Pam Bondi had a feeling her days as attorney general were numbered. But she didn’t expect President Trump to drop the curtain quite so soon.Attorney General Pam Bondi at a cabinet meeting in January. She met with President Trump on Wednesday to make her case to stay on.
While it remains unclear how long Todd Blanche will stay in the job, whoever ends up taking over permanently will lead a department that he has shaped in his own image.Todd Blanche with Pam Bondi. Mr. Blanche has enabled the wholesale politicization of the Justice Department, but also held off some
From Iran to China, President Trump’s global aggression has encouraged other countries to search for new ways to pressure the U.S. economy.President Trump has claimed that his international aggression has only upsides.
A Times investigation found that abductions of women and girls from Syria’s Alawite minority were more common, and more brutal, than the government has acknowledged.A 16-year-old girl who said she was kidnapped and raped, and later found out she was pregnant.
The launch of Artemis II captured the tenor of the times in a country that can still do big things but seems forever mired in big problems.NASA’s Artemis II rocket on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Wednesday.
Shanghai’s many layers of architecture, culture and politics have made it a difficult fit for the Communist Party’s preferred narrative of Chinese victimhood and Western sins.The Shanghai History Museum, housed in the former Shanghai Race Club.
Senior Army officers reacted with anger and frustration to news of Gen. Randy George’s dismissal, characterizing it as the latest blow to the service.Gen. Randy George is expected to be replaced by Gen. Christopher LaNeve, who previously served as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s senior military ass
The board had been expected to vote to approve the project last month, but it was delayed after about 32,000 mostly negative comments rolled in from across the country.Will Scharf, who was appointed by President Trump as the chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, at a meeting to appro
President Trump has been talking about the emergency facility beneath what was once the East Wing, details of which are usually kept secret, as he tries to justify his renovation.President Trump shared some of his plans for the bunker, referring to the secure underground facility as a “massive compl
The House speaker first panned, then endorsed, then punted on, then pitched and now is delaying a bill to reopen the Homeland Security Department, showing his vulnerability in the face of party rifts.Speaker Mike Johnson has defined his role as a tool to further President Trump’s power and cheerlead
Some women with complex chronic illnesses are using chatbots to search for diagnoses or relief from their symptoms.With the help of the A.I. chatbot Claude, Ms. Smith concluded that she had long Covid, which was causing a condition called dysautonomia.
OpenAI said the deal would help it “create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes A.I. creates.”Jordi Hays, left, and John Coogan, the hosts of “TBPN,” at their studio in Los Angeles last year.
The Palestinian children were born prematurely in the early days of the war and moved from a besieged hospital to Egypt. They have now returned home to the enclave, which lies in ruins.Sondos al-Kurd with her daughter, Bisan, 2, after they were reunited in Gaza on Tuesday.
A federal judge tossed the actress’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni in a split decision that sets the stage for a contentious trial.In a ruling on Thursday, a federal judge allowed only a portion of Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni to go forward.
The stars of the new film, “The Drama,” debate the pros and cons of dredging up the past.
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play a couple upended when one confesses to coming close to committing a horrific crime.Robert Pattinson, left, with Zendaya, in their well-appointed Boston apartment in the movie “The Drama.”
The core of Mr. Trump’s dissatisfaction with the attorney general was apparently her failure to serve his need for revenge against his enemies.
What’s really behind all these attempts to revive American industry?
The Cuban government said the releases were a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week. It was not clear if they were related to ongoing negotiations between Cuba and the United States.Havana in January. The Cuban Embassy in Washington described the latest pardons as a “humanitarian and sovereign gestu
With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, she was one of three prominent researchers of great apes who were sometimes called the “trimates.”Biruté Galdikas at her research camp in Borneo. She established it in 1971 in a remote rainforest without transportation and communication services but with plenty of
The change follows weeks of complaints from a grandson of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inventor and other vocal consumers.The Hershey Company said it would return to using “classic milk and dark chocolate recipes” in all of its products by 2027, adding that it was responding to consumer preferences
