Trump-Backed Challenger Enters Race to Unseat Senator Bill Cassidy
Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana said on Tuesday that she was officially running for Senate, challenging Senator Bill Cassidy in...
What to Know About California’s Proposed Tax on Billionaires
In the final days of 2025, some of California’s wealthiest residents began cutting ties with the state by buying new...
Swan Seeks Mate: Must Like Cold Lake and Small Flock
It all started with a sad black swan. The swan, who had recently lost his mate, would not move away...
Struck Again by Hatred, a Mississippi Temple Says There Is More to Its Story
The arsonist started the fire in the library, investigators said, incinerating shelves of prayer books and destroying two Torahs. The...
Canada’s Prime Minister Says There Has Been a ‘Rupture’ in the World Order
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada did not mention the United States or President Trump by name in a speech...
On ‘Late Night,’ in the Club and at the Gym: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Everywhere
On a frigid Monday afternoon in Midtown Manhattan, a group of about 100 people gathered under the NBC Studios marquee...
Life Resembles ‘The Addams Family’ With Thing-Like Robotic Hand
As a mother of three, Aude Billard, a roboticist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, frequently finds herself needing...
Democrats Seek Investigation of $3.5 Million Deal by Interior Official’s Husband
House Democrats asked the Interior Department’s inspector general on Tuesday to investigate whether Karen Budd-Falen, the agency’s third highest ranking...
Fluoridation Is Not Tied to Birth Weight, New Study Shows
A large study released Tuesday found no connection between fluoridation in the United States and lower birth weight or premature...
Trump Heckles Europe Before Heading to Davos
President Trump and his entourage will be in Europe this week. And they are showing their contempt. Treasury Secretary Scott...
A.I., Big Tech and Trump Shine Most Brightly at the Davos Spectacle
Hours before the official start of the World Economic Forum on Monday evening, a line of more than four dozen...
Bessent Calls Powell’s Attendance at Supreme Court Arguments on Fed Independence a ‘Mistake’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that it is a mistake for Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair,...
‘Chaos’ as Kurdish-Led Forces Stop Guarding Camp for ISIS Families
Kurdish forces withdrew on Tuesday from a vast detention camp that houses tens of thousands of family members of Islamic...
Infinite Pancakes, Anyone?
“Cutting a Pancake with an Exotic Knife” might seem an unusual title for a piece of academic research. But that...
Now Boarding the Freedom Plane: Precious Founding-Era Documents
In 1876, to honor the nation’s Centennial, the parchment Declaration of Independence traveled from Washington to its hometown of Philadelphia...
