G.O.P. Senators Oppose Trump Watchdog Nominee After Report of Racist Texts
At least four Republican senators, including the Senate majority leader, signaled their opposition to Paul Ingrassia, the president’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.Read More
Tariffs Are Reshaping China’s Trade. This Tanzanian Sees an Opportunity.
An interview with a 26-year-old entrepreneur, who has taken seven trips to China to buy handbags, clothes and jewelry. “China is the center of everything,” she said.Read More
China Has Another Lever to Pull in Showdown With Trump: Factory Lines
In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation.Read More
All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding
One of the two, Vanderbilt University, signaled it had reservations.Read More
White House’s East Wing Partially Demolished to Build Trump’s Ballroom
The president had pledged that construction wouldn’t “interfere with the current building,” a promise that always seemed unrealistic given the grand scale of the plans.Read More
Can an Israel Philharmonic Concert Be Just About Music?
In the days following a cease-fire in Gaza, the orchestra returned to New York under circumstances that were more tense than usual.Read More
White House Scrambles to Preserve Gaza Deal Amid Concerns About Netanyahu
The Trump administration strategy is to try to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel from resuming an all-out assault against Hamas, U.S. officials said.Read More
Justice Department Scrutinizes a Trip Fani Willis Took to the Bahamas
President Trump has said that Ms. Willis, the prosecutor who brought election interference charges against him two years ago in Georgia, “should be prosecuted.”Read More
To Counter China’s Hold on Rare Minerals, Trump Turns to Australia
The United States hopes to become less dependent on China by increasing access to mineral-rich countries. Rare earth metals are vital to an array of modern industries.Read More
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Operations Unravel
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has suspended its aid operations because of the cease-fire, but it is also running low on funds and faces logistical obstacles to resuming its work.Read More