❌

Reading view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.

Kennedy Center Must Remove Trump’s Name From Building, Judge Orders

✇NYT | Top Stories
Julia Jacobs and Zach Montague
In an incensed social media post, President Trump suggested that the ruling might prompt him to cast the center aside after more than a year at its helm.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

“Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the Federal District Court in Washington wrote in a ruling on Friday.

China’s Rise in Drug Development Looms Over U.S.

✇NYT | Top Stories
Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata
Clinical trials in China are getting attention at an international oncology gathering in Chicago. China’s surging biotechnology industry is fueling alarm that U.S. dominance in the field is waning.

© Zach Boyden-Holmes/ASCO

The American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago last year. One of the conference’s coveted headliners this year will be a presentation of a clinical trial conducted only in China.

Judge Reopens Trump’s Lawsuit Demanding $10 Billion From IRS

✇NYT | Top Stories
Alan Feuer and Andrew Duehren
The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

In a stern order on Friday, a judge said that she wanted to investigate the circumstances surrounding President Trump’s efforts to settle the lawsuit in a way that benefited him and his allies.

Vietnam’s Leader Warns Asia About the Risks of Superpower Conflict

✇NYT | Top Stories
Damien Cave
In a speech to military leaders from the region, To Lam said that distrust and a lack of respect for established rules had created a culture of “the big fish swallowing the small fish.”

© Edgar Su/Reuters

Vietnam’s leader, To Lam, in Singapore, giving the keynote address on Friday to an annual Asian security conference. While careful not to criticize the United States or China directly, Mr. Lam acknowledged that a series of threats is making it harder for his country and the region to prosper.

Federal Judge Bars Trump From Immediately Setting Up $1.8 Billion Fund

✇NYT | Top Stories
Zach Montague
A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

The order came from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Alexandria, in a case brought by a group of people who say they have faced partisan attacks by the Trump administration but expect to be excluded from accessing the fund.

How NextEra Energy Wielded Political Power in Florida

✇NYT | Top Stories
Ivan Penn
NextEra, which is seeking to buy Dominion Energy, has often butted heads with consumer groups, residents and journalists in its home state.

© Ulysse Bellier/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A Dominion Energy power plant near Davis, W.Va. NextEra Energy’s political activities are expected to be scrutinized as it seeks approval of its purchase of Dominion.

In Carroll Lawsuits Inquiry, Scrutiny Turns Toward Private Citizens Who Antagonized Trump

✇NYT | Top Stories
Glenn Thrush and Benjamin Weiser
The Justice Department is said to be examining the funding of lawsuits brought by E. Jean Carroll, an author who has never sought a public role, political power or governmental authority.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

E. Jean Carroll, the author and columnist, leaving court in Manhattan in 2024 after a hearing on one of her lawsuits against Donald J. Trump.

Curating in the Cross Hairs: Is This the Smithsonian Chief’s Last Show?

✇NYT | Top Stories
Robin Pogrebin
Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian secretary under pressure from the White House, organized an exhibit exploring America’s founding ideals.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

“I love thinking creatively about, how do you protect the Smithsonian?” said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the institution’s secretary. “How do you make sure issues of scholarship and integrity are there?”
❌