U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has ...
Amid the throngs at the ‘Blacksonian: ’ They can handle the truth.
Americans are not as fragile as President Trump seems to believe. They can survive the hard lessons about this country. Even ...
Trump wants Greenland and Gaza. That might embolden China on Taiwan.
Trump’s transactional style is unnerving many in Taiwan, who fear it will encourage Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his ...
Pope Francis, still hospitalized, has pneumonia in both lungs
ROME — Pope Francis is suffering from pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican disclosed late Tuesday, as concerns grew over a ...
High-ranking D.C. federal prosecutor resigns after order to investigate EPA grants
The head of criminal prosecutions in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned Tuesday after refusing to comply with an ...
Keibert Ruiz knows what he needs to do better, and it’s a long list
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Before we flog Keibert Ruiz for his miserable 2024 season and wonder whether he can improve in 2025 — ...
Trump administration fires thousands for ‘performance’ without evidence, in messy rush
Many probationary employees targeted in latest Trump cuts across agencies had excellent ratings; legal challenges are ...
Trump’s firings strike the nation’s health agencies
Many of those terminated worked on issues critical to consumers, from improving health care to regulating food packaging to ...
How a few inches of rain turned ‘catastrophic’ in Kentucky and West Virginia
Areas hardest hit were concentrated around parts of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia that had already seen up to ...
Nationals’ Mark Lerner says his family is ‘in it for the long haul’
The owner, who said a year earlier that the team was off the market, added this was not the offseason to add payroll. The ...
We complain about egg prices but can’t stop buying $1,000 smartphones
More than half of new smartphones sold in the United States have a sticker price of at least $800, according to technology ...
Judge stops Trump ouster of Merit Systems Protection Board chair
A federal judge temporarily reinstated Cathy Harris, chair of the board that adjudicates federal employee discipline and hiring practices, to her post.