Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose…
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McCarthy Gets a Portrait Marking His Brief, Strange Speakership
Kevin McCarthy, the first speaker to be ousted from the post, was honored at the Capitol at the unveiling of…
Trump Defended A.I. Data Centers on Truth Social. The Commenters Disagreed.
The president’s posts about artificial intelligence on the social media platform he founded were met with an unusual volume of…
Berkeley Event for Kirk Assassination Anniversary Draws Federal Scrutiny
A State Department official said he would look into an event where U.C. Berkeley students were said to have mocked…
N.Y.C. Council Members Call for More Restrictions on Tech in Schools
Their demands came soon after the New York City school system banned A.I. for most students and limited screen time.
Houthis Report Deadly Saudi Airstrikes as Kingdom Issues Mass Alerts
The two sides traded accusations of attacks as fighting inside Yemen remains fierce. The escalating conflict threatens to further destabilize…
Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup
The fuel poured from a storage tank at a large data center in Secaucus, N.J., into a tributary of the…
House Kills Bid to Impeach Trump as Democrats Split
Dozens of Democrats declined to register a position on articles of impeachment by one of their own members, Representative Al…
‘60 Minutes’ Season Premiere Sees Dip in Ratings
Just under 8 million people watched Sunday’s season premiere, down 21 percent from last year. Viewership for the N.F.L. lead-in…
How Electric Cars Took Hold in Australia
Rising oil prices helped push E.V. sales ahead of gas cars for the first time, even in a country that…