President Trump announced his intention on Friday to bring the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington more firmly under his control, saying he would dismiss several board members and install himself as chairman. “At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN,” Mr. Trump … Read more
Monica Getz, whose tempestuous 24-year marriage to the jazz star Stan Getz was whipsawed by his addictions and who, after losing a protracted legal fight to save the marriage, became an advocate for divorce court reform, died on Jan. 5 in Irvington, N.Y. She was 90. Her son Nicolaus Getz said the cause of her … Read more
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday placing sanctions on the International Criminal Court and pledging “tangible and significant consequences” for those responsible for investigations that threatened the national security of the United States and its allies, including Israel. Here’s an explanation of the court’s mission and why the Trump administration focused its latest … Read more
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave his first public address to the Pentagon work force on Friday, spending much of the session defending his efforts to dismantle diversity and inclusion policies. Mr. Hegseth opened his remarks by saying “all glory to God,” and said that President Trump had asked him not to maintain “the status quo.” … Read more
A fire tore through a large commercial farm in western Ohio this week that was housing hundreds of thousands of chickens raised to lay eggs, dealing another blow to a state egg industry that was already reeling from the effects of an Avian influenza outbreak. Fire and state officials did not specify how many birds … Read more
Americans dialing their members of Congress for basic services are going straight to voice mail. Interns and young aides can’t answer the phones quickly enough. And a system that usually handles a few dozen calls per minute is straining to keep up with more than 1,500. President Trump’s moves to upend the government — and … Read more
In the past few weeks, Emil Bove III, the acting No. 2 official at the Justice Department, has summoned senior career officials to his upper-floor office at headquarters to calmly deliver the news they were being transferred, marginalized or otherwise shoved to the exits. Mr. Bove, a former federal prosecutor who bonded with President Trump … Read more
President Trump said on Friday that Nippon Steel was planning to make a major investment in U.S. Steel after the Biden administration moved to block the Japanese company’s $14 billion takeover bid last month on the basis that it was a threat to national security. Such an investment, if it moves forward, could be a … Read more
The Trump administration changed the government position on Friday in a major case on the rights of transgender minors pending in the Supreme Court. The development was expected and is consistent with an executive order issued last month directing agencies to take steps to curtail surgeries, hormone therapy and other gender transition care for youths … Read more
San Francisco said on Friday that it would join several other cities in suing the Trump administration over its efforts to get them to comply with its immigration policies, pushing back against federal directives to punish jurisdictions that resist. It is the latest step in what is shaping up to be a flurry of litigation … Read more