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Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants
A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program without Congress.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesAffordable Care Act Subsidies Are Set to Expire
Also, Indiana Republicans rejected Trump’s redistricting push. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesDo Kwon, Crypto Entrepreneur Who Caused 2022 Crash, Sentenced to 15 Years
Do Kwon, who designed the virtual currencies Luna and TerraUSD, which plunged in 2022, had pleaded guilty to fraud.
New York Times Top StoriesBay Area Gas Explosion Injures 6 and Starts Fire in City of Hayward
A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses.
New York Times Top StoriesS&P 500 Reaches Record High as Stocks Reverse Downturn
The S&P 500 edged higher as investors shrugged off concerns over Oracle’s earnings. It was just enough.
New York Times Top StoriesD.L. Coburn, Playwright With a Solo Hit, ‘The Gin Game,’ Dies at 87
His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica Is Entering Its Third Civil War
Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”
New York Times Top StoriesMan Accused in Charlie Kirk Killing Makes First Court Appearance in Person
Tyler Robinson faces murder charges in Utah in the Sept. 10 assassination of Mr. Kirk, the political activist and ally of President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Says Ex-C.E.O. of Abercrombie Is Fit for Trial, Despite Diagnosis
The former chief executive, Michael S. Jeffries, was charged with running an international sex-trafficking ring. An earlier ruling found that he could not be tried because he had Alzheimer’s.
New York Times Top StoriesA Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Re-Indict Letitia James
It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Panel Abruptly Postpones Release of FEMA Overhaul Recommendations
The group’s report had been expected to provide a road map for change after months of upheaval at the agency.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Does the Oil Tanker Seizure Mean for Venezuela’s Economy?
Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.
New York Times Top StoriesBessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth
The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”
New York Times Top StoriesCan OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?
A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.
New York Times Top StoriesLecturer Sanctioned Over MAGA White Supremacy Lesson Is Back in Class
Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice.
New York Times Top StoriesHundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Helped to Weaken Report at U.N. Environment Talks, Participants Say
American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.
New York Times Top Stories100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise
Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents as they urged them to seek higher ground.
New York Times Top StoriesPakistan’s Ex-Spy Chief Sentenced to Prison After Court-Martial
Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, an ally of the former prime minister, Imran Khan, once led Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
New York Times Top StoriesKristi Noem Testifies Before House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has overseen President Trump’s immigration policy, including efforts to detain more immigrants and pause visa applications.
New York Times Top StoriesKiller Whales Find an ‘Unlikely Friend’ in Dolphins
Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat IndiGo Airline’s Meltdown Reveals About India’s Economy
A tangle of problems at IndiGo, the dominant carrier, resulted in gridlocked airports across the country. Worse, it was the symptom of an even bigger problem.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Release From ICE Detention
The judge said it was “troubling” that the Trump administration had kept Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in custody for nearly four months without following through on its pledge to re-expel him.
New York Times Top StoriesDisney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos
The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Isn’t the First Time the Fed Has Struggled for Independence
The Trump administration is threatening the Fed’s autonomy, which the central bank regained with the Treasury-Fed accord in 1951.
New York Times Top StoriesBulgaria’s Prime Minister Resigns in the Face of Mass Protests
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced he was stepping down, becoming the latest leader to leave in the past four years, amid public anger over corruption and democratic dysfunction.
New York Times Top StoriesSenate Expected to Deadlock Over Obamacare Subsidies in Dueling Votes
Neither Democrats’ plan to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies nor Republicans’ proposal to replace them with direct payments for those who buy basic insurance was expected to advance.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs Shrank the U.S. Trade Deficit in September
U.S. imports and exports ticked up from lows the previous month when the president’s global tariffs went into effect, while the trade deficit continued to fall
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Oracle Is Worrying Investors About the A.I. Boom
Shares in the technology company are down as investors grow anxious that its bet on artificial intelligence, and OpenAI in particular, may not pay off.
New York Times Top Stories‘Pretty Strong Words’ Used on Ukraine Call With European Leaders, Trump Says
Diplomatic efforts have stalled as Britain, France and Germany try to push President Trump away from a proposal to end the conflict that would favor Russia.