August 27, 2025, 4:10 a.m. Eastern time
President Trump claimed he has cause to remove a member of the independent board who has not obeyed his demands to vote for lower interest rates.
The director of Federal Housing Finance Agency could win the president an opening on the Federal Reserve board.
The use of such names is part of a broader strategy that President Trump and his allies are leaning into in his second term.
On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican.
If the courts allow Trump to get away with firing Lisa Cook, the Fed will be stripped of its insulation from political pressure.
The Israeli military said, without providing evidence, that its initial inquiry found that militants had placed an observation camera in the area. It said the attack killed six militants.
The two countries appear to be trying to raise political pressure on each other and send signals to Washington in case peace talks move forward.
The government expelled Iran’s diplomats, saying the country had orchestrated attacks on a Melbourne synagogue and a Sydney restaurant.
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Districts aiming to hire Black teachers, add Black history classes and talk about white privilege are increasingly under scrutiny, raising questions about what is legal, and also what works.
As students arrive on campus for fall classes, several universities have locked down their campuses after reports of mass shootings that turned out to be false.
Judge Hannah C. Dugan was arrested in April and accused of impeding immigration agents who were seeking an undocumented man. A federal judge rejected her claims of immunity.
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As hours ticked by, President Trump played reality television host — “This has never been done before!” — as his cabinet members offered praise. It was a glimpse of how he runs his presidency.
DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer.
When Republicans repealed a Biden-era “access and equity” grant program for transportation, they canceled funding for projects in some of their own districts.
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President Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a Fed governor, will set off a long legal battle. Economists warn it could lead to higher inflation and government borrowing costs.
France, a cornerstone economy in Europe, is rapidly becoming one of its weakest links as a political and debt crisis loom.
They are threatening smaller parts companies that are key to manufacturing and employ hundreds of thousands in Japan, South Korea and Germany.
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More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16, used ChatGPT for schoolwork, but then he started discussing plans to end his life.
The White House suggested that countries with digital regulations restricting U.S. tech companies could face penalties. The question is whether Europe can stand firm.
The two PACs reflect a new level of political engagement by companies like Meta and investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, which are spending heavily on artificial intelligence.
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Police in Indiana accused Julian Wachner, the former music director at Trinity Wall Street church in New York, of possessing sex abuse imagery purchased with cryptocurrency.
The “Old Town Road” rapper was arrested last Thursday after video appeared to show him walking down a street in Los Angeles wearing only his underwear.
