The entrepreneur’s habit of overpromising on deadlines may be frustrating for investors—but for those looking to see whether a Musk pledge will come good, there’s a key phrase to watch out for.https://www.wired.com/story/theres-a-very-simple-pattern-to-elon-musks-broken-promises/
President Trump’s recent actions and statements suggest he might want an arrangement where the United States, China and Russia each dominate their sphere of influence.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/politics/trump-russia-china.html
Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-race-civil-right-white-men.html
In a Washington rived by political differences, four private clubs reflect the sorting of the city’s establishment into separate corners at a turbulent time.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/politics/trump-washington-private-clubs.html
With diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire appearing remote, and President Trump apparently abandoning the process, Russia has been escalating its assaults on Ukrainian cities and on the battlefield.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-new-phase.html
“He’s sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don’t like it at all,” President Trump said of his Russian counterpart.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-putin-ukraine-attacks.html
NATO’s leader is looking for little drama and a focus on new spending goals, not disagreements over Ukraine.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/world/europe/nato-summit-trump-ukraine.html
Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/business/energy-environment/trump-tariffs-tax-batteries.html
Battery-operated vehicles were a mainstay more than a hundred years ago, but only a few still exist — one happens to be in Jay Leno’s garage.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/business/electric-vehicles-history.html
The ‘Star Wars’ director parted ways with the museum’s top boss and is clearly calling the shots as his Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles approaches completion.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/arts/design/george-lucas-starship-museum-nears-landing.html
For months, Israel’s strongest allies had been reluctant to join a wave of global censure against the war. Now, even the Trump administration appears to be growing impatient.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-trump-isolation.html
Jake Wood quit the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, saying it was “not possible” to implement a new Israeli-backed aid system in the enclave while remaining neutral and independent.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/world/asia/gaza-aid-wood-independence-resigns.html
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, expressed continued U.S. support for Israel despite recent disagreements.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/politics/noem-israel-trump-netanyahu.html
Apple’s chief executive has gone from winning President Trump’s praise to drawing his ire, deepening the company’s woes in a very bad year.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/technology/techs-trump-whisperer-tim-cook-goes-quiet-as-his-influence-fades.html
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a place of unexplainable power, many visitors say. Volunteer guides often speak of it as “Wall magic.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/vietnam-war-memorial-veterans.html
The holiday marks the unofficial start of summer and honors those who have died in the nation’s wars. Here’s how it all began.https://www.nytimes.com/article/memorial-day-history.html
“On-the-ground reality will show that most small communities don’t have a lot of room in the budget,” the mayor of Cave City, Ark., said after a tornado ripped through town in March.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/politics/trump-fema-tornado-arkansas.html
He founded the duck-call business that became the foundation of his family’s reality television empire.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/arts/television/phil-robertson-dead.html
Grant Hardin, 56, escaped on Sunday from a high-security prison in Arkansas, where he was serving a decades-long sentence for first-degree murder and rape.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/arkansas-grant-hardin-prison-escape.html
Foreigners — and residents — long avoided Bari’s old town, which had been plagued by mob crime. Now, with direct flights from the U.S. starting, residents are excited, but wary.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/world/europe/bari-italy-tourism.html