Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments about the safety net program ventured onto the so-called third rail of American politics.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/business/bessent-trump-social-security.html
President Trump wants the Fed to slash borrowing costs, but the central bank is unlikely to take such aggressive steps even once it begins to lower interest rates.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/business/trump-fed-interest-rate-cuts.html
The Robin Hood Foundation, one of New York City’s biggest charities, is navigating tensions between its wealthy donors and the nonprofits it funds.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/nyregion/robin-hood-foundation-trump-budget-cuts.html
The deal, which will require Brown to spend $50 million, comes after two other Ivy League schools negotiated with the Trump administration to restore millions in research dollars.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/brown-trump-deal-university-funding.html
The far-right activist is continuing to use her close association with President Trump to go after those she deems insufficiently loyal.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/laura-loomer-trump.html
The agency’s new leader must contend with reduced budgets, mass layoffs, political tumult and a boss determined to reshape public health.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/health/monarez-cdc-kennedy.html
The assault came soon after President Trump threatened new sanctions against Moscow if the bloodshed didn’t let up.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/europe/ukraine-russia-attack-kyiv.html
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s move last week to neuter two anticorruption agencies drew the country’s first street protests since Russia’s invasion.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-agencies-parliament.html
The man who gunned down four people at a Park Avenue office building left anti-psychotic medication in his Las Vegas apartment, and a note.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/nyregion/park-avenue-killer-rifle.html
Texas state legislators will be in Kerrville on Thursday for a hearing on the July 4 floods. They may get an earful.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/texas-floods.html
For years, the more than 10,000 items in the International Spy Museum’s collection were stored at a location outside Washington. That changed this summer.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/arts/international-spy-museum-vault-washington.html
The Republican redistricting effort in Texas has emerged as a clear opportunity for Democrats to prove they have the stomach for a fight.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/texas-redistricting-democrats.html
Well, it’s complicated.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/tariffs-economy-inflation-recession.html
Cutting ties with Jeffrey Epstein because he hired away your spa staff is like taking Charles Manson off your guest list “because he wouldn’t use a coaster,” Meyers said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/arts/television/seth-meyers-trump-epstein.html
The flight, which was taking 275 passengers from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, made an emergency landing in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening, the airline said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/delta-flight-turbulence-emergency-landing.html
The military government hopes elections can bring more international legitimacy. But the generals will still rule, and opposition groups are boycotting.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/asia/myanmar-emergency-election.html
A mix-up with a packaging supplier resulted in some cans of Celsius, an energy drink containing no alcohol, being filled with vodka seltzer.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/style/celsius-high-noon-recall-fda.html
Dozens of small earthquakes were recorded, most off the coast of Russia’s Far East. Five of them have been above magnitude 6.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/asia/aftershocks-russia-earthquake.html
Startup raises $500 million to further develop AI-based agents, CEO says.https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-finance-app-ramp-is-valued-at-22-5-billion-in-funding-round-5a4269cb?mod=rss_Technology
As Washington tries to limit its progress, Beijing is spending more to build an artificial-intelligence ecosystem that doesn’t rely on U.S. technology.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-china-is-girding-for-an-ai-battle-with-the-u-s-5b23af51?mod=rss_Technology