Trump Says He Won’t Fire Officials Involved in Leaked Signal Chat
President Trump told NBC News on Saturday that he would not fire anyone involved in a group chat that inadvertently disclosed plans for airstrikes on Yemen to a journalist. In…
U.S. Institute of Peace Staff in U.S. Fired as Trump Seeks Nonprofit’s End
Nearly all of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s staff members in the United States were fired on Friday, a sharp escalation of the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE team’s…
Taliban Appears to Free American Woman Detained in Afghanistan
An American woman detained in Afghanistan has been released by the Taliban, according to a social media post on Saturday by a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, just…
Specter of Auto Tariffs Spurs Some Car Buyers to Rush Purchases
Ziggy Duchnowski spent Saturday morning car shopping along Northern Boulevard in Queens with two goals in mind. He wanted to find a new small car for his wife, and he…
White House Correspondents Cancel Comedian Booked for Annual Dinner
Here’s another thing getting cut in Washington: comedy. The White House Correspondents’ Association said on Saturday that it canceled a planned performance by Amber Ruffin, the actress and talk-show host,…
The Nail Artist Mei Kawajiri’s Mind-Boggling Creations
For at least a few days most weeks, Mei Kawajiri makes hotel calls to celebrities like Cardi B, Heidi Klum, Ariana Grande and Bad Bunny to whip up viral creations,…
‘Should I Fire Him?’ Inside Trump’s Deliberations Over the Fate of Michael Waltz
For much of this week, President Trump was consumed by a single question. What should he do about his national security adviser, Michael Waltz? “Should I fire him?” he asked…
Gai Gherardi, Who Made Eyeglass Frames Fashion Statements, Dies at 78
Gai Gherardi, a Los Angeles optician who with a partner attracted a celebrity clientele by pioneering the notion that eyeglass frames did not have to be dull but rather could…
How Colleges Are Surveilling Students Now
At the University of Pennsylvania last fall, someone splattered red paint on a statue honoring Benjamin Franklin, the school’s founder. Within hours, campus workers washed it off. But the university…
Partial Eclipse Captivates Much of the Northern Hemisphere
As the sun rose in the Northern Hemisphere on Saturday, the moon cut across Earth’s orbit and took a bite out of the sun. The partial solar eclipse, which occurs…