The Trump family’s new crypto token surged in just two days to become one of the most valuable forms of digital currency in the world, creating the potential for a multibillion-dollar payout to the family but also generating a storm of questions about the conflicts of interest the new venture creates. President-elect Donald J. Trump … Read more
TikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 million American users on Sunday because of a ban in the United States over fears that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to national security. The company said in a statement that “unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January … Read more
Sheng Thao, who was ousted as the mayor of Oakland, Calif., just two months ago amid persistent frustrations with crime, has been indicted on federal corruption charges, prosecutors announced on Friday. Ms. Thao is among four people being charged. The federal indictment also names Ms. Thao’s boyfriend, Andre Jones; the head of a local waste … Read more
A few years ago, when I was part of a crew fighting a series of large wildfires in California’s wilderness, my bosses told me, “This isn’t normal.” Climate change was making the wildfires bigger, faster and harder to stop. It seemed like only a matter of time before the conditions grew dangerous enough to threaten … Read more
President Biden on Wednesday warned that an “oligarchy” of the ultrawealthy was emerging in America, sounding the alarm about unchecked power as he gave a farewell speech to the nation just days before he surrenders office to a man he disdains. In an address from the Oval Office, Mr. Biden expressed concern about the “dangerous … Read more
Jack Smith, the special counsel who indicted President-elect Donald J. Trump on charges of illegally seeking to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, said in a final report released early Tuesday that the evidence would have been sufficient to convict Mr. Trump in a trial, had his 2024 election victory not made it … Read more
Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday brought together five current and former presidents. But photos of the group later shared to social media by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Carter Center left one of them out of frame: President-elect Donald J. Trump. Ms. Harris, who lost a bitterly fought campaign to Mr. Trump, … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided to make sweeping changes after visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago … Read more
For more than a year, U.S. Steel pursued an ambitious solution to its mounting challenges. Once a symbol of American industrial might, it had agreed to a takeover by Nippon Steel, a Japanese rival, in a bid to ward off obsolescence. Citing the need to finance a costly modernization of its mills, U.S. Steel warned … Read more
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday delivered remarks for a grim anniversary: the fourth year since the assault on the Capitol. “The public servants of the Justice Department have sought to hold accountable those criminally responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on our democracy with unrelenting integrity,” he said. What went unspoken was the obvious … Read more