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FA Cup exit gives Liverpool advantage in Premier League, UCL

Arne Slot lost his FA Cup gamble against Plymouth Argyle, but the Liverpool manager might instead have edged closer to winning the trophies that really matter at Anfield this season by giving his star men the day off. Make no mistake, Plymouth’s giant-killing 1-0 win — the bottom club in the Championship beating the Premier […]

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CFPB Employees Left Stranded and Confused After Stop-Work Orders

Barely two days after Russell Vought, the new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordered the agency to close its office and halt all its work, employees spent Monday in a state of deep confusion about what they should — or should not — be doing. Mr. Vought, the recently confirmed director of […]

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Trump announces steel and aluminium import tariffs

Getty Images President Donald Trump has ordered an across-the-board 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the US in a major expansion of existing trade barriers. The tariffs, which will increase the costs of importing the metals into the US, come despite warnings of retaliation from some political leaders in Canada – America’s […]

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Macron Pitches Lighter Regulation to Fuel A.I. Boom in Europe

An artificial intelligence race is heating up between the United States and China — but don’t count Europe out. That was the pitch that President Emmanuel Macron of France made on Monday as Paris hosted an A.I. summit, where government leaders, top tech executives and academic experts have gathered to discuss the hopes surrounding A.I., […]

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Netflix Scurries to Stem Oscar Fallout From ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scandal

Two weeks ago, Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, strutted across the stage of the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles and crowed about the company’s 13 Oscar nominations for its Spanish-language musical, “Emilia Pérez.” “We just received more Oscar nominations than any other studio,” she boasted. Finally the most coveted prize, the Academy Award for […]

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Trump says he’ll put tariffs on aluminum and steel imports : NPR

President Trump boards Air Force One in Louisiana as he returns to Washington after attending Super Bowl LIX. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images President Trump says he plans to announce a 25% tax on all imported steel and aluminum, extending a trade battle he launched during […]

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The Weeknd Hits No. 1 for a Fifth Time With ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’

The Weekend has scored his fifth No. 1 album with “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” posting the biggest overall numbers on the Billboard chart since Taylor Swift nearly a year ago. The release of “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” which the poppy-yet-creepy Canadian star announced at a livestreamed concert in São Paulo in September, was delayed by a week […]

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