Jim Guy Tucker, a former governor of Arkansas who was caught up in the long-running investigation that unsuccessfully targeted his predecessor as governor, Bill Clinton, died on Thursday in Little Rock, Ark. He was 81. His death, at a hospital, was caused by complications of ulcerative colitis, said his daughter Anna Ashton. The Whitewater investigation, … Read more
Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. The New York Times A series of small earthquakes shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquakes all … Read more
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday announced that he had asked the chief executive of Boeing, the nation’s largest plane maker, to come to Washington and update him on the company’s commitment to addressing its quality and safety issues. Mr. Duffy wrote on the social media platform X that following that meeting with Kelly Ortberg, … Read more
Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain her refusal to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York. Ms. Sassoon accuses the Department of Justice official who ordered the dismissal of playing politics and engaging in an unethical quid pro quo. … Read more
A white police officer in Las Cruces, N.M., was convicted on Wednesday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man at point-blank range during a scuffle at a gas station in 2022, prosecutors said. The officer, Brad Lunsford, shot Presley Eze, 36, in the head on Aug. 2, 2022, after Mr. Eze grabbed … Read more
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to keep federal funding in place for hospitals that offer gender-transition treatments for people under the age of 19. The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Brendan A. Hurson, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, came in a case brought by six … Read more
Four days after President Trump was sworn in for his second term, his nominee for defense secretary was teetering on the brink of defeat on the Senate floor, and the president was on Air Force One talking about political retribution. Mr. Trump had gotten word that Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, planned to … Read more
President Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday ordering his advisers to calculate new tariff levels for other countries globally, an ambitious task that will shatter the rules of the global trading system and likely set off furious negotiations in the coming months. The president directed his advisers to come up with new tariff levels that … Read more
Skylar Holden, a cattle rancher in Missouri, had signed a $240,000 cost-sharing contract with the Agriculture Department to add fencing and improve the watering system for his property. But after the Trump administration abruptly froze federal funding, Mr. Holden said, he was suddenly out tens of thousands of dollars and on the hook for tens … Read more
Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota, a Democrat, said on Thursday that she would not seek re-election in 2026, creating another open seat for her party to defend next year as it faces a long-shot fight to seize back the chamber. Ms. Smith, 66, cited a desire to spend more time with her four grandchildren and … Read more