The fund that could offer payouts to Trump allies who accuse the government of mistreatment is not only highly unusual but also appears to violate the administration’s own policies.On Pam Bondi’s first day as attorney general in February 2025, she signed a directive that appeared to prohibit the kin
No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Mr. Trump has.President Trump seems even less inhibited by the rules, written or unwritten, that governed his predecessors.
The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.Officer Daniel Hodges of Washington’s Metropolitan Police, left, and Harry Dunn, then an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police, at a congressional h
Also, Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump’s new fund. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
While many Cubans were divided over the legitimacy of the U.S. charging Raul Castro with murder, the hope for developments that might ease their suffering is widespread. “This has to change.”A furniture workshop in Havana carries reminders that the Castro family has been part of Cuba’s ruling elite
Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview that Havana wanted to talk but the Trump administration was creating pretexts for military action.Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuba’s ambassador to the U.N., in New York on Wednesday.
The carrier arrived in the southern Caribbean on the same day that the Justice Department announced charges against Raul Castro.The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz in Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, earlier this month.
Mr. Musk’s rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.A successful SpaceX offering would bring riches to Wall Street, the company’s employees and, of course, Elon Musk, who is already the world’
The New York Times profiled young job seekers in 1991. Today, their own children are entering a work force in flux.
President Trump’s commencement address was a mixture of jokes and praise for the seafaring life of the Coast Guard graduates. But there were detours into choppy waters.President Donald J. Trump at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., on Wednesday. It was the second time he delivered th
A humpback that became stuck in the Baltic seemed to unite a nation in hope. Rescue efforts followed, and then finger-pointing.The humpback whale, nicknamed Timmy, trapped near the island of Poel, Germany, in April.
Several Republicans had balked at including the money in an immigration enforcement measure that the party plans to push through on a party-line vote.President Trump gave reporters a tour Tuesday of the White House ballroom construction project.
The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the president.
The Colorado State Democratic Party, reflecting the anger of rank-and-file Democratic voters, rebuked Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday over his decision to release Tina Peters from prison.“The man is wildly out of touch with the party he effectively leads.” Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, a Democrat, inf
Democrats have been trying to portray Mr. Pratt, a former reality TV star, as a MAGA Republican in the mayor’s race. President Trump just gave them a helping hand.Spencer Pratt stands in the ruins of his home, destroyed in the Palisades fire in early 2025. He is now a Los Angeles mayoral contender.
Republican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party in Congress willing to defy him.After losing his primary race to a Trump-backed challenger, Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, voted with Democrats
In primary races across the country, debates over Israel are taking center stage, dividing Democrats and Republicans alike.“I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv,” Representative Thomas Massie said in his concessi
OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley.Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive. The company is facing challenges from the tech giant Google and an A.I. rival, Anthropic.
Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The company, which renamed itself for the metaverse, is tr
The chip maker said its profit in its most recent quarter jumped 211 percent from a year earlier thanks to extreme demand from other big technology companies.Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, made a bet years ago on computer chips that would be useful for building artificial intelligence.
Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa.Monitoring visitors in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Ebola cases have been confirmed, on Monday.
To some Africans, the claim that the continent’s largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola at a health center in Rwampara, the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday.
Return to the Land, a 160-acre development requiring members be white and heterosexual, is breaking fair housing and civil rights laws, according to a lawsuit.The founders of Return to the Land, a whites-only community in Arkansas, say they aren’t breaking any laws. A new lawsuit will test that argu
Driven in part by the chaos of the last shutdown, the government is expanding efforts to use private security staff instead of federal employees at more airports.After the last government shutdown caused long lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the Atlanta City Council moved t
