Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show
In the days after President Trump took office, as Elon Musk’s team began pressing for access to the Treasury Department’s payments system, officials repeatedly said that their goal was to…
Opinion | ‘Why Don’t Democrats Fight Fire With Fire?’ Three Opinion Writers on a Wounded Party
Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists Michelle Goldberg and Bret Stephens and the contributing Opinion writer Frank Bruni on the problems…
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
A few days after President Trump issued an order urging the private sector to end “Illegal D.E.I. Discrimination and Preferences,” the Rev. Al Sharpton led about 100 people into a…
For Europe’s Right, Trump Stirs Caution Alongside Celebration
Standing in the rotunda, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy was a privileged guest at President Trump’s inauguration. The only European leader to attend the event last month, Ms. Meloni…
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims After Flurry of Executive Actions
President Trump, while issuing a rapid-fire series of executive orders and directives since taking office, has rationalized his initiatives with a series of false and misleading claims. In trying to…
Hosting Its Next Super Bowl, New Orleans’s Superdome Is Turning 50
Branford Marsalis has traveled the world over, but one trip back to his hometown, New Orleans, still stands out. He was visiting from Los Angeles, where he was the bandleader…
San Francisco’s New Mayor Is Rich. Is That a Good Thing?
Like the little red labels on the pockets of Levi’s jeans, the heirs to the Levi Strauss fortune are woven into the fabric of Bay Area philanthropy. The Sterns, as…
Shen Yun Is Said to Be Under Federal Investigation Over Possible Visa Fraud
Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into Shen Yun Performing Arts, the touring dance group run by the Falun Gong religious movement, according to nine people with knowledge of…
Stephen Colbert Is a Little Alarmed About Trump’s Gaza Proposal
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50…
Hottest January in the History of Januaries | naked capitalism
Yves here. While many of you were busy losing your mind over Trump’s smashes and grabs, the world continued to cook. Tom Neuburger, who has kept his eye on the…