At Paul Weiss, Panic, Poachers and a Fight for the Bottom Line
President Trump’s executive order attacking Paul Weiss and severely restricting that law firm’s ability to represent its clients was widely ...
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Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump
Within the Trump administration’s Defense Department, Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocketry is being trumpeted as the nifty new way the Pentagon ...
Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles
The chairman of Paul Weiss sought to reassure employees at the giant law firm that the deal it had reached ...
Trump and DOGE Create Anxiety but Opportunity for Federal Contractors
A contracting firm called Leidos took in more than $16 billion in revenue last year, most of it through contracts ...
Trump’s Call to Scrap ‘Horrible’ Chip Program Spreads Panic
As President Trump addressed Congress last week, he veered off script to attack a sensitive topic, the CHIPS Act, a ...
Private Prisons Are Ramping Up Detention of Immigrants and Cashing In
Damon Hininger, the chief executive of CoreCivic, which operates private prisons and immigrant detention centers, opened an investor call last ...
Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5
Last week, the Trump administration terminated nearly all of the United States’ foreign aid contracts after telling a federal court ...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will ...
Contrary to Musk’s Claim, Ebola Containment Efforts Were Slowed Then Stopped, Former Officials Say
Hours after Elon Musk reassured Cabinet members on Wednesday that efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Uganda had only ...
Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling
The Trump administration has blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on ...
Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains Frozen Despite Court Ruling
Funds for vital health programs around the world remain frozen and their work has not been able to resume, despite ...
Trump Will Withhold Money From Schools That Require Covid Vaccines
President Trump ordered on Friday that federal funding be withheld from schools and universities that require students to be vaccinated ...
Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
A new federal order that freezes a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations has ...
Musk Allies Discuss Deploying A.I. to Find Budget Savings
As Elon Musk sweeps through the federal government, those close to the billionaire are touting one particular tool in their ...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut down around the world in response to the Trump administration’s 90-day ...
The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. Databases packed with personal information like ...
In China, Rare Dissent Over a Program to Save on Drug Costs
A rare display of public anger is unfolding in China over the quality of domestically produced drugs.A prominent Shanghai surgeon ...
How a Company Makes Millions Off a Hospital Program Meant to Help the Poor
Soon after being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, Virginia King sat in an outpatient clinic in Santa Fe, N.M, while ...
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