Two Law Firms File for Permanent Relief From Trump’s Executive Orders
Two big law firms that have come under attack by the Trump administration filed court papers on Tuesday seeking to permanently block executive orders that threaten their businesses and ability…
Chinese Intelligence May Be Trying to Recruit Fired U.S. Officials
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center warned on Tuesday that China’s intelligence services were using deceptive efforts to recruit current and former U.S. government employees. The center, along with the…
Panama Canal Ship Pilot Navigates Tricky Waters, and Trump
Hanging from a ladder attached to the hull of a giant, bobbing tanker, Capt. Efraín Hallax began his climb up to the crew awaiting him atop the Athina, a ship…
Opposition to Republican Budget Plan Builds in the House Over National Debt Concerns
The fate of a budget blueprint to unlock President Trump’s spending and tax cuts was in doubt in the House on Tuesday as conservative Republicans lined up in opposition to…
Robert W. McChesney, Who Warned of Corporate Media Control, Dies at 72
Robert W. McChesney, an influential left-leaning media critic who argued that corporate ownership was bad for American journalism and that Silicon Valley billionaires who dominated online information were a threat…
Book Review: ‘Slayers, Every One of Us,’ by Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs
SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On, by Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs “The story you most often…
Justice Dept. Disbands Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit
The Trump administration is disbanding a unit in the Justice Department that was responsible for investigating cryptocurrency crimes, criticizing the Biden administration as too aggressive against the fast-growing industry. In…
What’s Happening to Social Security Under Trump? Here’s What Retirees Need to Know.
President Trump has vowed that he wouldn’t cut Social Security benefits, but his administration’s actions, led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, have upended the agency, leaving many beneficiaries…
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factories
President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles, which went into effect last week, are already sending tremors through the auto industry, prompting companies to stop shipping cars to the…
All Federal Experts on H.I.V. Prevention in Children Overseas Were Dismissed
The Trump administration has dismissed the few remaining health officials who oversaw care for some of the world’s most vulnerable people: more than 500,000 children and more than 600,000 pregnant…