Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia
Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health of children born to mothers infected with the coronavirus during…
Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest
Help may at last be on the way for the Nepali Sherpas who carry heavy loads for foreign climbers through treacherous sections of the world’s tallest peak. When the main…
Japan Reaches Peak Shohei Ohtani as Dodgers and Cubs Open MLB Season
It’s hard to be ubiquitous in Tokyo, one of the largest cities in the world, but Shohei Ohtani has found a way. The Los Angeles Dodgers star seems to be…
DOGE Staff Marches Into U.S. Institute of Peace and Evicts Its Officials
A simmering dispute between the Department of Government Efficiency and an independent agency dedicated to promoting peace broke into an open standoff involving the police on Monday, as Elon Musk’s…
Trump Administration Revives Detention of Immigrant Families
For decades, detaining undocumented immigrant families has been a contentious enforcement tactic. Critics of “family detention” have said young children suffer in confinement. Proponents say that locking families up while…
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is now accessible across the White House campus. It is the latest installment of the Wi-Fi network across the government…
Citing Trump’s Order, V.A. Halts Most Transgender Care
The Department of Veterans Affairs is phasing out gender-affirming medical treatments for veterans, including hormone treatment for patients newly diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the V.A. announced on Monday. The V.A.…
Lee Shau-Kee, Hong Kong Real Estate Tycoon, Dies at 97
Lee Shau-kee, a Hong Kong real estate tycoon who made his immense fortune building tens of thousands of apartments for middle-class descendants of refugees who had fled Communist mainland China,…
Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose
To hear President Trump describe it, he and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are about to have something akin to their own Yalta moment, great powers determining borders within…
Judge Sets Hearing to Press Trump Administration on Deportation Flights
The Trump administration asked a federal judge in Washington to cancel a hearing on Monday about whether the White House had violated the court’s order barring the deportation of noncitizens…