According to the Associated Press, Nikki Haley was outvoted Tuesday in Nevada’s Republican presidential primary with the “none of these candidates” option, an embarrassment in a contest in which she faced no direct competition. The primary, which does not award delegates, appeared to be a foregone conclusion since former President Donald J. Trump decided not…
The collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge lies on the roof of the container ship Dali in Baltimore, Maryland on March 29, 2024. Almond Ngan | Afp | Getty Images The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday is likely to send shockwaves through the U.S. economy as a key shipping route…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 17, 2024, after the Senate rejected House Republicans’ impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Senate passed a package providing billions in aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan on Tuesday,…
In March 2020, when Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Donald J. Trump competed for the White House for the first time, American life became almost unrecognizable. A deadly virus and a public health lockdown remade daily routines with startling speed, leaving little time for the country to prepare. Four years later, the coronavirus pandemic has…
Anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder said he believes Alexei Navalny’s death was intended as a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s political opponents ahead of next month’s election. Dissident Navalny, who died on Friday, was serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges of extremism in Russia, which he vehemently denied. World leaders reacted to the death…
Democracy is messy, but usually not that messy. Take New Hampshire, for example, where President Biden boycotted the primary last Tuesday after the state crossed the line in the Democratic Party’s new schedule to maintain its status as the nation’s premier primary. Because it would have been embarrassing if Mr. Biden had lost there, a…
Oracle’s top lobbyist in Washington met privately with Senate staffers this spring about the company’s data-sharing agreement with TikTok, following the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives in mid-March that would effectively ban the social media app in the United States could. Oracle acts as a data center for US TikTok users….
Fs Productions | Tetra Images | Getty Images Black men lost ground in the labor force last month, marking a continuation of the inequalities that have permeated the U.S. labor market. According to seasonally adjusted data from the Labor Department, black men age 20 or older had an unemployment rate of 5.3% in January, up…
A year after a series of bank runs threatened the financial system, government officials are preparing to release a regulatory response aimed at preventing future collapses. After months of tentative decisions at conferences and in quiet discussions with bank executives, the Federal Reserve and other regulators could announce new rules this spring. At least some…
The flags of China and Hong Kong are displayed in rows. Bloomberg Creative | Creative Bloomberg Photos | Getty Images The Chinese embassy on Thursday responded to U.S. criticism of Hong Kong’s new national security law, saying the U.S. should “respect China’s sovereignty.” Hong Kong lawmakers passed a new national security law on Tuesday that…
