Trump Asserts Expansive Power to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Lawyers for the administration told a court it should be “highly deferential” to the president when it comes to firing a Federal Reserve governor “for cause.”Read More
Israel Military Says It Recovered Body of Ilan Weiss, Oct. 7 Victim, From Gaza
Ilan Weiss, who was killed in the Hamas-led attack, and the remains of another person, who was not identified, were found as the government looks set to expand a military offensive.Read More
Israel Resumes Daytime Operations in Gaza City, Signaling Buildup to Assault
The Israeli military ended a policy of pausing operations during the day that was intended to allow more aid in, calling Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone.”Read More
Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents
The extraordinary pushback in at least three separate cases comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops and federal agents.Read More
In Budget Logs It Tried to Hide, White House Wrests More Control Over Spending
Deep within obscure footnotes, the Trump administration is claiming more of Congress’s constitutional power of the purse by threatening to block funding.Read More
Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.Read More
Trump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection
The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.Read More
PCE Inflation Stayed Stable in July, Keeping Fed on Track to Lower Interest Rates
The latest economic data keeps the central bank on track to lower interest rates at its next meeting in September.Read More
Ukraine’s Donetsk Faces Water Crisis Under Russian Occupation
The Russian authorities have seized on the crisis in Donetsk to argue that taking over the rest of the region from Ukraine would allow Moscow to restore the water supply.Read More
Weapons to Start Flowing to Ukraine Under European Deal With Trump
A package of U.S. cruise missiles is among the first shipments of purchases by NATO allies to be sent to the embattled country.Read More