The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office. Go to Source Author: Eric Lipton and John …
‘I Am Frustrated’: Emails Show Blanche’s Role in Trump’s Retribution Campaign
The cooperation of Todd Blanche will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday. Go to Source Author: Glenn Thrush https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Mahmoud Khalil Accuses Trump Officials of Conspiring Against Him
Mr. Khalil will now have to convince a judge that the defendants coordinated to take action against him and other pro-Palestinian activists. Go to Source Author: Jonah E. Bromwich https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
ICE Ordered to Cease Most Vehicle Stops After Fatal Shootings in Maine and Houston
Agents fatally shot a man in Houston and another in coastal Maine, both in their vehicles. The killings were the latest in a string of ICE shootings during President Trump’s …
Maine ICE Shooting: What We Know About the Death of Joan Sebastian Guerrero
A federal immigration agent shot and killed a man in a car on Monday morning in Biddeford, Maine. It was the second fatal encounter in a week involving an agent …
ICE Shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Through Open Passenger Window in Houston, Witnesses Say
A congresswoman and a lawyer relayed witness accounts that diverge from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s version of the fatal encounter. Go to Source Author: Orlando Mayorquín, Robin Stein and Devon …
Man in Florida Fatally Hit by Truck While Fleeing ICE, Official Says
Details about what exactly happened at a gas station in St. Augustine before the man was hit were unclear Tuesday. Go to Source Author: David Ovalle and Hamed Aleaziz https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
At 91, He’s Hiking the Appalachian Trail. Again.
Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders once set the record as the oldest person to complete the roughly 2,190-mile trail. Now, he’s back for his title. Go to Source Author: Chris Cohen …
E. Jean Carroll Receives $5.6 Million Payment From Trump in Civil Case
A federal jury found President Trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming Ms. Carroll. He exhausted his appeals last month, prompting a judge to order that the money be paid. …
The Strange Phenomenon of ‘Terminal Lucidity’
As they near death, some dementia patients recover mental faculties assumed to be long lost. Researchers want to know why. Go to Source Author: Billy Brennan https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Big Banks Smash Earnings Records, but ‘Tectonic’ Risks Loom
The quarterly results reflect the dichotomy between geopolitical uncertainty and the stable American economy. Go to Source Author: Rob Copeland and Stacy Cowley https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml
Inflation Slowed During Pause in War With Iran
The Consumer Price Index fell to a 3.5 percent annual increase in June, and prices marked their biggest drop from a month earlier since 2020. Go to Source Author: Ben …
White House Cheers Inflation Data While Iran War Sparks New Price Surge
The news of an improvement in consumer prices in June came as the U.S. and Iran escalated attacks, risking a return to high energy prices. Go to Source Author: Tony …
Economists, tech leaders warn AI could bring ‘large-scale job displacement’ and other risks
Hundreds of well-known economists and tech leaders including from companies such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google signed a letter urging action now so AI “complements humans and benefits society.” Read …
Arellano: Two Lorenzos from Mexico. One fulfilled his American dream. ICE killed the other
We should hail the life of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo the way we one day will the life of Lorenzo Arellano — as Mexicans who made it, challenges be damned. Read …
Permanent daylight saving time is on the table. Would California scrap being on standard time?
Congress is expected to consider a bill this week that would put an end to the annual clock-switching practiced in most states. Read full story Author: Iris Kwok
UC abruptly suspends plan to reconsider SAT in admissions
An influential UC admissions committee abruptly pulls back its road map for studying whether the university should reinstate SAT tests in admissions. Read full story Author: Jaweed Kaleem
Can we predict deadly cliff collapses along the California coast? Scientists say it’s possible
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that it is possible to predict a coastal landslide hours, sometimes days, before it happens. Read full story Author: Rosanna …
Hiltzik: Trump greenlights California’s dumbest water project
The Cadiz water project, a plan to drain water from the Mojave desert, has been fought by environmentalists for a quarter-century. Trump just approved it — again. Read full story …
The deeply weird, very L.A. survival story of star-studded Dan Tana’s
“A good bar has ghosts.” Inside the pages of ‘Everybody Came to Tana’s,’ a new posthumous memoir by Dan Tana detailing the secret mafia deals, rock star patrons and enduring …