Tariffs Could Give Tesla and Musk a Leg Up on Rivals
Tesla could be a winner from the auto tariffs announced by President Trump on Wednesday — or at least suffer less than its competitors. Tesla, whose chief executive, Elon Musk,…
How A.I. Chatbots Like ChatGPT and DeepSeek Reason
In September, OpenAI unveiled a new version of ChatGPT designed to reason through tasks involving math, science and computer programming. Unlike previous versions of the chatbot, this new technology could…
Measles Cases in Kansas May Be Linked to Texas Outbreak
Measles cases in Kansas more than doubled in the last week, bringing the tally to 20, while another outbreak in Ohio has sickened 10 people, local public health officials reported…
Federal Judiciary Seeks to Curb Threats as Trump and Allies Single Out Judges
A task force of federal judges will consider how to respond to “current risks” for the judiciary, following a spate of threats against judges who have ruled against the Trump…
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
The Trump administration has canceled funding for dozens of studies seeking new vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 and other pathogens that may cause future pandemics. The government’s rationale is that…
Trump Allies Grill PBS and NPR During Congress Hearing
Congressional Republicans laced into PBS and NPR on Wednesday, accusing the country’s biggest public media networks of institutional bias in a fiery hearing that represented the latest salvo against the…
Thursday Briefing: More Signal Texts Released
Newly released Signal texts showed what was at stake More messages were released yesterday from a Signal group chat between President Trump’s top security officials laying out plans to strike…
U.S. Could Run Out of Cash by May, Budget Office Predicts
The U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills by late May if Congress does not raise or suspend the nation’s debt limit, the Congressional Budget Office said…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Cancel Grants to Teachers
The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to let it cancel $65 million in teacher-training grants that it contends would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The court…
In ‘Streetcar,’ Patsy Ferran Gives Blanche a Nervy New Read
Patsy Ferran will not judge a book by its cover. But covers are important to her. “See?” she said, palming a copy of a Barbara Kingsolver novel at a Brooklyn…