellowthroat that was found on the ground near the Lakeside Center. It was only stunned and was later released.
Catrin Einhorn, a reporter covering biodiversity, climate and the environment for The New York Times, explains how McCormick Place, a convention center in Chicago, went from being a killer of migratory birds to a success story. This story is part of The New York Times’s “50 States, 50 Fixes” package
A former Democrat who started out dispensing tips on diet and fitness is now a major voice in the administration’s healthy-food agenda.
A crucial cog in the global semiconductor industry, Malaysia aims to build high-end chips. It will have to contend with President Trump’s trade policy first.Workers at in a factory in Penang, Malaysia, last year. The Southeast Asian country wants to move from assembling and testing semiconductors in
