When Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes” interview with […]
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Doug Burgum Is Confirmed by Senate as Interior Secretary
Doug Burgum, a promoter of oil and gas, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to lead the Interior Department, a role in which he […]
RFK Jr. Says He Won’t Keep Financial Stake in HPV Vaccine Lawsuits
During intense questioning Thursday by members of the Senate health committee about his plan to keep a financial stake in major vaccine litigation, Robert F. […]
Rohit Chopra of CFPB Expected Trump to Fire Him Right Away, but He’s Hanging On
Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, expected to be fired soon after President Trump took office. More than a week later, […]
Civil rights activists call for a Target boycott after retailer backs away from diversity programs
MINNEAPOLIS — Civil rights activists gathered outside the headquarters of Target Corp. on Thursday to call for a national boycott of the retailing giant over […]
Starbucks and Workers United Union Agree to Contract Mediation
Starbucks and the union representing thousands of its employees said on Thursday that they were bringing in a mediator in a push to revive contract […]
Loretta Ford, ‘Mother’ of the Nurse Practitioner Field, Dies at 104
Loretta Ford, who co-founded the first academic program for nurse practitioners in 1965, then spent decades transforming the field of nursing into an area of […]
Staffing Was ‘Not Normal’ At Air Traffic Control Tower During Deadly Plane Crash
Staffing at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according […]
Wolfgang Zwiener, Waiter Who Built a Steakhouse Empire, Dies at 85
Wolfgang Zwiener, who immigrated to New York City from Germany in 1960, ferried thousands of hissing platters of porterhouse to the oak tables as a […]
Blackstone Still Bullish on A.I. Data Centers Despite DeepSeek
The Chinese A.I. start-up DeepSeek upended the prevailing view that artificial intelligence systems require huge amounts of power and investment. But Blackstone, the private equity […]