The Environmental Protection Agency is demoting career employees who oversee scientific research, the enforcement of pollution laws, hazardous waste cleanup and the agency’s human resources department and will replace them with political appointees, according to two people familiar with the approach. The move would give Trump administration loyalists more influence over aspects of the agency […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, was on Capitol Hill in early January to meet with senators. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears likely to soon be taking the helm as Secretary of the Department of Health […]
Amid a national debate on highly processed foods and the rise of weight-loss drugs, PepsiCo is responding by offering healthier versions of some snacks. Early Tuesday, the company reported that revenue in the fourth quarter slipped modestly to $27.8 billion from $27.9 billion a year earlier, while net income rose to $1.5 billion from $1.3 […]
At last week’s DealBook Summit in New York City, leaders in business, tech, media, law and other disciplines were invited by The New York Times to lead conversations about pressing issues in their fields. Ahead of the summit, The Times sent questions to each of the Groundbreakers. Their answers have been edited and condensed. Neil […]
Sir Keir Starmer has denied lockdown rules were broken when a voice coach was present during his preparation for a Brexit press conference. Leonie Mellinger was invited to coach the then-opposition leader on his response to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, leading to accusations of a potential rule breach. Ms Mellinger qualified for keyworker status and […]
Mariam Issimdar & Shivani Chaudhari BBC News, Essex Essex Police/Essex Rebels Basketball (Clockwise from top left) TJ Hibbert, Eva Darold-Tchikaya, Makyle Bayley and Daljang Wol “touched the lives of so many” at the University of Essex Tributes have been paid to four students who died in a crash that has left a city’s university “torn […]
Viewership for the Grammys slipped to 15.4 million on Sunday night, according to Nielsen, a 9 percent decline compared with last year’s ceremony. The viewership drop snaps a three-year streak for the Grammys. Ratings steadily increased during that period, culminating with nearly 17 million viewers for last year’s show. Ratings had started to climb after […]
This article is part of our special section on the DealBook Summit that included business and policy leaders from around the world. Toward the end of my more than hourlong interview last week with Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and space entrepreneur, there was a comment that struck me — that’s been rattling around in […]
Hadi Matar, 26, is accused of repeatedly stabbing the elderly writer during a 2022 lecture. The trial of a man who attacked Indian-British author Salman Rushdie two years ago on a charge of attempted murder is due to start in the United States. Jury selection was set to begin on Tuesday for the trial of […]
BBC Billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman has a big vision for the future of humanity. He set off on his first mission to space in 2021 – a private journey he paid an estimated $200m (£160m) for – and announced that he wanted space travel to be for the masses, not only for the 600 who […]