Category: Politics
Trump Says He Has No Plans to Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell
President Trump’s recent comments blasting Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, for being “late” to lower interest rates had raised questions [...]
What Polls Say About DOGE and Elon Musk
People like the idea of cutting government waste. But they dislike Mr. Musk, and they’re down on the Department of Government Efficiency.
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Trump Promised ‘Big, Beautiful’ Deals. Delivering Has Been Tougher.
So far, the goals of many of President Trump’s negotiations have been unrealized, even those he said would be accomplished in a matter of days or week [...]
National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
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Treasury Secretary Bessent Predicts Tax Cuts to Pass by July 4
Scott Bessent told a group of investors that he expected trade tensions with China to de-escalate.
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Harvard Plans to Use Trump’s Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut
Harvard’s lawyers suggest the administration was sloppy when it froze billions in federal funding. A mundane but crucial law is essential to the unive [...]
Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Dismantle Voice of America
The judge also ordered the government to halt its efforts to shut down two other government-funded outlets, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadc [...]
Details Hegseth Shared on Signal Came From a Secure Site
Information about U.S. strikes in Yemen that the defense secretary put in two group chats came from Central Command, according to two people familiar [...]
Supreme Court Seems Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools
In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to [...]
Andy Barr Enters Kentucky Senate Race to Succeed Mitch McConnell
The primary race in Kentucky for Mr. McConnell’s seat is expected to be one of the biggest G.O.P. clashes of 2026. On Tuesday, it gained its second hi [...]
Justices Seem Set to Allow Opt-Outs From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories in Schools
In a lively and sometimes heated argument, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to rule for parents with religious objections to [...]
Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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Three more UK interest rate cuts this year, predicts IMF
Vishala Sri-PathmaBBC business reporterGetty ImagesThe IMF predicts that the UK will have higher than expected inflation this year for the Bank of Eng [...]
Free breakfast clubs to open at 750 schools
Free breakfast clubs are to launch at 750 schools across England next week but teachers have voiced concerns that government funding for the scheme wi [...]
British Steel formally ends consultation over job losses
A consultation which had put 2,700 jobs at risk at British Steel will not continue, it has been confirmed.The company, which is now under government c [...]