Trump Again Escalates Power Grabs in Bid to Fire Fed Member
President Trump claimed he has cause to remove a member of the independent board who has not obeyed his demands to vote for lower interest rates.Read More
Stock Market Reaction Is Muted After Trump’s Threats to Lisa Cook and the Fed
The market reaction was muted after President Trump moved to fire the Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. One economist likened the response to a frog in “gently heating” water.Read More
All in Good Fun, or a ‘Disgrace’? Names of Detention Centers Divide Americans
The use of jokey names for new immigrant detention centers by the Trump administration and its allies is causing serious disagreements.Read More
Purging ‘Equity’ Programs, G.O.P. Defunded Its Own Roads
When Republicans repealed a Biden-era “access and equity” grant program for transportation, they canceled funding for projects in some of their own districts.Read More
The Deadly Risks of Reporting In Gaza
Journalists endure the same harrowing reality as other Gazans: hunger and the constant threat of death. Those challenges risk further stifling what the world hears about the war.Read More
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16, used ChatGPT for schoolwork, but then he started discussing plans to end his life.Read More
Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican.Read More
Mortgage Fraud Claims Give Trump Weapon Against Lisa Cook and Others
The director of Federal Housing Finance Agency could win the president an opening on the Federal Reserve board.Read More
Trump’s Attempt to Fire the Fed’s Lisa Cook Risks Global Economic Stability
President Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a Fed governor, will set off a long legal battle. Economists warn it could lead to higher inflation and government borrowing costs.Read More
A Peace Deal for Ukraine Could Test German Reluctance to Deploy Troops
The question of whether to send soldiers to a postwar Ukraine is the latest chapter in an evolving relationship between Germans and their military.Read More