Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin M. Warsh to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, marking the start ...
Tag: United States Politics and Government
Marty Makary, Trump’s F.D.A. Commissioner, Resigns After Weeks of Pressure
Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, resigned on Tuesday after weeks of pressure and rumors ...
Silicon Valley’s A.I. Lobbying Blitz Reaches a Fever Pitch
OpenAI plans to host the grand opening of its first lobbying office in Washington, called the Workshop, on Wednesday. The ...
Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.
The Justice Department is holding internal discussions about settling President Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in the coming ...
CPI Shows Inflation Accelerating to 3.8% Annually in April After Weeks of War in Iran
Consumer prices in the United States rose at the fastest rate since May 2023 last month, as sharp increases in ...
Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw
A criminal hacking group recently attempted to launch a widespread cyberattack that appeared to rely on artificial intelligence to detect ...
Trump Administration Is Considering Pausing the Federal Gas Tax to Lower Prices, Energy Secretary Says
Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said on Sunday that the Trump administration would be open to pausing the federal gas ...
How ‘The View’ Landed at the Center of a Free Speech Battle
President Trump’s wide-ranging campaign to punish his perceived media critics has come for newspapers like The Wall Street Journal, The ...
Trump’s Latest Tariff Setback Looms Over China Talks
A day after a federal court ruled against President Trump’s latest global tariffs, his administration returned to the drawing board ...
Trade Court Rules Trump’s 10% Global Tariff Is Illegal
A panel of federal judges on Thursday blocked President Trump from imposing a 10 percent tariff on most U.S. imports, ...
U.S. Sues The New York Times, Claiming Discrimination Against a White Man
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday, claiming that ...
White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
President Trump, who promoted a hands-off approach to artificial intelligence and gave Silicon Valley free rein to roll out the ...
Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Falun Gong Lawsuit Against Cisco
A majority of the Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of a lawsuit by Falun Gong members who claim that ...
Google Signs A.I. Deal With the Pentagon
Google said on Tuesday that it had signed a deal to provide the Pentagon with its artificial intelligence models for ...
Spirit Airlines Shuts Down After Years of Struggle
Spirit Airlines reshaped aviation in the United States by stripping down flying to its essentials and selling what were often ...
Pentagon Makes Deals With A.I. Companies to Expand Classified Work
The Pentagon announced on Friday that it had reached deals with some of the technology industry’s biggest companies in an ...
Obamacare Enrollment Drops Sharply as Costs Rise
Millions of Americans appear to be dropping Obamacare coverage in the months since Congress failed to extend the generous subsidies ...
Fed Officials Cite Inflation Concerns in Defending Dissents
Three Federal Reserve officials who wanted the central bank to signal more directly this week that interest rates may eventually ...
Behind Powell’s High-Stakes Decision to Stay at the Fed
Over the past year, Jerome H. Powell has frequently said that the Federal Reserve faced “no risk-free paths” as it ...
Ford Reports Higher Profit Thanks Partly to Tariff Refund
Ford Motor reported a rebound in profit in the first three months of the year, thanks in part to an ...
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