Some of Washington’s diplomatic outposts in Asia are raising millions for events to mark the 250th independence anniversary. One ambassador offered to sing and dance.The Washington Monument illuminated on New Year’s Eve. In December, President Trump announced a campaign to organize celebrations of A
President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.“Don Colossus” — a 15-foot bronze statue of President Trump — at the sculptor’s studio in Za
Canada plans to unveil a new strategy that will shift its current reliance on American companies to Canadian military suppliers.Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday.
Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights.Complaints to the U.S. Department of Transportation about the start-stop feature peaked in 2022 and fell almost in half by 2024.
South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.Some business owners like Gail Nicholls, owner of Red Bug Barn, a pet supply store in Richburg, S.C., supp
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Saturday amid a standoff over restrictions that Democrats have demanded for federal immigration agents. But much of its work continues.Customs and Border Protection agents stopping vehicles in Minneapolis in January.
As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with.Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday in Budapest, Hungary, where he traveled after addressing the Munich Security Conference.
Congress members said that President Trump’s coveting of Greenland had left a mark, even as they expressed hope for a less bellicose approach to foreign relations.President Trump’s statements on Greenland loomed large at Munich Security Conference, though top lawmakers said his threat to take the te
President Trump called President Isaac Herzog of Israel “disgraceful” because he has not yet pardoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption trial.President Trump with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport in October.
Warner Bros. Discovery had agreed to sell itself to Netflix, but its contract allows it to pursue offers that may lead to a superior deal.Warner Bros. Discovery has until Feb. 25 to respond to Paramount’s latest proposal.
The greatest impact is expected across Northern California, where a pair of powerful storms are expected to begin on Sunday night and last into the week.
Forecasters said snowfall totals of one to two inches were likely Sunday night, with isolated amounts of up to three inches across New York City, northeastern New Jersey and much of Long Island.In Woodside, Queens, where snow is still piled in the streets from earlier storms. Forecasters are predict
A standoff over the security of Taiwan has led to a steep decline in the number of Chinese visitors to Japan, which is heavily dependent on the tourists.A Chinese tour group in Tokyo last year. A decline in visitors has followed remarks by the Japanese prime minister suggesting Japan would come to T
The artificial intelligence frenzy is creating personal fortunes rarely seen in modern technology and changing people’s attitudes about fairness and money in relationships.Akash Samant is a co-founder of Coverflow, an A.I. start-up that serves insurance agencies. He hopes to make enough money from h
You’d think a financial planner married to another financial planner would have it easy come tax time. Alas, no.Natalie and Dan Slagle run Fyooz Financial Planning together. One tax mistake they made was using money from an I.R.A. to pay taxes while converting it to a Roth, which resulted in a penal
A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum had long been a mystery. Then researchers learned that the home’s original builder was an abolitionist.Emily Hill-Wright, director of operations at the Merchant’s House Museum, alongside a recently identified passageway linked to the
On the Strip and beyond, clubs, bars and restaurants spotlight local performers who deliver some of the city’s best entertainment.
Tax hikes made cigarettes in Australia the most expensive in the world. They have also helped fuel a multibillion-dollar criminal enterprise in bootleg tobacco.
Here’s who went home with an Indie Spirit Award on Sunday.Eva Victor won the Best Screenplay award for her film “Sorry, Baby.”
The awards show, which celebrates independent film and television, moved back to the Hollywood Palladium for this year’s awards show.Rose Byrne, winner for Best Lead Performance for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”
Epstein’s network may not have known everything, but it is hard to deny that many of them knew enough to know better.
The war in Ukraine can look like the future and the past at once. But it’s just our present, the only one we know.
A federal law taking effect in November severely limits the amount of THC, the euphoric cannabis compound, allowed in over-the-counter items. Many groups are fighting back.
Warner Bros. spent an estimated $80 million on the R-rated romance, directed by Emerald Fennell, not including hefty marketing costs.Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in “Wuthering Heights.” The director, Emerald Fennell, and Ms. Robbie, a co-producer, went with Warner Bros. because it promised a wide
