Within an hour of the Supreme Court ruling on Monday, workers fired from the Education Department received an email informing them that their official last day would be Aug. 1.
Mr. Cuomo, the former governor of New York, has vowed to run a more energetic campaign than he did in the mayoral primary, and aimed to demonstrate that on Tuesday.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo used a campaign tour on Tuesday to kick off his mission to improve upon what he acknowledged was a lackluster primary campaign for mayor.
Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in a truck in the southern Syrian province of Sweida on Tuesday. More than 100 people have been killed in the region since violence erupted on Sunday, according to a war monitoring group.
Democrats urged the Republican majority to call Justice Department officials, including the attorney general and F.B.I. leaders, to Capitol Hill to discuss how they handled the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, wrote that the Trump administration’s actions in the Jeffrey Epstein case “have not restored anyone’s trust in the government.”
Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told Texas Democrats on a call on Tuesday that the moment required everyone to take extraordinary actions.
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas had called for the 30-day special session to begin later this month to include the redrawing of the state’s political maps, along with potential legislation to address the deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country.
US President Donald Trump said he has settled on another tariff deal - this time with Indonesia.
Trump said he had agreed to lower tariffs he had threatened on goods entering the US from Indonesia country to 19%, in exchange for what he called "full access" for American firms.
Terms of the deal were not immediately confirmed by the southeast Asian country, which boasts a small but growing trade relationship with the US.
The pact is the latest to emerge after the White House unveiled a barrage of tariffs this spring, kicking off a flurry of trade talks over the duties.
After suspending his most aggressive tariff plans from earlier this year, Trump this month renewed his threats, sending warning letters to dozens of countries that he intended to start charging high tariffs from 1 August.
His targets included all of America's biggest trade partners, including the European Union, Canada, Mexico, Japan and South Korea.
Indonesia also received a letter from Trump last week outlining plans for a 32% tariff on its goods, reportedly bewildering officials who had thought a deal was close.
Trump said on Tuesday he had reduced that rate after a phone call with the president of Indonesia.
He said as part of the deal, Indonesia had agreed to lower its trade tariffs for products from the US.
"They are going to pay 19% and we are going to pay nothing ... we will have full access into Indonesia," he said in remarks to reporters.
The country has also agreed to purchase $15bn worth in US energy, $4.5bn in American agricultural products and 50 Boeing jets, he later wrote on social media.
Those figures are lower than those outlined in a trade deal Reuters had reported earlier this month was expected to be signed.
As well as Indonesia, the administration has announced agreements with just the UK, China and Vietnam. In all three of those cases, the deals left high US tariffs in place while key issues and terms went unconfirmed or unresolved.
Everett Eissenstat, a partner at Squire Patton Boggs whose served as an economic adviser during the first Trump administration, said he expected the White House to unveil more deals in the coming weeks, while noting that many countries appeared to have lowered their expectations of what they hope to achieve.
François Bayrou said France risked being "crushed" by debt
France's Prime Minister François Bayrou has proposed cutting two public holidays as part of a 2026 budget proposal to slash overall spending while also increasing defence expenses.
Bayrou suggested axing Easter Monday and 8 May, a day that commemorates the Allied victory at the end of World War Two in Europe.
He said the various bank holidays had turned the month of May into a gruyère - a Swiss cheese full of holes - although he added he was open to other suggestions.
Bayrou runs the risk of having his budget voted down in parliament in the autumn, which could eventually cause his government to collapse.
But on Tuesday he stressed that France - the eurozone's second economy - was "in mortal danger" of being crushed by debt.
Standing in front of a lectern emblazoned with the words "The moment of truth", Bayrou spoke for over an hour outlining a series of daring measures that he said should bring the annual budget deficit under control.
These include a freeze on public spending for next year, ending tax breaks for the wealthy and a reduction in the number of civil servants.
But the proposal to cut the two May public holidays was the most eye-catching suggestion. Bayrou said Easter Monday had "no religious significance", and the whole nation had to work and produce more.
His idea made headlines immediately - and drew condemnation from several sides.
The far-right National Rally (RN) party damned it as an attack on French history and on French workers, while Green party leader Marine Tondelier lamented that the day that commemorated victory against Nazism would no longer be a holiday.
Pressed by reporters after his speech, Bayrou said his proposal was "basic arithmetic".
"If we want to stay on course, we need to find more than €40bn," Bayrou argued, referring to the €43.8bn France needs to slash from its budget to rein in debt, which he said grows by €5,000 every second.
The French government aims to bring the deficit down from 5.8% last year to below 4.6% next year and to under 3% by 2029, Bayrou said.
