For Meta, Alphabet and other platforms, the elimination of the tariff exemption for inexpensive goods is already cutting into advertising revenue.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/business/china-tariffs-temu-shein.html
Tariffs on imported parts will have a broad impact because all vehicles use components made abroad.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/business/trump-auto-parts-tariffs.html
The e-commerce site acted after the Trump administration said it would close a loophole that allowed low-cost Chinese-made items to enter the U.S. without import fees.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/temu-shipping-china-tariffs.html
The agency plans, for now, to use attrition, including retirements and voluntary resignations, to reduce the size of the C.I.A. instead of more mass firings.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-cia-cuts.html
President Trump on Friday said he would be “taking away” the university’s status, renewing a threat he made last month. It was not immediately clear if the I.R.S. was moving forward with a change.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-status.html
The nation had grand plans for a national cathedral designed by a celebrity architect. The $400 million project became a political battleground.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/africa/ghana-cathedral-christian-corruption-hole.html
World, a start-up backed by Sam Altman, has launched in the United States with the goal of verifying your humanity.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/technology/world-eye-scanning-crypto-orbs-launch-in-us.html
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/health/trump-budget-cdc-chronic-conditions.html
The former chief of staff to Senator John Fetterman last year wrote to a doctor who had treated him, pointing to “warning signs” that suggested the senator could be backsliding on his recovery from a mental health crisis.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/john-fetterman-mental-health.html
Staffing shortages at an air traffic control center have added to the effects of a runway closure, prompting United Airlines to cut flights at the hub.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/travel/newark-airport-flight-delays.html
The episode followed a fatal collision between a military helicopter and a commercial jet in January, and prompted concern and outrage among officials.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/reagan-washington-national-airport-helicopter.html
James B. Milliken will lead the California system, relinquishing his position as the chancellor of the University of Texas system.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/university-of-california-president.html
Voters will decide who can turn Australia around from the throes of inflation and a housing crisis, and navigate relations with a volatile Washington.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/asia/australia-prime-minister-election.html
Detained at his citizenship interview, the Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi speaks of his ordeal.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/opinion/mohsen-mahdawi-ice-detention.html
Water supplies ran dry in the Pacific Palisades fire, in part because a reservoir was shut down for repairs. Records show the city had tried and failed to prepare an alternative reservoir.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/palisades-fire-reservoir-water-los-angeles.html
Determined to cut costs and manage communications, the Trump administration is moving too slowly to contain the virus, experts say.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/health/bird-flu-farms-usda.html
A photo taken this week showed Mike Waltz using an app that looks like—but is not—Signal to communicate with top officials. "I don't even know where to start with this," says one expert.https://www.wired.com/story/mike-waltz-has-somehow-gotten-even-worse-at-using-signal/
In its push for “efficiency,” DOGE has leaned increasingly on AI—regardless of whether it makes any sense. And it's using it as an imperfect means to destructive ends.https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-in-its-ai-era/
World opened the doors to its new San Francisco storefront with eight brand-new orbs ready for eyeballs to scan.https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-store-san-francisco/
A startup founder told a Palantir alumni Slack group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees. He was met with emojis of clowns and a man licking a boot.https://www.wired.com/story/doge-recruiter-ai-agents-palantir-clown-emoji/