timef 07/24/2025

On a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., last November, the passenger said she was the only Black person seated in an exit row when she was asked to leave.

The merger of two large rail companies would create the first coast-to-coast network, but the deal could reduce competition.

The merger of two large rail companies would create the first coast-to-coast network, but the deal could reduce competition.

Nearly every member of the European Union supports a plan to hit back against President Trump’s tariffs if no agreement is reached.

The administration has repeatedly criticized Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, for his handling of the economy and the cost of renovations at the institution’s headquarters.

After eight consecutive cuts, policymakers held interest rates steady as inflation hit their target.

Shares in Tesla were down in premarket trading as the carmaker lays out the risks from President Trump’s tariffs and his scrapping of tax credits.

Forests play a major role pulling planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. As the world heats up, some forests are becoming emitters in their own right.

The firm’s chief executive said that the field in the Baltic Sea might eventually produce up to 40,000 barrels of oil a day, making it the largest discovery in Northern Europe in more than a decade.

China has made it a national priority to catch up with SpaceX’s nearly 8,000 Starlink internet-providing satellites in low-Earth orbit, which it regards as a military threat. Despite successes in other parts of its space program, China has just 124 internet-providing satellites in low-Earth orbit. Selam Gebrekidian, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains why China is lagging behind in this new space race.

A new generation of meme stocks are soaring and falling again.

New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b. They also raise questions about what it will take to detect biology light-years away.

Therapists are cautious about sharing personal information. When they fall ill or die unexpectedly, the shock can be shattering.

Therapists are cautious about sharing personal information. When they fall ill or die unexpectedly, the shock can be shattering.

The agreement Japan secured has added pressure on South Korea to defuse the threat of high tariffs on its exports to the United States.

The administration has repeatedly criticized Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, for his handling of the economy and the cost of renovations at the institution’s headquarters.

The flow of goods in Manzhouli, China’s main border crossing with Russia, underscores increasingly close ties between the two countries, complicating China’s relationship with Europe.

President Trump’s 15 percent tariff on cars from Japan has angered U.S. automakers, which make cars in Canada and Mexico subject to 25 percent tariffs.

In the Biden era, the government feared AI models would guide the spread of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. President Trump signed an order on “Preventing Woke A.I. in the Federal Government.”

European Union officials are set for a summit with China’s top leaders. China’s support of Russia and a long list of trade disputes are on the agenda.

Last year, a federal court banned some uses of the herbicide, which can drift into fields and damage crops.

Conservatives, including President Trump, are accusing A.I. companies of left-wing bias, following a playbook that worked well against social media platforms.

California officials have not yet determined whether Southern California Edison caused the fire, which killed 17 people and destroyed thousands of properties.

Google’s parent company, which is facing aggressive competition in its core search business from A.I. chatbots, also posted a double-digit profit increase.

The court’s order was the latest in a series of emergency rulings on the scope of the president’s power over independent agencies.

Shoppers will no longer be able to buy an item for a lower price if they can prove that they found an identical product listed for less by Amazon or Walmart.

Republican and Democratic governors in Eastern states will send a representative to a meeting of the PJM grid, which serves 67 million people in 13 states.

President Trump will get to decide where to invest Japanese money and the United States will keep 90 percent of the profits, the White House said.

It’s the third time this year that investigators from the Government Accountability Office have determined the administration defied Congress on spending.

While the court doesn’t have enforcement mechanisms, it has a prominent voice, and its legal arguments could reverberate.

Rocks gathered along the Colorado River contained evidence of a bustling community of animals in an ancient sea.

The project, known as Grain Belt Express, had drawn fierce opposition from some landowners and Republican lawmakers.

PEPFAR, the campaign to end H.I.V. globally, would morph into an effort to detect disease outbreaks and sell American products, according to documents obtained by The Times.

The president imposed tariffs on Japan, one of America’s closest allies, that would have been alarming just months ago. And markets went up.

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.

Republican leaders said they were ready to vote as soon as this month on punishing penalties against Moscow but have paused after President Trump threatened to act unilaterally within weeks.