timef 12/18/2025

The deal would be a total transformation for Trump Media & Technology Group, the social media and crypto company in which President Trump holds a large stake.

The president promoted his economic accomplishments in a defiant address. But some voters are feeling the pinch of stubborn inflation and a cooling labor market.

The Swedish company is now valued at $6.6 billion, more than triple its $1.8 billion valuation set by investors in July.

Britain’s central bank reduced interest rates to 3.75 percent, a move that was welcomed by the government, which has been looking to lower the high cost of living.

The Federal Reserve will get an updated read on U.S. inflation on Thursday with the release of last month’s Consumer Price Index.

In Manhattan and across the country, restaurants are trotting out ever-pricier dishes and luxury upgrades to meet the demand from affluent diners.

Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an elementary school in Texas appears to have faltered.

Ana Vaz monitored crucial fish stocks in the Southeast and the Gulf of Mexico until she lost her job at NOAA.

Meg O’Neill of Australia’s Woodside Energy will lead the London energy giant, replacing Murray Auchincloss, who will exit after less than two years in the role.

Beijing is using its messaging tools to show off its prowess at building infrastructure and project power, taking advantage of what it says is “deep anxiety” in U.S. policies.

Israel’s granting of an export permit is the final step to allow the deal, first announced by energy companies in August, to proceed.

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire nominated twice to lead the agency, may draw some lessons from the tenure of another NASA leader in the 1990s.

The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.

Two hundred million years ago, prosauropods walked the earth. They left something behind.

Federal prosecutors filed criminal fraud charges against two top executives at Tricolor Auto, and two other executives have already pleaded guilty to related charges.

With orange beanies, a roast pig and a mayor-elect, the New York premiere of A24’s buzzy Ping-Pong film was its own kind of flick.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that it had reached a deal with YouTube for exclusive rights to the show starting in 2029.

Russell Vought, the White House budget director, called the laboratory a source of “climate alarmism.”

The professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Tuesday morning. The authorities said they had opened a homicide investigation.