New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff

Emails and testimonials from workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau document the administration’s efforts to lay off 90 percent of the employees.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been on life support since February, when Trump administration officials began dismantling it.

S Stacy Cowley

U.S. Dollar’s Weakness Creates an Opportunity for the Euro. Can It Last?

European officials see the concern over the “safe haven” reputation of U.S. financial assets as a chance to attract investors.The European Central Bank in Frankfurt. “We see that our stability, predictability and respect for the rule of law is already proving a strength,” a European commissioner sai

E Eshe Nelson

Trump’s Tariffs Prompt Wave of Lawsuits

The cases are the latest test of the president’s expansive claims of executive power.A growing roster of litigants are challenging President Trump’s authority to impose some of his tariffs without congressional action.

T Tony Romm

Rubio Says Trump Will Decide This Week on Continuing Ukraine War Talks

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there are reasons to be optimistic, but also asserted there are “other issues” on which the administration wants to spend its energy.“We want to see it happen,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday of a peace deal in Ukraine. “There are reasons to be opti

E Edward Wong

​North Korea Confirms It Sent Troops to Fight for Russia

Its leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered a monument for soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine and praised their “heroism and bravery​.”A commemorative march marking an anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army was held in Pyongyang on Friday.

C Choe Sang-Hun

One Key to a Successful Campaign for Pope? Act Like You’re Not Campaigning.

Crucial meetings will be held this week in which contenders begin jockeying in earnest for the job of leading the Roman Catholic Church.Cardinals taking communion during the funeral for Pope Francis on Saturday. On Monday cardinals will begin a critical week of meetings, where church leaders, includ

J Jason Horowitz and Elisabetta Povoledo

How Labubus Turned Into a Global Sensation

Online and in person, people are clamoring to get their hands on Labubus, which are dolls that are “well-intentioned” but somewhat mischievous.Labubu dolls, which are known collectively as The Monsters, come in various collections, like the Big into Energy series.

A Alisha Haridasani Gupta

Protests Against Israeli Official Heat Up Outside Synagogue in Brooklyn

Mayor Eric Adams said the police were investigating reports of “despicable” actions by pro-Israel counterprotesters outside a Brooklyn synagogue where a far-right Israeli official had spoken.Outside a synagogue in Brooklyn, pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested a planned appearance by the Israeli

C Chelsia Rose Marcius and Sean Piccoli

‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit

The show’s top producer abruptly said last week he was quitting. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers.In his remarks on Sunday night’s telecast, Scott Pelley presented Bill Owens’s decision to resign as an effort to protect “60 Minutes”

M Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin

At Least 11 People Killed After Car Plows Into Vancouver Filipino Festival

Dozens of people were also reported injured after a car drove into a Filipino community festival in British Columbia, the police said.The police on Saturday at the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, British Columbia.

I Ian Austen, Vjosa Isai, Ali Watkins and Jin Yu Young

One Person Killed as Boat Collides With Ferry in Florida

The ferry was carrying 45 people when it was struck near a bridge in Clearwater, Fla. Other people were injured, the police said.The wreckage of a ferry after a crash near a bridge in Clearwater, Fla., on Sunday.

A Alexandra E. Petri

Dick Barnett, Champion Knick With a Singular Jump Shot, Dies at 88

A high-scoring guard, he played on New York’s two title-winning teams in the 1970s. He was remembered for his “fall back, baby” shooting style.Dick Barnett of the Knicks going up against Gail Goodrich of the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles in 1972. He played on the only two N.B.A. championship tea

R Richard Goldstein