President Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand before sending off former President Joe Biden and Jill Biden to board a Marine helicopter en route to Joint Base Andrews after the inauguration on Jan. 20, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump said he has revoked […]
Mar 21, 2025, 07:30 PM ET LONDON — Thomas Tuchel’s unveiling as the third foreign coach in England’s history may have irked some sections of the fanbase — but it seems that three news conferences and Friday’s victorious 90-minute opening salvo have done enough to generate a fair amount of belief from supporters and players […]
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC The Spring Statement is fast approaching – and the chancellor faces tough choices Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out “tax and spend” policies, signalling that she will neither raise taxes nor government budgets in her critical Spring Statement next week. Speaking in a BBC documentary, The Making […]
There’s nothing worse than a noisy neighbor when you are trying to have a nice meal — even if that meal consists of liquefying the insides of your prey before sucking them back up. New research shows that some spiders living in cities somehow weave soundproofing designs into the fabric of their webs to manage […]
MINNEAPOLIS — About 35 minutes before the Minnesota Timberwolves were set to tip off against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, an eruption could be heard in the back hallways of Target Center. It came from the locker room, and the timing seemed odd for a team that was in the doldrums after two […]
Kitty Dukakis, an activist first lady of Massachusetts and humanitarian who overcame alcoholism and depression with the help of electroconvulsive therapy, then became a proponent of the treatment with her husband, Michael S. Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, died on Friday night at her home in Brookline, Mass. She […]
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Millions of readers know David Leonhardt as — until recently — the voice of The Morning, The New York Times’s flagship newsletter that he founded in 2020. But his byline goes way back. In his […]
Netflix spent over $275 million to make “The Electric State,” a sci-fi action adventure film starring Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt and a slew of sentient robots. Had it opened in theaters, instead of on its service as it did on March 14, the film would almost certainly be declared a giant disappointment. Reviews have […]
Mike Howell was looking at his phone in an airport lounge this month when he saw a letter from the attorney general of Missouri questioning whether President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had the “mental capacity” to sign the pardons and executive orders he issued during his final months in office. Mr. Howell, executive director of […]
As Franck Verhaeghe and two friends planned a March trip to Mexico City, they plotted out not only where they would stay and which museums they would visit but also the language they would speak: French. “It’s not that I think it’s unsafe for Americans,” said Mr. Verhaeghe, 65, who lives in California, but “I […]