The embattled centrist prime minister has only been in the job since December, following on from the short-lived premiership of Michel Barnier.
Barnier's government used executive powers to push his own bill that sought to rein in France's deficit through an even harsher budget than Bayrou's.
The same factions are now threatening to do it again when Bayrou's budget is put to a vote in the autumn.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the radical left France Unbowed (LFI) said that the PM had to be ousted, while RN leader Marine Le Pen accused Bayrou of preferring to "attack the French, workers and pensioners, instead of slashing wastage", and vowed to bring him down "if he doesn't revise his plans".
But Bayrou said his government "wanted to change things" to restore public finances and would do so "despite the risk" of a no-confidence vote.
Since last summer's surprise snap election the French parliament has been deeply divided into three blocs that have resisted working together. Another election may well result in a similar deadlock.
If Bayrou's government collapses President Macron will have to choose a successor or appoint an unelected technocrat government - neither of which would be palatable to MPs.
His own popularity is under 25% and there has been a clamour for him to step down sooner than the end of his second term in 2027 - something he has consistently resisted.
Trump recently told the BBC he was "disappointed" but "not done" with Putin
President Donald Trump was "merely asking a question" when he asked the Ukrainian president whether the country could strike Moscow, the White House says.
Citing anonymous sources, the Financial Times reported that Trump on 4 July had privately encouraged Ukraine to escalate strikes on Russia if the US provided long-range weapons.
But Trump was "merely asking a question, not encouraging further killing. He's working tirelessly to stop the killing and end this war", White House told the BBC in a statement.
On Monday, Trump announced he would send weapons to Ukraine and warned of more tariffs on Russia if the country did not come to a ceasefire deal with Ukraine in 50 days.
The president said the US would impose 100% secondary tariffs targeting Russia's remaining trade partners if a peace deal with Ukraine was not reached in that timeline.
Among the weapons involved in the latest deal, Trump said "everything" including defensive Patriot missiles, though the exact details are not yet known.
Trump told the BBC on Monday that he was "disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin. "But I'm not done with him," he added.
Trump also said he was "working at" getting Putin to put an end to killing in Ukraine.
"We'll have a great conversation. I'll say: 'That's good, I'll think we're close to getting it done,' and then he'll knock down a building in Kyiv."
In recent weeks, Russia has escalated its drone and missile attacks in Ukraine, killing more than 230 civilians in June, according to the United Nations - the largest number killed in a month during the three years of war.
Trump's question to Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky about whether the country could strike Moscow came a day after a "bad" call between the US president and Putin, according to the Financial Times.
"Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? . . . Can you hit St Petersburg too?" Trump asked on a separate call with Zelensky after, the outlet reported.
Ukraine has Ukraine struck several targets deep inside Russia this year with missiles provided by the US and the UK.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has pledged to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
But the promise has proven more complicated than expected, and Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the Russian leader and the lack of progress in ending the conflict.
Two rounds of ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine took place earlier this year but no other meetings have been scheduled.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Trump's pledge to raise tariffs and send weapons to Ukraine was seen "not as a signal for peace but as a signal to continue the war".
“I don’t accept it, and I don’t think anyone else should accept it,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said of the decision not to release more information about Jeffrey Epstein.
In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Medicare and Medicaid administrator, in May. The Trump administration has twice delayed Biden-era rules to slash payments for expensive skin bandages.
President Donald Trump wants lawmakers in Texas to redraw the state’s congressional district map to give Republicans five more House seats, he told reporters Tuesday.
“There could be some other states we’re going to get another three, or four or five in addition. Texas would be the biggest one.” he said. “Just a simple redrawing we pick up five seats.”
The White House and Department of Justice pushed for the redistricting, POLITICO reported Friday, and Gov. Greg Abbott asked state leaders to do it during a summer special session. The move is seen as an opportunity for Republicans to prevent Democrats from flipping the house back in 2026, but some see it as a dangerous risk.
Democrats currently control 12 of Texas’s 38 congressional districts. A 13th district anchored by downtown Houston is currently vacant but was controlled by Democrats until the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner last March.
Putting more Republican voters in Democratic districts would make those races more competitive, but it also removes those voters from their current Republican districts, diluting the GOP advantage. Those shifts could create the potential for Democrats to win more seats in Texas than they otherwise might.
“They are playing a little bit of roulette with these maps,” said Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas). “In a wave election like what we have a potential opportunity for in ‘26, I think it makes these Republicans very vulnerable.”
Trump’s allusion to “other states” likely includes Ohio, which is required by law to draw new congressional maps this year and could give Republicans up to three more seats. It is unclear which other states he sees as opportunities for midterm pickups.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said while members of Congress have "no voice" in creating new district maps, it might be of interest to conduct a new census before new lines were drawn. The Constitution requires a decennial census that is the basis for congressional apportionment. It typically takes years to both plan and execute a census.
