The appearance provides Mr. Smith with what is likely to be his best opportunity to challenge President Trump’s assertion that he was persecuted for his politics, not for his misdeeds.Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who twice indicted Donald J. Trump, at the Capitol on Thursday.
A majority of voters said that Mr. Trump had focused on the wrong priorities and that they disapproved of his handling of top issues, but the president still enjoys strong support from Republicans.
The lawsuit, citing “political discrimination,” said the banking giant told President Trump shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that it would close his accounts.The lawsuit says Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan’s chief executive, directed the bank to put Mr. Trump and some of his businesses on a “bl
Some Fifth Circuit judges questioned the government’s claim that courts must defer to the president’s finding of an “invasion” by Venezuela.The Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, in El Salvador last year. Many Venezuelans accused of being members of a gang were deported and housed at the prison
Negotiators have discussed proposals to check Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic and transfer sovereignty over pockets of Greenlandic land to the United States, an idea opposed by Denmark.Icebergs in Scoresby Sound in Greenland. In a speech at Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, President Tru
Andrew Ross Sorkin, editor at large of DealBook, describes how leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos remain on edge after President Trump, for now, backed down from threats of using tariffs or military force to gain Greenland.
He says there’s a method to the madness. But European allies wonder whether the United States is reliable anymore.President Trump at a reception with business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
American and NATO officials have discussed giving the United States sovereignty over U.S. military bases in Greenland. The Danes don’t seem to like that.Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark, in Copenhagen on Tuesday, released a statement saying, “Only Denmark and Greenland themselves can make
A standoff between demonstrators and congregants at Cities Church in St. Paul on Sunday added to tensions around federal immigration enforcement in the state.Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn. Protesters interrupted a service there on Sunday, calling attention to a pastor’s apparent work as an ICE off
The Minnesota senator, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, appears set to enter a race that has been transformed by President Trump’s immigration crackdown in the state and protests against it.Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is widely expected to clear the Democratic primary field for govern
The Justice Department would seek to find other avenues to pursue a case against Mr. Lemon, a senior law enforcement official said.Don Lemon reporting from a demonstration in Broadview, Ill., last year. Mr. Lemon, a former CNN anchor, has said he was at the Minnesota protest as a journalist.
A photo showed the boy with an oversized hat and Spider-Man backpack being held next to a vehicle as his father was detained. A Homeland Security spokeswoman said the man had fled and left the child.Immigration agents have been circling schools in Columbia Heights, Minn., and following school buses,
Many current and former employees say Kash Patel’s first year as F.B.I. director was marred by vendettas, mismanagement and meltdowns.Current and former employees of the F.B.I. say its director, Kash Patel, has weaponized the bureau and radically changed its mission.
They can’t guarantee future health, but they can tell you the trajectory you’re on.
The path of an approaching winter storm is not clear yet, but much of the country, including places unused to frigid weather, is bracing for the worst.States across the South braced for the impending storm. In Fort Worth, crews were pre-treating major roads like Highway 121 on Wednesday.
Half the U.S. population will likely see some effect from the sprawling storm that will move across the country this weekend, meteorologists said.
Ice, sleet and possibly significant snowfall are threatening to snarl travel in much of the eastern U.S. starting on Friday. Here’s what to know.Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington, is one of dozens of airports that could experience delays this weekend.
Welcome to the era of the Polymarket sharp.Joel Holsinger made hundreds of dollars on Kalshi after correctly guessing which turkey President Trump would pardon last year.
Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab is the artificial intelligence industry’s latest drama.Ms. Murati with Mr. Altman and two other OpenAI colleagues in 2023. She co-founded Thinking Labs a year ago.
Researchers found an antibody that seems to play a role in people with better lung cancer prognoses, but turning it into a treatment could be difficult.
As a strike by health workers stretches into its second week, pay is a major issue in negotiations, even if it’s not discussed much on the picket line.Nearly 15,000 nurses went on strike against several of New York City’s biggest hospitals on Jan. 12.
The sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.
Alex Honnold again will be ascending without ropes. In an interview he considers the impact on his family if something were to go wrong.Alex Honnold will try to climb a 1,667-foot skyscraper in Taiwan, without ropes, in an event scheduled to stream live on Netflix.
How do you preserve the free world when America goes rogue?
