Agencies Tell Federal Workers to Prepare for Return as Shutdown Vote Nears
Hours before the House was expected to vote on a bill that would fend the government shutdown, at least two...
The Shutdown Is Near an End. When Will Things Get Back to Normal?
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is poised to end, but it will take some time for the programs...
Adams Makes It Harder for Mamdani to Build Over Elizabeth Street Garden
A little less than five months ago, Mayor Eric Adams gave up on the city’s long-running bid to replace the...
Sally Kirkland, Scene-Stealing Actress, Dies at 84
Sally Kirkland, an actress known for her sassy, no-nonsense persona and whose prolific career included an appearance in an Andy...
What the Movies Need From Sydney Sweeney
In one scenario for the pop cultural future, soon we’ll have movies without movie stars. In this scenario, generative A.I....
Grijalva Signs Epstein Petition, Starting Clock Toward a Vote
Just moments after being sworn in to office on Wednesday, Representative Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, provided the final signature...
Signs Suggest Air Traffic Crisis is Easing, but Restrictions Remain
There were signs the air travel crisis was beginning to ease this week as lawmakers took up a bill to...
South Asia on Edge
Twin bombings in a tense region This week’s bombings in the capital cities of India and Pakistan were just a...
As Consumer Bureau’s Cash Dwindles, Trump Administration Declares Its Funding Illegal
In the Trump administration’s fight to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it deployed this week a new weapon: a...
Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers
A series of exchanges between Jeffrey Epstein and Lawrence H. Summers, the former Treasury Secretary, suggest a far cozier and...
Former Chess Champion Faces Ethics Complaint After a Grandmaster’s Death
The global governing body for the game of chess said on Tuesday that it had filed an ethics complaint against...
‘A Lot of Uncertainty’ Suddenly Surrounds a Storm Hitting California
A strong, wet storm was set to deliver gusty winds, heavy snow and drenching rains across California beginning Wednesday evening,...
Coming to the Metropolitan Opera: Sting
When Sting’s musical “The Last Ship” came to Broadway 11 years ago, it closed after just four months and lost...
Lorinda de Roulet, Who Briefly Led the New York Mets, Dies at 95
Lorinda de Roulet, who briefly ran the New York Mets in the late 1970s after the death of her mother,...
Hollywood Bowl Names Its Stage for John Williams
The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced on Tuesday that it had dedicated the stage of the Hollywood Bowl to John Williams,...
