Maps: Where Do Federal Employees Work in America?
Federal agencies began unveiling their plans this week to further reduce their staffs in mass firings, as demanded by the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk. Tens of thousands of…
Trump joins Japanese tariff talks as America aims to lock in trade deal – The Irish News
President Donald Trump inserted himself directly into trade talks with Japanese officials on Wednesday. The president attended the meeting alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, top…
George Bell, Considered the Tallest Man in America, Dies at 67
George Bell, who at 7-foot-8-inches was called the tallest man in the United States, died on March 19 in Durham, N.C. He was 67. His death was announced by the…
Opinion | The Special Relationship Between America and Britain Is a Myth
In the 1980s it was widely supposed that there was an intimate bond between President Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. She liked him personally and shared his free market and…
Opinion | There’s Nothing Real About Trump’s ‘Real America’
What is that “certain idea”? It has to do with a type of democratic nobility, something most of us can recognize the moment we see it. It’s Sojourner Truth asking…
America has lost its appetite for casual dining chains
Summary Many iconic casual dining chains like Hooters, Red Lobster and TGI Fridays have filed for bankruptcy recently. Consumers are shifting to fast-food and fast-casual restaurants as disposable income shrinks…
The Chinese Electric Vehicle Founder Who Wants In on Trump’s America
The question posed to Wen Han, founder of the electric truck maker Windrose Technology, was a simple one: Is it accurate to call the firm a Chinese company? After some…
20 New Books to Read in April: Joan Didion, Emily Henry, Tina Knowles and more
by David Szalay Szalay’s new novel traces the life of a young man in Hungary who eventually makes his way to England, following him from troubled youth to immigrant success…
Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84
Richard Carlson, who won a Peabody Award for his investigative television reports about an automobile company’s brazen fraud — during which he also outed the company’s founder as a transgender…
‘They Will Label Us as Spies’: The Afghan Students Abandoned by America
When she finds it hard to focus, Nilab jots down her worries on slips of paper and pins them to her wall, a strategy she picked up in a seminar…