Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.Karen Ortiz, an administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said her ability to send emails was shut off after she sent an agencywi
The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.Elon Musk has been a central figure in the first month of the Trump administration.
The Trump administration wants revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources, according to a draft obtained by The New York Times, with no security guarantee in exchange.An ilmenite mine near Kirovohrad, Ukraine, this month.
The legal onslaught on Moscow’s second-largest airport has been seen as part of the Kremlin’s wartime drive to seize control of key assets still in private hands.Domodedovo Airport, in Moscow, is Russia’s largest airport still in private hands.
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in 2023.
Democratic lawmakers and retired military officers expressed concern about the politicization of the military under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., left, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greeting the new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on his f
DNA testing had found that remains returned a day earlier purportedly of Ms. Bibas, a dead Israeli hostage, were in fact not hers, stirring outrage in Israel.A poster showing Shiri Bibas in Jerusalem on Friday.
Two of the captives had been in the hands of Hamas for about 10 years. The rest were taken during the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.Eliya Cohen, a hostage held in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, was released in a ceremony in Nuseirat, Gaza, on Saturday.
Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel’s military could turn into a prolonged occupation. Israel says the raids are needed to protect the border.Children heading home from school in the Syrian village of Suwaisah, where people fear that Israel’s incursions into
The announcement on Saturday evening indicated that Francis’ medical condition had become more complicated since an update from his doctors on Friday.The hospital where Pope Francis is undergoing treatment in Rome.
Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially worked himself into the hospital.Pope Francis arriving for his weekly general audience at the Vatican this month.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
The federal budget debate has big implications for the economy. Despite questions about the math, investors expect an extension of the 2017 tax cuts.Investors expect the tax cuts from President Trump’s first term, which mostly benefited businesses and the wealthy, to be fully extended before the end
If you received more than $5,000 for online sales of “goods or services” in 2024, you might get a Form 1099-K. Don’t ignore it, an expert says.
Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s response to a changing America.Campaign posters for Germany’s upcoming elections in Frankfurt on Thursday.
A new band of influencers unafraid of confrontation has helped elevate the Alternative for Germany party to second in pre-election polls.Young activists are forming a new core of Germany’s nationalist, anti-immigrant party.
The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he can still win.Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany campaigning in Potsdam, Germany, on Saturday.
Hours after Coinbase said the S.E.C. was dropping a lawsuit against it, another major cryptocurrency exchange reported a potentially record-setting theft.Bybit, run by Ben Zhou, shown speaking at a conference in December, said it had been hit by a billion-dollar theft.
In their silence, Republicans are betraying the Ukrainians, national security and their own party’s values.
We can’t let Trump be a cruel emperor.
Officials said the gunman was fatally shot by the police and that two officers and three staff members at UPMC Memorial hospital in York County, Pa., were wounded but were in stable condition.Law enforcement at UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township, Pa., on Saturday.
The event’s other honorees include the actress Rose Byrne, a performance as the composer Richard Rodgers and an Argentine film about a girl who seems to speak to animals.
Seeking to shed the gauzy influence of Hollywood and focus on Brazil’s ethnic richness and troubled history, he helped forge a new path for his country’s cinema.
What do stars wear to an awards show held in the middle of the day?Demi Moore, nominated for best lead performance for “The Substance,” with her dog, Pilaf.
