During President Trump’s second term, the disaster declarations that unlock money are taking longer than in the past. Blue states wait the longest and they hear ‘no’ more often.A damaged home in Enid, Okla., on April 24, after a tornado ripped through the night before.
Americans can’t afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress’s refusal to extend federal tax credits.
The agreements with the technology companies come amid the Defense Department’s dispute with Anthropic.Anthropic and the Pentagon have been locked in a debate over whether the company’s A.I. model could be used to pilot autonomous drones or work on domestic surveillance.
The F.B.I. and prosecutors shared an annotated video showing the suspect sprinting through a checkpoint and raising a gun. A frame-by-frame analysis suggests that he may have fired.
The Trump administration is turning diplomacy into an asset to be leveraged.
While the defense industry has announced plans to make more munitions, much of that expanded production will not quickly kick in.The administration does not yet have the funding or congressional support for the weapons it needs for the possible future wars.
With the cease-fire fraying and Israel demolishing villages in the south, many Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon are putting aside their annoyance with the group and turning to it for protection.
Cafes and coffee shops give Iranians affordable places to talk about their hopes, fears and the cost of living as well as to seek company in uncertain times.Patrons at a cafe spilling out onto the sidewalk this month in Tehran.
Bill McGlashan served time for trying to buy his son’s way into college during the Varsity Blues scandal. He hopes his new venture will restore his name — and save the planet.Bill McGlashan, co-founder of the start-up Oath, which uses a blend of microscopic organisms to improve yield and quality of
The low-fare airline, which has struggled for years, had been trying to secure a $500 million lifeline from the Trump administration.Spirit Airlines will stop flying after failing to find a way to emerge from bankruptcy in a time of high fuel prices and stiff competition.
After two stints in bankruptcy, the low-cost airline appears close to shutting down. Here’s what travelers should know about rebooking and refunds if Spirit stops flying.A proposed $500 million government bailout of Spirit Airlines, squeezed by spiking jet fuel prices, appears to have fallen apart,
Chris Larsen, who hails from California, plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over A.I. regulation.The tech billionaire Chris Larsen said that attacks on Alex Bores, a House candidate in New York, by a super PAC aligned with
Oregon’s Democratic governor is likely to win re-election, but how voters pick from the ideological array of Republicans challenging her could offer a glimpse at the party post-Trump.
The exit of Gov. Janet Mills kicked off the general election early in what is likely to be one of the most important, expensive and combative Senate races of 2026.Senator Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican seen as vulnerable given her state’s leftward tilt, is set to face Graham Platner, a progres
Nonprofit groups have applauded an investigation on trade in goods made with forced labor but say that the Trump administration should go further to enforce its own lawsCotton picked in the Chinese region of Xinjiang at a rail station in Jiujiang, China. A U.S. law bans most products from Xinjiang,
Energy markets remained disrupted by turmoil in the Middle East, while the S&P 500 posted its best month since November 2020.
The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, dipped more than 2 percent, while the average price of gasoline across the United States bumped up by 9 cents overnight.
A 10 percent tax on American imports was hurting British sales, even though exporters had increased sales in India, China and other countries.The Scottish whisky industry said it had been losing millions of pounds a week because of the American import tax.
Some vaccines, along with heart medications and other drugs, appear to have a protective benefit.
Experts have flagged several over-the-counter and prescription medications.
The kingdom is pulling back from a costly and high-profile golf venture amid mounting financial concerns, raising questions about its plans.A picture of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2022.
Americans have soured on data centers, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan. How that will change our politics?
A state law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores and third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost prices.The Maryland bill comes amid increasing pushback against so-called dynamic pricing in states across America.
The nation’s state-run oil company hired David Rivera’s consulting firm for $50 million to influence members of Congress and the White House.Former U.S. Representative David Rivera at the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building in Miami in March.
