President Trump’s verbal broadsides drew gasps and nervous laughter at the annual gathering of political and business leaders.President Trump addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland’s history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims.President Trump speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
For decades, leaders have gathered in Davos to discuss a shared economic and political future. On Wednesday, President Trump turned the forum into a bracing clash between his worldview and theirs.Audience members listening to President Trump’s address at Davos on Wednesday.
During arguments, key justices appeared concerned that the president’s efforts to oust Lisa Cook could imperil the central bank’s independence.The Supreme Court is expected to rule on Lisa Cook’s case in the coming weeks or months.
As the justices weighed the consequences of allowing President Trump to fire a Federal Reserve official, the president reprised his pressure campaign on the central bank.Lisa D. Cook, a Federal Reserve governor whom President Trump tried to fire last year over allegations of mortgage fraud.
The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.Federal agents deployed tear gas as they clashed with protesters in Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon.
A similar operation that unfolded in Minnesota became a flashpoint between protesters and immigration authorities.Federal immigration agents in Minneapolis last week.
The authorities said an agent fired his weapon at a man in Compton, Calif., who was being pursued over a human smuggling operation. The man was not struck.
The move was described as precautionary in the event that President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act in response to protests.Federal immigration agents in Minneapolis last week.
People across a large section of the central and eastern United States are facing predictions of heavy snow and ice starting Friday.
Here’s a look at the latest forecasts, and how to prepare.Parts of the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest were under extreme cold warnings on Wednesday.
The Post, in its first legal filing since the government searched the home of a reporter last week, had demanded the return of the seized materials.“The seizure chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm every day the government keeps its hands on protected materials,” The Wash
The votes by the Oversight panel were bipartisan, though many Democrats said the charges were extreme given Bill and Hillary Clinton’s willingness to answer questions.Representatives James R. Comer, right, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Robert Garcia of
The F.C.C. said it planned to enforce long-dormant rules on appearances by political candidates on network talk shows.Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
After a crackdown that killed thousands, Iran’s prosecutor general said on Wednesday that “the sedition is over now,” vowing to punish those responsible for the protests.A photograph taken during a tour for international news media shows a tax office that was burned during protests, on Wednesday in
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch have little in common. But both their political futures hinge on the safety of the city.Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who served under former Mayor Eric Adams, was reappointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
A Kurdish force that helped defeat the Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian government.Riding past a destroyed Syrian Democratic Forces vehicle on a roadside on Tuesday, near Hasakah, Syria.
The three journalists were operating a drone near the town of Al-Zahra.Abdel Raouf Shaath, shown working in Rafah in 2023, was one of three journalists killed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
After the Trump administration’s cuts, workers at the national park are spread too thin to stop people from littering, flying drones and cliff-diving.
The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party’s future and might run for president, said that “across all three branches of government, 75 years — you’re out.”Rahm Emanuel is one of the prominent Democrats who have been most active in trying to guide the party’s direction.
As Mrs. Obama defended her remarks from November that the country wasn’t ready for a woman as president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan offered a different view.Michelle Obama in November. In a new interview, she said she could eventually foresee a woman as president, but asked: “Are we ready now
Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.Michele Tafoya joins a fledgling Republican primary field in the race to replace Senator Tina Smith, a Democrat who is retiring.
The ruling, which is expected to be appealed, allows the state to change the boundary lines of a district held by a Staten Island Republican since 2021.The only Republican district in New York City, represented by Nicole Malliotakis of Staten Island, would be redrawn under the court ruling.
A recently filed lawsuit claims the ratings assigned by A.I. screening software are similar to those of a credit agency and should be subject to the same laws.Erin Kistler at her Los Angeles home.
