Jerome H. Powell warned that Trump’s tariffs could lead to a “challenging scenario” for the central bank.As President Trump’s trade policy has started to take shape, officials at the Federal Reserve have been more vocal about how such sweeping tariffs will affect the economy.Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the...
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The company also introduced a new tool that helps computer programmers use chatbots when writing code.In September, OpenAI introduced A.I. technology that could “reason” through tasks involving math, coding and science.Now, this technology can tackle similar tasks that involve images, including sketches, posters, diagrams and graphs.On Wednesday, the company unveiled...
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Representative Elise Stefanik, a six-term congresswoman, has talked with Republicans about a 2026 bid for governor of New York.Representative Elise Stefanik, a leading Republican ally of President Trump, is considering running for governor of New York in 2026, according to three people directly familiar with her thinking.Ms. Stefanik, a six-term...
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Ten officers were charged in connection with the vicious beating of Messiah Nantwi, 22, at the Mid-State Correctional Facility, which left him bloodied and unrecognizable.Two corrections officers were charged with second-degree murder and eight others with related offenses on Wednesday in the killing of a man who inmates said was...
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Harvard refused on Monday to submit to the Trump administration’s quest to command and control America’s higher education system. Its president, Alan Garber, brightly illuminated the profound principle at stake in remaining independent of the government’s edicts.“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what...
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The Trump administration’s plan to add steep fees to packages from China will deal a blow to Temu, Shein and some TikTok Shop sellers, worrying American consumers.Tamika Johnson, a 44-year-old in Chicago, posted videos to TikTok this month about her orders from Shein, the Chinese e-commerce giant. She was nervous...
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When Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. designed Forest Hills Gardens, he was trying to bring the respite of an English village into the bustle of New York City.A landscape architect and city planner like his father, one of Central Park’s designers, Mr. Olmsted laid out tree-lined alphabetical streets and open spaces...
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The project represents something of a shift in mission for Elon Musk’s initiative, from cutting government costs toward a new goal of generating revenue.Members of Elon Musk’s government-slashing task force are building a system for the United States to sell special immigration visas, which President Trump has labeled “gold cards,”...
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The Berlin doctor, who was not named because of privacy laws, is also accused of setting fire to some of the patients’ homes to hide evidence.The authorities in Germany charged a Berlin palliative care doctor on Wednesday with the murder of 15 patients over the course of three years. The...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday to press for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant and Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration and remains imprisoned in his native country.Mr. Abrego Garcia was removed from the...
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The man charged in the attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence told the police he was seeking to “stop having my friends killed.”The man charged with setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion staged the attack because he believed Gov. Josh Shapiro’s stance on the war in Gaza was leading...
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When President Trump announced tariffs this month on goods from all over the world, Jing and Eddie Levine, who sell party supplies on Amazon, were on a flight home to Chicago after visiting suppliers in Asia.Amazon was the center of their life. They met at a conference for Amazon sellers...
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