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    Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion

    An Education Department employee was attending a funeral this week when she got the call: She was being placed on administrative leave because...

    Amazon’s Fight With Unions Heads to Whole Foods Market

    At a sprawling Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia, a battle is brewing. The roughly 300 workers are set to vote on Monday on...

    Changing Tunes – The New York Times

    I loved reading about the 27-year-old French pianist Alexandre Kantorow, a rising star in the classical world who’s won major awards, played in...

    Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge

    President Trump fired 17 inspectors general, the internal watchdogs who monitor federal agencies, on Friday night, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of...

    Senate to Vote on Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation, With Outcome Uncertain

    The Senate barreled on Friday toward a late-night vote on whether to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, with the outcome still...

    Trump Leaves Democrats Dazed, With Some Willing to Work With Republicans

    As President Trump pushes aggressively to reshape the federal government, Democrats have retreated into a political crouch that reflects their powerlessness in Washington.Far...

    Israel and Hamas Prepare for Next Round of Hostage and Prisoner Releases

    Israelis and Palestinians on Friday anxiously awaited the next step in the 42-day Gaza cease-fire and hostages-for-prisoners swap — set to take place...

    Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008

    In a number of ways, Japan’s economy seems to have gone back in time.Inflation and wage growth are mostly back where they were...

    Los Angeles Schools Reopen to Relief and Worry About Toxins

    More Los Angeles-area schools reopened on Thursday for the first time since wildfires swept the region this month and forced officials to shutter...

    New Research Finds Potential Alternative to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

    A new study suggests a possible alternative to the abortion pill mifepristone, a drug that continues to be a target of lawsuits and...

    ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died.

    The private jet took off from the Caribbean island of Antigua in April carrying three highly flammable tanks of compressed oxygen and a...

    Opinion | China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America’s Green Economy

    In its heyday in the mid-20th century, the steel mill in Weirton, W.Va., employed 13,000 people and offered workers a relatively stable blue-collar...

    ‘Deadly Conspiracy’ Described at Trial of 3 Charged in Gay Bar Murders

    The two men went to Midtown gay bars and nightclubs in 2022, just as New York City’s nightlife was booming again after the...

    Bringing Anne Frank’s Secret Annex to New York, and the World

    The children seem like typical kindergartners: Some beam at the camera; some glance coyly aside; others appear lost in reverie. One slim, dark-haired...

    Israel Keeps Up Raids in West Bank, Arresting 25, Palestinian Reports Say

    Israel’s military continued what it called a new counterterrorism operation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, arresting at least 25 people over...

    U.S. Orders Federal D.E.I. Efforts to Shut Down by Wednesday Night

    The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered that officials overseeing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across federal agencies be placed on leave and to...