The White House announced on Tuesday that it was seizing control of the press pool covering President Trump, becoming the first administration in decades to […]
Month: February 2025
Nvidia’s Profit Jumps 80 Percent as Company Rides Tech’s AI Boom
When Nvidia lost $600 billion in market value in a single day last month, it was because some investors feared for the future of the […]
How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 2/26/2025
U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish after climbing in the morning but then running out of momentum. The S&P 500 finished the day […]
Johnson’s Budget Win Reflects a Speaker Dependent on Trump to Govern
Speaker Mike Johnson’s success at squeezing a Republican budget resolution through the House this week, after his brush with defeat just minutes beforehand, underscored his […]
Trump Says Ukraine Should Look to Europe for Any Security Guarantees
President Trump told his cabinet on Wednesday that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was expected to come to Washington to sign a framework agreement enabling […]
How Trump and Biden Pursued Critical Minerals in Ukraine, Greenland and Other Countries
President Trump’s intense interest in Ukraine’s minerals seemed to come from out of the blue. He dispatched his Treasury secretary to Kyiv this month to […]
Justice Dept. Nominees Suggest Some Court Orders Can Be Ignored
Lawyers for President Trump in line to take top jobs at the Justice Department sparred with Democrats on Wednesday over whether the administration could simply […]
Six Fired Federal Workers Temporarily Reinstated by Review Board
Six fired federal workers will be temporarily reinstated after a decision this week by the Merit Systems Protection Board, the first step toward what lawyers […]
How to Watch the Launch of Intuitive Machines’s Second Moon Landing Mission
Intuitive Machines landed a robot on the moon last year. Can the Houston company do it again, but keep the spacecraft upright this time? When […]
U.S. and Russian Officials to Meet to Discuss Restoring Embassy Staffing
Officials from the United States and Russia will meet Thursday in Istanbul to discuss resolving issues hindering their diplomatic missions in each other’s countries, Russia’s […]