The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-institution-eo.html
As President Trump and Elon Musk slash deeper into federal programs and the work force, G.O.P. lawmakers are leveraging their connections to try to insulate themselves and their voters.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/congress-republicans-doge.html
Vice President JD Vance’s trip to an island that President Trump wants to “get” is a scaled-back version of the original White House plan. “He’s not welcome,” one Greenlander said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/jd-vance-greenland-visit-denmark-us.html
At his first stop in the Philippines, the U.S. defense secretary promised to strengthen deterrence against Chinese “threats” in the region. He also plans to visit Japan.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/asia/hegseth-philippines-china.html
Many of the people serving in the administration do not have decades of experience in government, or deep knowledge of its rules and why they exist, former officials say.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/trump-documents-signal-leak.html
For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/asia/japan-climate-lake.html
In San Pedro, Argentina, 16,000 people, a fifth of the population, signed up for a cryptocurrency exchange where everyone won. Until they didn’t.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/rainbowex-crypto-ponzi-scheme.html
The Trump administration asked the justices to allow it to use a wartime law to continue deportations of Venezuelans with little or no due process.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/trump-deportations-supreme-court.html
The tactics on display in the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk were not new — plainclothes officers, faces obscured — but as ICE actions ramp up, scrutiny may increase.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/tufts-ice-crackdown.html
The Trump administration is looking to deport pro-Palestinian students who are legally in the United States, citing national security. Critics say that violates free speech protections.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/students-trump-ice-detention.html
Officials in Kyiv say the country cannot possibly accept the proposal and that new negotiations would be needed. But they have not rejected it outright, which would anger the White House.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal-us.html
The small incursion targets the Belgorod region, according to Ukrainian officials, analysts of open-source intelligence and Russian military bloggers. The advance comes as cease-fire talks continue.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/ukraine-attack-russia-belgorod.html
The aerospace company H.R. Smith Group was an early backer of the party after Nigel Farage became leader. Reform has faced criticism over comments seen as supporting Moscow.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/reform-uk-donor-farage-technology-russia-sanctions-india.html
Medical experts warn the move could have consequences for oral health, especially among children.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/well/utah-fluoride-ban.html
Rudin stepped away from show business four years ago amid reports that he had bullied assistants. He says he has “a lot more self-control” now.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/theater/scott-rudin-return.html
The attack in the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, followed rocket fire toward northern Israel.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/middleeast/israel-beirut-evacuation-hezbollah.html
Carmakers are likely to face higher costs regardless of how they respond to President Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on cars and auto parts.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/trump-auto-tariffs-companies.html
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure showed underlying price pressures persisting in February, as inflation-adjusted spending stayed muted.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/economy/us-inflation-pce-trump-trade-tariffs.html
People with bond and international stock funds have held their own, despite a shaky U.S. stock market and the uncertainty and turmoil flowing from the White House.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/investing-international-stocks-bonds.html
Biographers took an account of a scuffle in “Tender Is the Night” as a record of a real-life event. But uncovered documents suggest Fitzgerald may have behaved worse than he wrote.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/books/f-scott-fitzgerald-rome-arrest-1924.html