Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments Over Epstein Emails
New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.Read More
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files. Why Doesn’t He?
The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.Read More
Fed Governor Lisa Cook Says Housing Official Worked With Trump to Tarnish Her
New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, sought to publicize the role of the housing official, Bill Pulte, in executing President Trump’s retribution agenda.Read More
Trump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela
President Trump said that he was open to talking with President Nicolás Maduro but that the United States has “to take care of Venezuela” as the U.S. builds a military force in the Caribbean.Read More
High Beef Prices? Trump Official Blames Biden and Migrants.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said migrants were bringing sick cows across the border, snarling beef supply chains.Read More
As Struggling Farmers Take On Debt, a Bailout From D.C. May Come Too Late
It could be months before they receive aid, well after the winter period when they talk to their bankers and make decisions about the planting ahead.Read More
The Fed Is Cutting Bank Oversight. Critics See Risks.
The regulator is cutting staff and easing oversight in ways that critics say might make supervisors less equipped to spot a crisis in advance, risking deeper damage to the economy.Read More
Trump Bows to Reality on Epstein Files Vote, in a Rare Retreat
Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.Read More
After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How
A little-known group sold passage to desperate Palestinians who didn’t know their destination, catching the South African government by surprise.Read More
U.N. Security Council Adopts Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza
Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration’s vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.Read More