Justice Department to Investigate Muslim Development in Texas, Cornyn Says
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into a planned housing development outside of Dallas that would have a mosque at its center, Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said…
The 2006 Zuckerberg Quote at the Center of Meta’s Antitrust Trial
In September 2006, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, described what made his social network special. “Facebook is about real connections to actual friends,” he wrote in a company…
DOGE’s Zombie Contracts: They Were Killed but Have Come Back to Life
At least 44 of the government contracts canceled on the orders of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting initiative have been resurrected by federal agencies, wiping out more than $220 million of his…
Live Updates: Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass as Pope
Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom…
U.S. v. Google: What Both Sides Argued in a Hearing to Fix Its Search Monopoly
For the past three weeks, the Justice Department and Google have questioned more than two dozen witnesses to try to sway a federal judge’s decision over how to address the…
Pope Leo XIV, First American Pontiff, Will Face a Fractured American Church
The last several months for American Catholics have been a story about the ascent of the Catholic right. In January, a parade of right-wing Catholic power began streaming into President…
The Biggest Medicaid Cut Left for House Republicans Would Hit Red States Hardest
For months, Republicans have been trying to figure out how to reduce Medicaid spending to help enact President Trump’s domestic agenda. But their list of possible cuts is shrinking. House…
Trade War Shock Is Scrambling China’s Exports
Chinese government data released on Friday offered a peek into how the trade war is already reordering the flow of goods around the world. Exports from China jumped last month,…
Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
The Trump administration fired the librarian of Congress, Carla D. Hayden, on Thursday, drawing swift outcry from Democrats. Dr. Hayden was the first African American and first woman to serve…
Elon Musk’s xAI in New Funding Talks
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up, xAI, is in talks to raise new financing that could value it at as much as $120 billion, up from $80 billion little more than…