The president rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.The president announced $12 billion in bailout money for America’s farmers who have been battered in large part by his trade policies.
The federal aid comes after China boycotted American farm products in retaliation for U.S. tariffs.The money for farmers will come mostly from the Agriculture Department’s Farmer Bridge Assistance program.
Approval for the H200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers and defense hawks.The Trump administration wants to encourage Chinese companies to use Nvidia’s H200 chip while limiting sales of the company’s newest chips, known as Blackwell.
In a sign of bipartisan frustration with the Defense Department, the final defense policy bill aims to compel the Pentagon to share execute orders and video documentation.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has posted edited footage of the strikes on social media, but has so far refused to share the f
Despite pressure from the Trump administration, Mr. Zelensky, after meeting with European leaders who vowed continued support in the war, said Ukraine’s position on territory had not changed.From left: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Emmanue
Russell Bonner Bentley III, 64, who was living in the occupied Donbas region of Ukraine, was beaten and tortured to death after he was suspected of being an American saboteur, investigators said.Russell Bonner Bentley III visiting a memorial to victims of Nazi killings, in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2017.
The archdiocese will raise at least $300 million to fund the settlement. It has agreed with its accusers on a mediator to conduct negotiations.The New York Archdiocese said it had sold its Manhattan headquarters to raise money for a sex-abuse settlement.
A ruling in the president’s favor in the case, which deals with his attempt to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, would be a major expansion of presidential authority.Monday’s case presented the first opportunity for the Supreme Court to issue a conclusive ruling on the underlying lega
The U.S. Supreme Court directed a lower court to review the ban, which applies to strict vaccine requirements in New York schools.Up to 20 percent of students had religious exemptions from vaccines at some schools in Rockland County, N.Y., where there was a measles outbreak in 2019.
The president has shattered norms by pledging to “be involved” in the regulatory fate of a transaction that could reshape the news and entertainment industries.President Trump has often relished pitting rivals against each other, from his “Apprentice” TV boardroom to the West Wing.
Mr. Kushner’s private equity fund is one of the many groups helping Paramount mount a hostile bid to buy the group, whose holdings include CNN.Jared Kushner founded his private equity firm, Affinity Partners, after President Trump’s first term and faced scrutiny over its deep reliance on the Saudi s
The Senate is set to vote later this week on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that Republicans oppose. The G.O.P. has yet to coalesce around an alternative.Senator Bernie Moreno, along with Senator Susan Collins, has proposed a measure to extend Affordable Care Act tax breaks
The executive order from the Florida governor came after another Republican governor, Greg Abbott of Texas, issued a similar declaration last month.Gov. Ron DeSantis’s order comes after another Republican governor, Greg Abbott of Texas, issued a similar declaration against the Council on American-Is
The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals.
President Trump expressed his love of “Phantom of the Opera,” got in more digs at Jimmy Kimmel and joked — perhaps — about adding his name to the arts center he has taken over.Before the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony on Sunday, President Trump had taken an unusually direct role in choosing the hono
Melania Trump went minimal, Gloria Gaynor dressed to shine, but the star of the night was the president.President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, arriving for the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday.
With the end of school shutdowns, children’s mental health appointments fell sharply, though other factors may have contributed.Nine months after schools reopened, the probability that a child would be treated for a mental health condition was reduced by 43 percent, from 2.8 percent during the shutd
As wealthier areas are pushing back against huge A.I. data centers, speculators are pitching places like Doña Ana County, N.M., on their vision. Local officials are eager for a deal — even if they don’t quite know the terms.
Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
Statistics show a clear spike in eight cancers in younger people, but that has brought a debate over whether many cases ever needed to be found.An image of a patient’s prostate. Patients in the early stages of prostate cancer and other types of cancer might safely wait to see if the disease progress
Here are the new kids on the block our critics loved most this year.Kabawa, where the chef Paul Carmichael presents his vision of Caribbean food.
The system in the House promotes control by party leaders over accountability and achievement.
Also, Paramount made a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world.John Noble Wilford in 1981. Recalling his coverage of the moon landing, he said, “I thought to myself, yes, this is the b
