The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies.In a stern order on Friday, a judge said that she wanted to investigate the circumstances surroundi
A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June.The order came from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Alexandria, in a case brought by a group of people who s
In an incensed social media post, President Trump suggested that the ruling might prompt him to cast the center aside after more than a year at its helm.“Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the Federal District Court in Washingt
Her remarks, delivered during a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee, were a candid admission of her own powerlessness.Former Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives for the House Oversight Committee closed hearing on Friday.
But details remained scant after officials said last week that, with “extraordinary” exceptions, people seeking permanent residency must first leave the country.The Department of Homeland Security appeared to make a partial walk-back of a change announced last Friday.
The report by President Trump’s physician said he was in “excellent health.” It showed that he had gained weight and that neurological and heart tests had come back “normal.”President Trump at the White House last week. The results of his recent physical exam were released late Friday.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not filled the vacant role of president of the Economic Development Corporation, deepening concern over his attention to the New York City economy.Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team has considered at least 10 people as they look to hire a president of the city’s Economic Developmen
A political fight is playing out in Iran, where the small but loud faction of hard-liners has used rallies, state media and private and public statements to try to undermine negotiations.A billboard of the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a cer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli ground forces had crossed Lebanon’s Litani River, as military officials from the two countries were set to meet for U.S.-brokered talks.An apartment building in Tyre, Lebanon, on Tuesday, in the aftermath of an Israeli strike.
The Tony-nominated stars of “Fallen Angels” demonstrate how to act drunk onstage and have a hilarious hangover.
Andrew S. Boutros, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, is said to be overseeing the criminal investigation.Andrew S. Boutros, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago in April.
Prosecutors would face substantial hurdles in potentially pursuing charges against Ms. Carroll, who twice won cases against Donald Trump, or the billionaire who helped pay her lawyers.E. Jean Carroll arrived for closing arguments in her defamation trial against Donald Trump in Manhattan in 2023.
Clinical trials in China are getting attention at an international oncology gathering in Chicago. China’s surging biotechnology industry is fueling alarm that U.S. dominance in the field is waning.The American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago last year. One of the conference’s
Jeff Bezos was gaining ground on Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starlink. Thursday’s rocket explosion on a launchpad creates a major setback.Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on its launchpad during a test.
Under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, new visa rules are forcing some foreign business owners, who have put down roots in Japan, to leave.Mahendra Dharmapriya at his Sri Lankan restaurant in Shimotsuke, Japan.
The former reality star’s dark visions of Los Angeles are resonating in a heated mayoral race, even if they’re far from the truth.“It’s not a kind of fame that is fun,” Spencer Pratt said of his political turn.
Pamela Evette had been among the most vocal proponents of redrawing the state’s congressional map to help Republicans in the midterms.President Trump on Friday endorsed South Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Pamela Evette, to be the state’s next governor.
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The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.
Clashes between protesters and armed federal agents have erupted at the parking lot of Delaney Hall in Newark since the Memorial Day weekend.Federal agents and demonstrators who were protesting conditions inside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark have faced off for nearly a week.
The modest drop marked the first decrease in homelessness in nearly a decade. The Housing and Urban Development report was published months later than usual.A homeless encampment in Los Angeles. Though homelessness declined in 2024, it is still at unusually high levels by historical standards.
Classrooms can be particularly vulnerable amid climate change, as the hottest times of the year increasingly overlap with the academic calendar.Classes ended early at a school in Soustons, France, on Thursday amid the European heat wave.
Her case was, of course, dismissed.