"The numbers are kind of different than they were in 2020," he said.
As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military veterans are helping archaeologists excavate the location.
Since 2021, military veterans have been helping archaeologists excavate near Fort Ligonier in western Pennsylvania. From left, James F. Cawley, Mike Strausner and Jeff Brock.
“Playing around with the Fed can often have adverse consequences — the absolute opposite of what you might be hoping for,” Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan bank, said Tuesday.
Smoke from the fires blanketed the Toronto skyline on Monday, where the air quality was among the lowest in the world
Air quality alerts are in place across Canada and the northern United States due to smoke from wildfires, with officials warning residents to "limit time outdoors".
Environment Canada issued alerts for much of Ontario, warning that wildfire smoke had significantly degraded air quality. On Monday, Toronto's air quality ranked among the worst in the world.
In the US, officials issued similar alerts for Chicago through Tuesday evening, with additional precautions advised for babies and the elderly.
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet emergency responders to assess the situation in Ottawa, as fires burning in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and northern Ontario have forced thousands out of their homes.
"When air pollution levels are high, everyone should limit time outdoors," Environment Canada said in its special alert for Toronto. "Consider reducing or rescheduling outdoor sports, activities and events."
It added that the elderly, pregnant women, infants and young children, people with an existing illness or chronic health condition were more at risk due to the smoke.
Alerts have also been issued across the border in Chicago.
"An Air Quality Alert is in effect through Tuesday evening for the Chicago metro area in Illinois and in northwest Indiana due to unhealthy ozone levels and some lingering effects of Canadian wildfire smoke," the National Weather Service Chicago said in a post on X.
The political implications of the wildfire smoke have also reached Washington.
Last week, six members of Congress wrote to the Canadian ambassador complaining that smoke from Canada's wildfires was making it difficult for Americans to enjoy their summer.
In response, the premier of Canada's Manitoba province accused them of "trying to trivialise" a deadly situation.
The wildfires continue to spread across thousands of hectares.
May and June were particularly destructive months in western Canada, with roughly 30,000 people forced to evacuate in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where local administrations declared a state of emergency.
Out east, a fire that began on Monday on the Bonavista peninsula in Newfoundland doubled in size overnight, destroying several cabins near Chance Harbour, CBC News reported.
Scientists have consistently linked the intensifying wildfire seasons to climate change.
Canada is believed to be warming at twice the global average rate, and its Arctic regions are heating up nearly three times the global pace, scientists have warned.
Trump recently told the BBC he was "disappointed" but "not done" with Putin
President Donald Trump was "merely asking a question" when he asked the Ukrainian president whether the country could strike Moscow, the White House says.
Citing anonymous sources, the Financial Times reported that Trump on 4 July had privately encouraged Ukraine to escalate strikes on Russia if the US provided long-range weapons.
But Trump was "merely asking a question, not encouraging further killing. He's working tirelessly to stop the killing and end this war", White House told the BBC in a statement.
On Monday, Trump announced he would send weapons to Ukraine and warned of more tariffs on Russia if the country did not come to a ceasefire deal with Ukraine in 50 days.
The president said the US would impose 100% secondary tariffs targeting Russia's remaining trade partners if a peace deal with Ukraine was not reached in that timeline.
Among the weapons involved in the latest deal, Trump said "everything" including defensive Patriot missiles, though the exact details are not yet known.
Trump told the BBC on Monday that he was "disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin. "But I'm not done with him," he added.
Trump also said he was "working at" getting Putin to put an end to killing in Ukraine.
"We'll have a great conversation. I'll say: 'That's good, I'll think we're close to getting it done,' and then he'll knock down a building in Kyiv."
In recent weeks, Russia has escalated its drone and missile attacks in Ukraine, killing more than 230 civilians in June, according to the United Nations - the largest number killed in a month during the three years of war.
Trump's question to Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky about whether the country could strike Moscow came a day after a "bad" call between the US president and Putin, according to the Financial Times.
"Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? . . . Can you hit St Petersburg too?" Trump asked on a separate call with Zelensky after, the outlet reported.
Ukraine has Ukraine struck several targets deep inside Russia this year with missiles provided by the US and the UK.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has pledged to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
But the promise has proven more complicated than expected, and Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the Russian leader and the lack of progress in ending the conflict.
Two rounds of ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine took place earlier this year but no other meetings have been scheduled.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Trump's pledge to raise tariffs and send weapons to Ukraine was seen "not as a signal for peace but as a signal to continue the war".
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