Fed officials explained their opposition to the central bank’s decision this week to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.The divisions on the Federal Reserve have forced Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, to navigate the difficult task of trying to reach a consensus among his colleag
Mr. Reiner, who was arrested in connection with the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, once estimated he had been in drug treatment 18 times as a teenager.
Michelle Obama said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that she and former President Barack Obama were longtime friends of the couple and called them “decent, courageous” people.Michelle Obama speaking at an event in Washington last month.
The president attributed the killing to “Trump derangement syndrome,” but his disparaging comments drew backlash even from conservative allies who said they were inappropriate.Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, at the Kennedy Center in Washington in 2023. The Reiners’ 32-year-old son wa
In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.Oil drilling equipment in Cabimas, Venezuela. The country has about 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, nearly four times
In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said President Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality,” called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and concluded that Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.Over the course of 11 interviews, Ms.
For years, rumors swirled about where his wealth came from. A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.
The sources of Epstein’s fortune have long been a source of speculation. Here are six takeaways from a Times investigation that found that he built it through scams, theft and lies.
Welcome to our Regency Thunderdome, where we will endeavor to answer this question once and for all.
The Ivy League school has faced a series of challenges related to protests and politics. Through it all, it has kept its gates open to the city and tried to heal divisions on campus.Brown University has been open to the city around it. After last weekend’s shooting, some are asking if the school sho
The authorities are still looking for the gunman who killed two students at Brown University. Investigators are expected to release more video footage on Tuesday.Attorney General Peter Neronha of Rhode Island spoke at a news conference on Monday.
As a manhunt for a gunman who killed two and injured nine at Brown University stretched into a third day, residents and officials alike were growing weary.Federal agents searching for clues near where footage showed a possible suspect walking away from the scene on Saturday.
In researching her new Broadway play, Bess Wohl interviewed my mother. After a performance, we all discussed the play and its themes.The cast of “Liberation,” a play that evokes the spirit of sisterhood during the feminist movement of the 1970s.
The country has long looked warily at the cycle of gun violence in the United States, where meaningful changes in policy have been rare.A memorial in Sydney on Tuesday. The shooting, which left at least 15 dead and scores of others injured, has forced a hard look at gun control in Australia.
International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients.
People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life.Misty Hawkins’s parents have not touched the bedroom of their daughter, who had a lifelong cognitive disability.
Two days of talks between President Volodymyr Zelensky and allies have brought some progress on security guarantees, but Russia remains opposed to any foreign forces in Ukraine.Damage after bombing in Kostiantynivka, eastern Ukraine, this year.
Often left out by the United States in peace negotiations, European countries are working to assert their leadership and bolster Ukraine with an ambitious funding plan. But can they agree?From left: Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Volodymyr Zel
As it tried to demonstrate its continuing ability to fight, Ukraine said it had used drones to inflict serious damage on a Russian Kilo-class submarine at a Black Sea port.Ukraine previously targeted another Russian Kilo-class submarine, the Rostov-on-Don, shown sailing through the Bosporus at Istan
In Rob’s hands, “Stand by Me,” my most autobiographical novel, rang true.
Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving.
We examine how the country responds to mass shootings.At Bondi Beach.
Paul Doyle struck more than 130 people when he plowed his car through fans leaving a jubilant victory parade for Liverpool F.C.Water Street in Liverpool, England, in May, after a car rammed into people gathered for a parade.
A “green glacier” of trees is steadily taking over native grasslands. Landowners are banding together to treat the problem with fire.
