United States Politics and Government
Trump Administration Looks to Take Steps to Ease Pain From Car Tariffs
[ad_1] The Trump administration said it plans to announce measures as early as Tuesday to ease the impact of tariffs on imported cars and car parts to give automakers more...
House Passes Bill to Ban Sharing of Revenge Porn, Sending It to Trump
[ad_1] The House on Monday overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to criminalize the nonconsensual sharing of sexually explicit photos and videos of others — including A.I.-generated images known as “deepfakes” —...
Howard Lutnick, Trump’s ‘Buoyant’ Trade Warrior, Flexes His Power Over Global Business
[ad_1] Since Howard Lutnick was tapped to serve as President Trump’s commerce secretary, executives from some of the world’s largest companies have been trying to win him over.Leaders of Nvidia,...
‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit
[ad_1] In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast,...
New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
[ad_1] Two weeks ago, a three-judge panel from the federal appeals court in Washington lifted a freeze on firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with some conditions. The...
Trump’s Tariffs Prompt Wave of Lawsuits
[ad_1] Somewhere along a roughly 7,500-mile journey that begins in Shenzhen, China, there are 19 shipments bound for Rick Woldenberg, the chief executive of Learning Resources, an educational toy company...
Washington’s Besieged Journalists Raise a Cocktail Glass, Darkly
[ad_1] Usually, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner features Hollywood stars, a zinger-filled comedy set and a public display of comity between the White House and the press corps that...
Bessent Seeks to Reassure Global Leaders on Dollar’s Role as Safe Haven
[ad_1] On the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to convey an important message about the...
How Tariffs Could Make Americans’ Hobbies More Expensive
[ad_1] Hobby forums, normally places for trading tips about knitting patterns and sharing photos of new projects, are now hosting in-depth analyses of tariff news and heated political debates. Ben...
Harvard’s War With Trump Forces Question of How Endowments Should Be Spent
[ad_1] There are proposals from Republicans in Congress to increase the tax on large endowments, potentially to 14 percent, much higher than the 1.4 percent put in place eight years...
