Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up.The Trump administration has been halting or delaying federal approvals that were once seen as routine.
The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms.Sorting ballots at a processing center in City of Industry, Calif., after the special election in November that asked the state’s voters to a
Some top state election officials, who run voting across the country, worry that the federal government has become hostile to them and their work.Some Democratic state election officials, including Shenna Bellows, secretary of state in Maine, have spoken out about President Trump’s efforts to involv
It appeared to be the first time the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has targeted diversity policies at a large company.Nike has sponsorship partnerships with world-famous athletes including LeBron James and Caitlin Clark.
About 2,000 personnel will be left in Minnesota, where President Trump’s immigration crackdown has generated outrage.President Trump said his administration’s approach would continue to be “tough” and he urged local officials to cooperate with federal immigration officers.
The prosecutor, Julie T. Le, told a judge that she and her colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office were overwhelmed by the White House’s immigration operation in Minnesota.Federal agents arrest an individual in Minneapolis last month.
The lawsuit is challenging a Trump administration policy allowing federal agents near locations such as schools, churches and hospitals.Members of the security team for the school district in Fridley, Minn., monitored neighborhoods near local schools during dismissal last week amid heightened federa
The A.M.A.’s announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach.Two major medical organizations have now endorsed age limits on gender-related surgery for teenagers struggling with gender dysphori
The layoffs cut into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage, and reduced its work force by about 30 percent.Matt Murray, executive editor of The Washington Post, told employees that the revamped paper would focus more on national news and politics, and business and health, and less on o
The Post is laying off or reassigning all the reporters and editors in its sports section, days before the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Italy.Washington Post leadership announced major layoffs within the newsroom.
Libby Howes was an imposing presence onstage with the Wooster Group. But after abruptly leaving New York in 1981 she became a theater world mystery. What happened?
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain.In Texas and elsewhere, professors must share their syllabuses online. Some faculty members worry about censorship.
The Republican chairman’s successful targeting of a former president who faces no charge of wrongdoing was the sort of tactic typical in an autocracy where leaders fear being jailed when they are out of power.Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, at the Capitol on Tuesday, had been trying for m
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn’s daughter attended Bard College, in Annadale-On-Hudson, N.Y.
Messages in the latest Epstein files suggesting that Bill Gates had engaged in extramarital sex brought up “painful” memories, his former wife said in an interview. Mr. Gates has denied the claims.Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates in 2019, before their divorce in 2021.
David A. Ross said he remained “ashamed” for having been “taken in” by Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Ross resigned his position at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
After a stroke four years ago, the actor has changed how he approaches performances, including the one he’s become an awards favorite for.
Concerns about defaults, particularly among software companies, have spooked investors in the private credit firms that lend to them.Blue Owl Capital’s shares have lost more than half their value over the past year.
Profits rose to $34.5 billion last quarter, as the tech giant gained ground with its Gemini system, bolstering its search business and YouTube.A Google ad in Times Square.
To many Israelis, he’s a war hero. To others, he’s a traitor guilty of “blood libel.” Can Yair Golan change politics in Israel?Golan at an open discussion in December at Kibbutz Naan.
Gaza officials said the Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians. Israel said one of its soldiers was critically wounded in the attack by Palestinian gunmen.
The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will vote this week to confirm Kathryn Garcia as the executive director and Jean Roehrenbeck as the deputy executive director of the agency.New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill each nominated an executive dir
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s support could lend a jolt of progressive energy to the governor’s campaign and further cement their once-unlikely partnership.Though initially skeptical of one another, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul began a series of conversations last year that have since blossom
By choosing Ms. Adams as her nominee for lieutenant governor, Gov. Kathy Hochul created the first all-woman major-party ticket in New York State history.Adrienne Adams, the first Black speaker of the New York City Council, unsuccessfully ran for mayor last year.
