Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now.Joshua Fisher, the director of White House management and administration, estimated that the construction of the White House ballroom was 65 percent complete.
President Trump is installing his allies in the offices of inspector general, which are meant to provide independent government oversight.President Trump has inserted a conservative operative to take over the inspector general’s office in charge of any internal investigation into his botched repairs
Canada is seeking a deal to dodge further economic pain at the hands of the Trump administration on midnight Tuesday. But at what cost?The Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, on the day after it opened last month. President Trump had threatened to block the br
Also, it’s crunch time for U.S.-Canada trade. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.Voting in St. Petersburg, Fla. today.
Median Strategies revealed that recent polls from the firm were intended to expose how easily false results can be spread.A poll from Median Strategies had Francesca Hong leading the Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin by more than 20 percentage points. The group has revealed that the resul
Yields on the 30-year U.S. Treasury and government bonds across the world rose to multiyear highs as investors fret about inflation, deficits and A.I. spending.
A day after President Trump’s envoy, Jared Kushner, visited Israel to advance a stalled plan for demilitarizing and rebuilding Gaza, the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas commanders.Palestinians mourned loved ones at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday after a cafe near the Gaza port was
Maritime officials on Tuesday announced the recent attacks, which killed at least one sailor. Six months into the conflict, the vital waterway remains perilous.Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. Traffic through the strait has dwindled since the conflict began.
Joseph Pascaretta on a first date, investing in his future.
Texas Tech is using A.I. to cut left-leaning content in its curriculum. Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.The Texas Tech campus in Lubbock is in a right-leaning part of the state. Its leader is trying to clamp down on teaching about gender and sexua
A former Justice Department lawyer says Trump administration leaders ignored findings that elite schools, including Brown and Columbia, hadn’t broken the law as they pressed them into deals.Brown University campus in Providence, R.I. The whistle-blower said government lawyers had found the universit
The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta’s devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.Meta glasses are seen exhibited at the Meta Lab pop-up store on Fifth Avenue in New York.
A federal agent facing assault charges in Minnesota has been jailed in Texas since May. Gov. Greg Abbott has not granted an extradition request.Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas at an event in Kerrville in July.
The “Heroes” and “Nashville” star, who died Sunday at 36, endured personal struggles that were compounded by her public profile.Hayden Panettiere with Jay Leno in 1996, when she was a 7-year-old actress.
Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from India by families in the Netherlands and grew up less than 100 miles apart.
The only member of the Texas power trio without a beard, he propelled the band’s blend of boogie, Southern rock and blues for more than a half-century.Frank Beard performing with ZZ Top in Salina, Kan., in August 2025.
We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the roots of keeping a pet may stretch deep into our primate past.
The damage was real and long-lasting.
Step 1: Take it seriously, not literally.
A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.
