Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments Over Epstein Emails
New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.
New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.
The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.
The president said he has not ruled out putting U.S. forces on the ground but signaled for a second day running that he could be open to talking to Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader.
If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization.
New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, sought to publicize the role of the housing official, Bill Pulte, in executing President Trump’s retribution agenda.
Even if the Epstein files never come out, it’s increasingly clear that a Trump coalition is fragmenting.
The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that he planned to sell the advanced fighter jets to Riyadh.
The donations to over a dozen schools come as the Trump administration is directing more funds to the historically Black institutions, too.
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A little-known group sold passage to desperate Palestinians who didn’t know their destination, catching the South African government by surprise.
Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.
Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration’s vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.
Michelle W. Bowman, the Federal Reserve’s new vice chair for supervision, has advanced regulatory changes that some fear may sow the seeds for the next crisis.
The French government is trying to make the case that governments can call out foreign malign influence campaigns and protect speech.
David Richardson had been on the job for six months. FEMA employees had questioned his ability to lead the agency.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, trying to get a grip on a feverish immigration debate, is introducing a hard-line, contentious policy on refugees.
Thinking through the case for intervention in Venezuela.
A man was charged with manslaughter after a woman was shot through the front door of a home before dawn this month in suburban Indianapolis.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said migrants were bringing sick cows across the border, snarling beef supply chains.
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The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems.
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The ruling by a magistrate judge in Alexandria, Va., was only the most recent setback in the department’s efforts to bring charges against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
Marshawn Kneeland spent nearly all of his 24 years working to get to the N.F.L. He died two days after scoring his first touchdown.
The department was deployed, in effect, as an arm of the president’s rapid-response operation to help him muscle through a damaging news cycle over Jeffrey Epstein, former and current officials said.
Mr. Adams, whose tenure as mayor of New York City ends in six weeks, is using his second trip to Israel in three years to reinforce his staunch support of the country.
A small group of countries is aiming to impose a fee on private jets and premium commercial fares. The revenue would help nations adapt to warming.
Chatbots are cheap, always available, superficially empathetic — and sometimes wrong. Some have concluded they’re a risk worth taking.
It could be months before they receive aid, well after the winter period when they talk to their bankers and make decisions about the planting ahead.
European policymakers are crafting changes to scale back and simplify landmark rules for A.I. and data privacy, in a shift from an aggressive regulatory period.