US government shutdown averted as Senate passes spending bill
The US has averted a government shutdown after the Senate passed a Republican-led measure to keep the government funded for the next six months. The stopgap funding bill passed in…
14 things the Trump administration did this week
16 hours ago Johanna Chisholm BBC News BBC The eighth week of Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by the dizzying ping-pong of tariffs and counter-tariffs, and Ukraine peace…
American Airlines passengers share how they fled burning plane in Denver
“Nerve-wrecking, terrifying and horrific.” That is how one witness described her experience getting off an American Airlines flight that caught fire after it was forced to make an emergency landing…
Trump tariffs: Elon Musk’s Tesla raises concern over retaliation risk
Elon Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla has warned it and other US exporters could be harmed by countries retaliating to Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. Mr Musk is a close ally of…
What to know about search for missing student Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic
9 hours ago Rachel Looker BBC News, Washington DC Defensa Civil Dominicana Search efforts for a missing University of Pittsburgh student who disappeared on spring break while in the Dominican…
Opinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back.
When a political leader wants to move a democracy toward a more authoritarian form of government, he often sets out to undermine independent sources of information and accountability. The leader…
Social Distance
Where were you in March of 2020? When did you realize Covid was a thing that was going to disrupt life as you knew it? I was hiking in Joshua…
Walz, Newsom and Buttigieg Are Among Democrats Stirring 2028 Presidential Chatter
Pete Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary, ruled out a run for statewide office in Michigan in 2026 and made it clear that he was keeping his 2028 options open. Gov.…
As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent
Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, set European pigeons flying in circles when he suggested last month that given rising mistrust in President Trump’s commitment to NATO, he wanted to talk…
Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life
At the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, faint shadows above the entrance are all that remain of the letters that once spelled the agency’s name. In the Trump…