An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.Goods for export loaded on a container at a logistics hub in Yiwu, China, China has used Vietnam and other neighboring countries to circumvent American tariffs on its goods
The latest labor market data reinforces the central bank’s wait-and-see approach to lowering borrowing costs, despite pressure from President Trump.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, delayed a final House vote with an impassioned speech, saying he would take his “sweet time” assailing the measure.Representative Hakeem Jeffries spoke out against the domestic policy bill ahead of the vote in the House.
President Trump has spent days cajoling Republicans to support his spending bill. He will also have to sell it to the public as Democrats focus on all the ways it helps the wealthy.President Trump has told Republicans he wants to sign the bill by Friday.
Republicans deferred some of their most painful spending cuts until after the midterm elections.
The court announced it would hear challenges to state laws barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.The justices’ decision to hear the cases involving student athletes signals that they are willing to delve back into the culture war over transgender rights.
Trump’s claim that Venezuelan criminals took over Aurora, Colorado, became a rationale for his immigration crackdown. What really happened there?The Edge at Lowry apartment complex in Aurora, Colo., where shootings and other crimes attracted national attention in August 2024.
Richard J. Moylan has overseen a transformation of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn in his nearly 40 years as president. Now he’s ready to retire.Richard J. Moylan got a job cutting grass at Green-Wood Cemetery during law school in the 1970s. He stayed until last week.
In defusing much of the government’s case, lawyers for the music mogul did not dispute that he did bad things. They disputed that they matched the crimes he was charged with.The defense lawyers representing Sean Combs left the courthouse pleased after he was acquitted of the most serious charges in
The music mogul remains in custody after he was convicted on two counts of transporting prostitutes. A judge will determine his prison sentence at an unspecified date.Though Sean Combs and his lawyers were jubilant after he was acquitted of the most serious charges he faced, he still awaits sentenci
But my mind is still racing.
This week, President Trump will start the countdown to next summer’s Semiquincentennial with an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Not everyone wants to wave the flag his way.
The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth of July.
Mr. Jota and his brother André Silva died in Spain, the authorities said. The crash came two weeks after the Portuguese player’s wedding.Diogo Jota, a Portuguese soccer star, played for Liverpool of the English Premier League.
Hamas wants to ensure that the latest cease-fire proposal has sufficient guarantees that negotiations will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war.Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Gaza City last month.
Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, says Washington is facilitating the discussions and prioritizing economic development over nation-building in the Middle East.Thomas J. Barrack Jr., third from left, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, is in his first diplo
Alcohol can present health problems for even light or occasional drinkers.
The real-life inspiration for the famous toxic bachelor on “Sex and the City” left the Big Apple for the Green Mountain state.Ron Galotti, perhaps best known as the inspiration for Mr. Big in “Sex and the City” left the New York media world for 50 acres in Vermont.
Some parts of Western Europe were starting to cool off as the extreme heat that has gripped the continent moved east.Fans were used to keep people cool at a restaurant near the Piazza di Spagna in Rome on Monday.
Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists. Firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.More than 200 firefighters battled a blaze in the Greek island of Crete, but their work was made more difficult by heavy winds and rugged mountain terrain.
A tax move from the Reagan era might explain what’s going on now.
Grading how the Supreme Court has done so far in Trump 2.0.
We explain how economists evaluate the national debt.The debt clock in New York City. The number above includes $29 trillion held by investors, as well as the trillions more that the U.S. government itself holds.
Gunfire from a passing car ripped into a crowd of clubgoers in the River North neighborhood, the police said.Officers at the scene of the shooting in downtown Chicago late on July 2, 2025.
