Ever since goods were first hauled on wheels, someone has been trying to steal them. Once grudgingly accepted as an unavoidable cost of doing business, cargo theft has exploded into a serious threat to the security of the supply chain. More goods are being taken in more ways, driving up shipping costs that raise prices […]
The Navy admiral who oversees U.S. policy in the Caribbean and the waters off South America will retire in December. The news comes after the U.S. conducted six missile strikes on boats the Trump administration says were smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared the news on X Thursday. He […]
Immigration raids have increased across the nation as agents patrol city streets with a goal of detaining and deporting record numbers of people presumed to be in the U.S. illegally. But this enhanced enforcement effort has resulted in alleged assaults, car crashes, the use of so-called less-lethal munitions to fire on protesters and warrantless arrests. […]
New York City’s three mayoral candidates debated for the first time on television Thursday night. The debate comes as voters get ready to head to the polls in the general election in just a few weeks. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — who is running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary […]
Mail vs. museums in a shutdown, to the real meaning of a “baseless” charge, and the high-stakes line between “hostage” and “prisoner” — we’re back with another round of Straight From You. Each week, we take your comments and questions and put them to the test — separating fact from speculation and adding the context […]
President Donald Trump has refiled his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. It accuses the publication and its reporters of seeking to undermine his 2024 candidacy and disparage his reputation as a businessman. The refiling comes after a judge dismissed a similar filing last month. He ruled it was “tedious and burdensome” […]
NEW YORK — In the shadow of a massive jail, a leafy Chinatown park welcomed New Yorkers playing mahjong, basketball and saxophone. But last year, the shadow vanished. New York City demolished its downtown detention center, known as The Tombs, leaving behind a gaping chasm. In its place could be the world’s tallest jail, as tall […]
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton surrendered to authorities Friday and pleaded not guilty following a federal indictment. He faces accusations of unlawfully transmitting and retaining classified documents from Trump’s first term in office. Bolton did not speak to reporters when he arrived at a federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday morning. […]
President Donald Trump is already leaving his mark on the White House with recently announced renovations. Now, he wants to alter the landscape of Washington, D.C., with a Paris-like arch near the Lincoln Memorial. During a White House fundraising dinner with wealthy businesspeople on Wednesday, Trump unveiled preliminary plans for the arch. “It’s going to […]
The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California have become the latest two universities to reject the Trump administration’s offer of favored treatment for government funding in exchange for a compact full of changes to curriculum and policies. MIT and Brown University had previously turned down the same offer. The “Compact for Academic […]
