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Meloni and Trump: Oval Office Meeting Cements Special Rapport

admin25 April 2025

In Washington, President Trump lavished praise on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy. He also accepted her invitation to visit Rome.

Trump Lashes Out at Fed Chair for Not Cutting Rates

admin25 April 2025

President Trump on Thursday escalated his long-running attack on the Federal Reserve, by lashing out repeatedly at the head of the nation’s central bank, Jerome H. Powell, for not doing enough to fortify the economy as the effects of tariffs take ...

Melania Trump’s Easter Surprise

admin25 April 2025

She did not, despite her penchant for hats, wear an Easter bonnet. Instead, when Melania Trump materialized on a flower-festooned White House balcony next to her husband (who was in his usual red, white and blue) to celebrate the White House Easter ...

Don Mischer, Master of Live Television, Is Dead at 85

admin24 April 2025

He produced and directed major events like the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys, as well as Super Bowl halftime shows and Olympic opening ceremonies.

Marvin Levy, Oscar-Winning Publicist to Spielberg, Dies at 96

admin24 April 2025

For 42 years, Mr. Levy strategized behind the scenes to promote Steven Spielberg’s movies and ensure that the director was seen as Hollywood’s de facto head of state.

Brad Holland, 81, Dies; His Subversive Art Reinvented Illustration

admin24 April 2025

Brad Holland, an idiosyncratic artist who upended American illustration in the 1970s with his startling imagery for Playboy magazine and The New York Times’s opinion page, spawning a generation of imitators, died on March 27 in Manhattan. He was 81 ...

Trump Joins Japan Trade Talks, Says ‘Big Progress’ Made

admin24 April 2025

For his first face-to-face talks on tariffs, the president chose Japan, a U.S. ally that decades ago stirred his anger over the unequal balance of trade and his penchant for tariffs.

The Ice Bucket Challenge Worked. Why Not Try It Again?

admin24 April 2025

The trend that dominated social media a decade ago — and raised millions for A.L.S. research — has been reborn as a vehicle to raise mental health awareness.

My Research Under Trump Started Unraveling With a Text That Read, ‘Call Me’

admin24 April 2025

It started with a text in late January: “Call me.” I was in the Sonoran Desert, fleeing the Pacific Northwest’s winter gloom, and I pulled into a gas station to make the call. “All work on the National Nature Assessment is to stop,” a Trump White ...

Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf

admin24 April 2025

Imagine my surprise when in the spring of 1939 a letter arrived at my house inviting me to dinner at the Old Chancellery with the world’s most reviled man, Adolf Hitler. I had been a vocal critic of his on the radio from the beginning, pretty much ...