Donald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him.In his first term, President-elect Donald J. Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum from countries including Canada, Mexico and Japan. In the face of his potential p
The hedge fund investor predicted last year that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s political fortunes were on the rise.Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager, speaking at a campaign event in August for Donald J. Trump, now the president-elect.
Some in the party are considering alternative ways of assessing the federal budget as they prepare to extend temporary tax cuts passed in 2017.By conventional budget rules in Washington, extending the tax cuts for 10 years would reduce the revenue the government collects by roughly $4 trillion, acco
Trump’s picks for Treasury secretary and commerce secretary both lead Wall Street firms. Here’s what that could mean for their finances and businesses.Howard Lutnick, the chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald, during a rally at Madison Square Garden in October.
Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize what it means to be presidential.
The Lebanese militant group captured an advanced Israeli anti-tank missile in the 2006 war, and its ally, Iran, reverse-engineered it, Israeli officials say.Hezbollah members in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, in July. The group is firing the rebranded Israeli missiles at Israeli military bases, communication
Israel was targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, but failed to kill him, one Israeli official said. Hezbollah officials said none of the group’s leaders were at the attack site.The site of an Israeli strike in Beirut’s Basta neighborhood on Saturday.
The jurisdiction of the court in The Hague can extend beyond member states.The International Criminal Court in The Hague in the Netherlands.
Tit-for-tat moves this week included the use of American-made ballistic missiles to strike inside Russia, and new nuclear threats from Moscow. Neither appear to have influenced the war on the ground.Ukrainian soldiers at a frontline position near Toretsk, Ukraine, last month.
While support for Vladimir V. Putin’s threats resounded in pro-war venues, some Russians reacted with worry, gallows humor and apathy to the suggestions of striking the West and using nuclear weapons.A photograph released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin during a televised
Revelations about a relationship between the author and a girl who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.
The Blackpink star strikes out on her own, away from the system that turned her into a global phenomenon.
After being abducted by an offshoot of Boko Haram in Nigeria six years ago, a Christian nurse describes her daring escape and how faith kept her alive.Alice Loksha Ngaddah was working as a nurse in a remote town she was kidnapped by terrorists in 2018.
“Wicked” and “Gladiator II,” which opened on Friday, drew moviegoers who attended a double feature that emulated the rage over “Barbenheimer” last year.A group of moviegoers heading to see “Wicked” on Friday night at AMC Kips Bay 15 in Manhattan.
Cynthia Erivo is the strongest draw in this splashy, overly long movie, which is the first installment in a two-part adaptation of the Broadway show.
Denzel Washington’s performance shows skill, intensity and absolute confidence in Ridley Scott’s pleasurably immersive epic about ancient Roman fighters.
If you want to see women flying high, go to the movies.
“Wicked” revels in the power of female frenemies.
Where will this particular cast of characters take us?
A second Trump administration is one where nobody’s quite sure what anyone else is really thinking.
Understanding what’s “for you” or “not for you” is part of refining taste. But what if it’s also closing you off to pleasure and connection?
Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security of the nation’s telecommunications networks amid growing alarm at the scope of a Chinese hack.The hack was considered so severe that President Biden took it up directly
Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts.Alice Brock in 2012. Arlo Guthrie’s song “Alice’s Restaurant” made her famous, even though by the time it appeared she had shut down her restaurant.
The troupe is also closing its Chicago company, but continues to perform in Berlin, Boston, Las Vegas and, soon, Orlando.
