Over the past two years, a furry monster with bunny ears and a vicious line of serrated teeth became the subject of a global craze, as shoppers waited hours in line or paid hundreds or thousands of dollars for the most coveted Labubus. The boom turned Pop Mart, the Chinese company that sells Labubus, into…
The Senate late Wednesday moved toward adopting a Republican budget blueprint that would pave the way for a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement and the eventual reopening of the Department of Homeland Security. But first, senators waded through an overnight marathon of rapid-fire votes, known as a vote-a-rama, that put the two parties’ dueling…
He was combative, defensive and occasionally contrite. He vehemently denied, then halfheartedly apologized for suggesting in 2024 that Black children would benefit from being “re-parented.” He shouted at Democratic senators, accusing them of “grandstanding” and “selective indignation.” He insisted he had delivered “historic wins” for the health of the American people. In the end, after…
Over four days and nearly 20 hours of testimony, under harsh questioning from Democrats, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly backed away from his longstanding criticism of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. On Wednesday, he made his strongest statement yet — albeit on behalf of his department and not himself. “We promote…
Spending on new medical research by the National Institutes of Health has fallen roughly $1 billion behind the pace of years past, delaying thousands of scientific projects and raising concerns within the agency that it may struggle to pay out the money it was allotted by Congress. Instead of canceling grants en masse, as the…
President Trump on Tuesday extended a cease-fire between the United States and Iran that had been set to expire within hours, saying he wanted to give Tehran a chance to come up with a new proposal to end the war. In a statement on Truth Social, Mr. Trump attributed his decision to divisions among Iranians…
President Trump on Tuesday extended a cease-fire between the United States and Iran that had been set to expire within hours, saying he wanted to give Tehran a chance to come up with a new proposal to end the war. In a statement on Truth Social, Mr. Trump attributed his decision to divisions among Iranians…
Dr. Norman Rowe, a plastic surgeon with offices in New York and Florida, advertises on his website that breast reduction surgery usually costs between $15,000 and $25,000. But these days, his practice sometimes earns $440,000 for the procedure. Dr. Rowe has taken full advantage of a new arbitration system, part of a major consumer protection…
With pressure mounting from an internal investigation, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer met on Monday in the Oval Office with President Trump and Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, to tell them she planned to step down. Mr. Trump told her that was a good idea, a person with knowledge of the exchange said….
Democrats seized on a report that President Trump accepted a donation of foreign steel to be used in the White House ballroom, saying it showed disrespect toward American steel workers and raised questions about possible corruption. The New York Times reported Wednesday that ArcelorMittal, a steel company with headquarters in Luxembourg, had arranged a large…
