Two Republican appointees, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in ordering the president-elect to face sentencing on Friday.
The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
The Supreme Court’s decision will be among the most consequential of the digital age, as TikTok has become a cultural phenomenon that provides entertainment and information touching on nearly every facet of American life.
“Economists need to do a better job about understanding the problems people care about,” said Jason Furman, a former adviser to President Barack Obama.
Archivists from the Kinsey Institute are helping the family of the sex therapist Ruth Westheimer with a common quandary: How much of someone’s stuff do you keep?
Books and memorabilia in the apartment of the sex therapist Ruth Westheimer, including one of her oversize dollhouses. “Her dollhouses are cluttered, just like her real house,” her son said.
Democrats are demanding that Republicans slow consideration of picks for the new administration until they can review background checks, as the G.O.P. faces major pressure to quickly confirm them.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has made a special appeal for Pete Hegseth, left, his choice for defense secretary, who is scheduled to appear before the Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in for another six years on Friday, and he is hoping to use foreign prisoners to get his way on the global stage.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, shown in July, has spent the last six months detaining foreigners, who experts say he plans to use as bargaining chips.
One of the pranksters behind “Birds Aren’t Real” is back to revive a company synonymous with corporate malfeasance — it has merch and what it’s claiming is an at-home nuclear reactor.
The unexpected action is intended to tamp down a potential bubble in the bond market fueled by investors shunning riskier assets like stocks and real estate.
The decision by the People’s Bank of China to stop buying bonds came less than a week after it said it would try to make ample money available for economic growth.
R. Nicholas Burns, the top U.S. diplomat in Beijing, says the Biden administration is making a final push to urge China to reconsider its tilt toward Russia, Iran and North Korea.
U.S. ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns, at left, with Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, and President Biden during a meeting in November with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and other top officials.
The Camp Justice sign at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Relatives of Sept. 11 victims had been taken to the naval base to observe the plea hearing that had been set for Friday.
Lawyers for the actor accused law enforcement officials of waging a “malicious prosecution” against him after the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer on a film set.
Alec Baldwin’s lawyers accused the prosecutors of a series of violations, including claims that they had failed to disclose evidence to the defense on several occasions.
Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, N.C., who was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2016 shooting at a Washington restaurant, was fatally shot after he pointed a gun at an officer during a traffic stop, the police said.
During her detention, an aide said, Maria Corina Machado “was forced to record several videos.” She has garnered enormous support for her opposition to Nicolás Maduro.
The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect.
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