Even a single Republican “no” vote would block Mr. Blanche’s nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.Todd Blanche on Wednesday at his confirmation hearing to be attorney general. It is not clear when the Senate Judiciary Committee will schedule a vote.
Acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s decision to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits was a central issue in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.President Trump’s extraordinary protection from the I.R.S. is expected to be a central issue in the confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Dr. Erica Schwartz told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incredulous.Dr. Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, is President Trump’s third nominee in two
Doing business in a more dangerous and unpredictable world will cost more, pushing up the price of everything from food to electronics.Supply chain disruptions have raised costs and disrupted manufacturing across Southeast Asia.
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz subject to a decades-old territorial dispute.Vessels at anchor in May off the coast of Oman, about 60 miles from Greater Tunb isla
Federal investigators believe illegal drugs were inside the vehicle, though the immigration agents involved in the encounter do not appear to have known that.Family members embraced next to a makeshift memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at the location where he was shot by an I.C.E. agent in Housto
Immigration and Customs Enforcement had ordered its officers to halt most vehicle stops across the country after they shot two people over the past week.In a post on social media on Wednesday, President Trump defended the traffic stops and urged ICE to “go back and do your very important job.”
In a sworn declaration, a lawyer says an Iranian official reported receiving regular dossiers on Iranian detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months.According to one filing, the Iranian official indicated the Trump administration’s goal was to “get rid of all Iranians” held in immi
After striking roads and railways, Kyiv is now focusing on sea routes as it tries to disrupt fuel supplies and pressure Russia to end the war.A screenshot taken from footage provided by Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces showed a drone flying toward a ship at port in the city of Kerch in Crimea in ea
Democrats questioned the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, and a U.S. attorney about subpoenas issued to Times journalists who reported on security concerns with the president’s new plane.
The Trump administration issued subpoenas to reporters who wrote about security concerns involving the new Air Force One. Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, responds to what he calls a “naked attempt to intimidate” the newspaper.
The plan faces a rocky path amid Republican divisions and would pave the way for votes months before the midterm elections to fund a war that polls show is deeply unpopular.Representative Jodey Arrington, Republican of Texas and the chairman of the House Budget Committee. His panel was set to vote o
Critics question whether the coins are legal and argue that President Trump is using the currency to celebrate himself.
Few directors close the divide between the art film and the blockbuster like Christopher Nolan.
The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.A 19th-century painting by the Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin depicting Odysseus fleeing the Cyclops Polyphemus.
As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and escape Brooklyn. A tragedy in the neighborhood changed his mind.
Roads became rivers on Wednesday as emergency officials in towns around San Antonio raced to rescue people who were stranded.
A heat dome is responsible for miserably high temperatures, and it’s also helping to push smoke from wildfires to the east.
Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health risks.A hazy street in Toronto as wildfire smoke blanketed the city on Wednesday.
Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.Several Maine Democrats are jockeying to become the party’s new Senate nominee after Graham Platner, who won the midterm pr
Elon Musk gave $5 million to back Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for Ohio governor, seemingly moving past tensions around the effort to downsize the federal work force.Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy developed a frosty relationship after President Trump named them as the leaders of the so-called Departmen
He is a close ally of President Trump and has been a leading proponent of the election denial movement, which falsely claims that voting machines are often rigged.Mike Lindell at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, in March.
A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.
Don’t stop eating fruits and vegetables.
