Trump Says Canada and Mexico Tariffs Will Start March 4, Plus an Increase on China
Tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will go into effect on March 4 “as scheduled,” President Trump said on Thursday morning, claiming that those countries were still not doing…
A.I. and Vibecoding Helped Me to Create My Own Software
I am not a coder. I can’t write a single line of Python, JavaScript or C++. Except for a brief period in my teenage years when I built websites and…
Trump Officials Split Over How Hard to Go on Mexican Cartels
Inside the White House, Trump officials are embroiled in a debate over whether to carry out military strikes against Mexican drug cartels or instead to collaborate with Mexican authorities to…
A Union Takes on Musk via Tesla’s Stock
A union takes on Tesla over its stock price As Elon Musk’s norm-shattering influence in Washington has grown — consider his unprecedented cameo at President Trump’s first cabinet meeting on…
Foul Play Not Suspected in Deaths of Gene Hackman and Wife, Authorities Say
An investigation was underway on Thursday after the prolific actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead along with their dog at a house in New Mexico,…
Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday night handed the Trump administration a victory for now in saying that the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department…
Conan O’Brien on his Oscars Hosting Gig
Conan O’Brien is not a cynic — at least not when it comes to the Oscars, which he is hosting for the first time on Sunday. The Emmy-winning comedian, podcaster,…
7-Eleven Founding Family’s Bid to Block Foreign Takeover Collapses
The founding family of 7-Eleven’s Japanese parent company has failed to secure the money to buy it out, the company said Thursday, months after they launched a bid worth over…
Boat Crew Spots Thousands of Dolphins in a California Bay ‘Superpod’
On a small inflatable boat last Friday, Evan Brodsky and two co-workers with a whale-watching tour company were on the lookout for gray whales on the Pacific blue waters of…
Why Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing
There are usually no international flights out of the airport in Mae Sot, a town on Thailand’s border with Myanmar. But in recent days, hundreds of people here boarded direct…