July 15, 2025, 4:10 a.m. Eastern time
The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department.
Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump’s threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.
Flash flood warnings were issued for all five boroughs as heavy rainfall hit the area. Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey declared a state of emergency.
For 20 years, Dr. Purva Merchant has been answering letters from gaptoothed children and their parents — roughly 6,000 in all. “Happy growing up,” she typically replies.
America is unraveling its safety net.
In peak vacation season, many of the continent’s most desirable getaways are becoming places to get away from.
An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into a small enclave is now overshadowing negotiations over a truce.
The violence underscores the government’s challenge to assert nationwide control as ethnic and religious tensions simmer after the end of the civil war.
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Providers say after-school programs and other services for the coming school year are threatened without the federal money, which was abruptly withheld.
In Kerr County, where the most deaths occurred, officials said they were receiving threats, even as they continued to deflect questions about flood warnings.
A key survey of homelessness in Los Angeles determined that the number of people sleeping without shelter fell again. More than 72,000 people remain homeless in Los Angeles County.
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The president also warned Russia that he would impose a new round of punishing sanctions if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.
The fallout of the Epstein case is testing the power the president holds over his most loyal followers, many of whom have broken into open revolt against him.
The economy’s resilience so far to President Trump’s global trade war risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of economic devastation that economists have long feared.
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Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But in recent weeks, some cities have started to cut back on the subsidies.
After European Union leaders said they would keep negotiating instead of immediately retaliating against President Trump’s latest threat, businesses remain unable to develop long-term plans.
The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.
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In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.
Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about abandoning Meta’s most powerful open source A.I. model in favor of developing a closed one.
The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.
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In the 1970s, “Bicentennial Minutes” modeled a kind of mass-culture unity we’re unlikely to match for the country’s next big birthday.
A new, intimate album will include 13 previously unheard songs and a rewrite of “This Land Is Your Land.”
In American Ballet Theater’s production, four principal dancers made their debuts in the role, which carries the ballet.
