Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up.The Trump administration has been halting or delaying federal approvals that were once seen as routine.
The state’s Republican Party had asked the justices to step in and block the new congressional maps, which give an advantage to Democrats, before the midterms.Sorting ballots at a processing center in City of Industry, Calif., after the special election in November that asked the state’s voters to a
Some top state election officials, who run voting across the country, worry that the federal government has become hostile to them and their work.Some Democratic state election officials, including Shenna Bellows, secretary of state in Maine, have spoken out about President Trump’s efforts to involv
The prosecutor, Julie T. Le, told a judge that she and her colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office were overwhelmed by the White House’s immigration operation in Minnesota.Federal agents arrest an individual in Minneapolis last month.
It appeared to be the first time the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has targeted diversity policies at a large company.Nike has sponsorship partnerships with world-famous athletes including LeBron James and Caitlin Clark.
The A.M.A.’s announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach.Two major medical organizations have now endorsed age limits on gender-related surgery for teenagers struggling with gender dysphori
Libby Howes was an imposing presence onstage with the Wooster Group. But after abruptly leaving New York in 1981 she became a theater world mystery. What happened?
The layoffs cut into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage, and reduced its entire work force by about 30 percent.Matt Murray, executive editor of The Washington Post, told employees that the revamped paper would focus more on national news and politics, and business and health, and le
The Post is laying off or reassigning all the reporters and editors in its sports section, days before the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Italy.Washington Post leadership announced major layoffs within the newsroom.
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain.In Texas and elsewhere, professors must share their syllabuses online. Some faculty members worry about censorship.
The Republican chairman’s successful targeting of a former president who faces no charge of wrongdoing was the sort of tactic typical in an autocracy where leaders fear being jailed when they are out of power.Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, at the Capitol on Tuesday, had been trying for m
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn’s daughter attended Bard College, in Annadale-On-Hudson, N.Y.
Messages in the latest Epstein files suggesting that Bill Gates had engaged in extramarital sex brought up “painful” memories, his former wife said in an interview. Mr. Gates has denied the claims.Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates in 2019, before their divorce in 2021.
David A. Ross said he remained “ashamed” for having been “taken in” by Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Ross resigned his position at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
After a stroke four years ago, the actor has changed how he approaches performances, including the one he’s become an awards favorite for.
Omar Shakir and Milena Ansari said they had quit over the stalled publication of a report that concludes it is a crime against humanity to deny Palestinians the ability to return to the territory that is now Israel.In Jerusalem in 2021.
Concerns about defaults, particularly among software companies, have spooked investors in the private credit firms that lend to them.Blue Owl Capital’s shares have lost more than half their value over the past year.
Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.A Google ad in Times Square.
Tate McRae’s promotional video for NBC, in which she name checks Team USA athletes, has drawn the ire of some Canadians as the country’s relationship with the United States hits new lows.Tate McRae in December in Los Angeles.
Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the New York Jewish Agenda, shares Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel’s treatment of Gaza, but supports its right to exist as a Jewish state.Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to keep the Office to Combat Antisemitism, which was created by his predecessor,
City health authorities are joining a network that counters new pathogens and emerging outbreaks.The Trump administration withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization in January.
The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will vote this week to confirm Kathryn Garcia as the executive director and Jean Roehrenbeck as the deputy executive director of the agency.New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill each nominated an executive dir
In New York City, health officials have moved to shut down one center where workers were charged with child abuse. Records show that problems extend across the network.At a Bright Horizons center near Columbus Circle in Manhattan, workers were accused of taping a child’s mouth shut and putting a ble
The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of the news anchor Savannah Guthrie, has reporters, neighbors and drones flooding streets and foothills in Tucson, Ariz.Nancy Guthrie’s home became a focus for the fascination of neighbors and the nation alike.
