Trump Approves the Epstein Files Release, but Some May Be Withheld

The president sought to take credit for the legislation, despite months of pressure to kill it. The bill has significant exceptions that could mean many documents would stay confidential.President Trump said he has signed legislation calling on the Justice Department to release its Epstein files.

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Nvidia Earnings Show Profit Jumped 65% to $31.9 Billion

The company, which makes the computer chips essential to the artificial intelligence boom, also said revenue in its recent quarter rose to $57 billion.Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, made a bet on chips for artificial intelligence that has turned his company into a Silicon Valley giant.

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Nvidia Earnings Fuel Rally in Global Technology Stocks

The chipmaker’s profit surge and strong revenue forecast helped to ease fears that spending on A.I. infrastructure might be outpacing demand.A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. In the United States, Nvidia shares climbed more than 5 percent in after-hours trading.

R River Akira Davis and Joe Rennison

Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday

The meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump will come after the two men have fiercely attacked one another.Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he wanted to speak plainly to the president. President Trump, in a social media post, called Mr. Mamdani a communis

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Lindsey Halligan Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment

Grand jurors have to vote on indictments to approve them, but a prosecutor told the judge in the case that only the foreperson formally approved the second charging document, a move that could cripple the case.President Trump has consistently attacked James B. Comey since firing him as F.B.I. direct

A Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett

Stalled Contempt Inquiry Into Deportation Flights Springs Back to Life

The resurrected inquiry could finally get to the bottom of lingering questions such as: Did top Trump administration officials purposely ignore a court order?Judge James E. Boasberg’s initial order laying out the contempt investigation outlined an aggressive process for figuring out what happened in

A Alan Feuer

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash

After nearly a decade of expensive, hit-and-miss investments, Mohammed bin Salman is overseeing a behind-the-scenes restructuring of the kingdom’s all-important wealth fund.President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to the White House on Tuesday.

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Saudi Arabia, Once Shunned, Has Corporate Titans Swooning for Deals

Some of the most prominent U.S. executives gathered at the Kennedy Center for an event promoting deal-making with the oil-rich kingdom.President Trump posing next to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia for a group photo at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washing

L Lauren Hirsch

U.S.-Russian Peace Plan Would Force Ukraine to Cede Land and Cut Army

The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.A Ukrainian artillery unit firing a howitzer at Russian targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, last month.

A Andrew E. Kramer and Maria Varenikova

Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92

The image immortalized a Vietnam veteran’s joyous homecoming to his beaming family, but it hid the truth about an unraveling marriage.Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm on March 17, 1973, as he was greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., after five and a half years as a prisoner o

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Franco Died 50 Years Ago, but He’s Still Winning New Fans in Spain

Young Spaniards are increasingly drawn to the dictator Francisco Franco. So the government is designing apps, games and T-shirts to promote democracy.Francisco Franco’s grave outside Madrid still draws mourners, highlighting lingering disputes within Spanish society over the dictator’s legacy. José

J Jason Horowitz and Maria Contreras Coll

Top National Book Awards Go to Writing About the Middle East

Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” won in fiction, while Omar El Akkad’s reckoning with Gaza took the nonfiction prize.Omar El Akkad accepting the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction on Wednesday night.

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Alice and Ellen Kessler, ’60s Singing Sensations, Die at 89

The twin sisters from Germany, who were nightclub stars and regular guests on international variety shows, chose to end their lives together.The Kesslers at a news conference in 1997, presenting excerpts from a show based on their autobiography, “Eins Und Eins Ist Eins” (“One Plus One Is One”).

C Clay Risen