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White House Birthrate Boosters See an Ally in Musk

Elon Musk might be this country’s most famous pronatalist. He has a well-documented obsession with the declining birthrate, which he believes could doom humanity. “Unless that changes,” he told Bret Baier last month, “civilization will disappear.” He has also taken this on as something of a personal mission. Musk has at least 14 children with […]

An Easter Bunny, Colorful Eggs and a Second Signal Group Chat

The South Lawn of the White House was a hubbub of activity on Monday morning as a crowd of revelers dressed in spring colors gathered for the annual Easter egg roll. A brown-eared Easter Bunny greeted the crowd, the first lady read a children’s story — and the president and his defense secretary lashed out […]

For a Times Reporter Who Covered Him, Francis Was Always a Surprise

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was my pick to be elected pope. I was wrong. It was 2005, and the Argentine cardinal, a South American Jesuit known for riding the bus, ticked many of the boxes that church experts told me needed to be filled to move the church forward. Instead, the College of […]

Latest Updates: World Pays Tribute to Pope Francis

The pontiff and the president had little in common. One spurned the traditional red shoes and luxurious apostolic palace for religious simplicity, living humbly in a Vatican City guesthouse. The other made a brand of his own name and wrapped nearly everything he touched, from New York City skyscrapers to the Oval Office, in a […]

‘Unlawful’: Harvard University files lawsuit to halt $2.2 billion funding freeze by Trump administration

The Trump administration has been engaged in an escalating back-and-forth with the university over its refusal to heed the White House’s demands in exchange for federal funding Harvard University announced on Monday it has filed a lawsuit to stop the administration of US President Donald Trump from blocking its federal funding of more than $2.2 […]

National ID cards of Hasina, 9 family members ‘locked’

DHAKA: National identity (NID) registration wing of Election Commission has officially “locked” the NID cards of former PM Sheikh Hasina and nine of her family members.The action was taken through a formal letter dated April 16, signed by ASM Humayun Kabir, director general of the wing.Besides Hasina, the administration has locked the NID cards of […]

Steve Hilton, Former Fox News Host, Is Running for California Governor

Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host who has also worked in conservative politics in Britain, announced on Monday that he was running to become California’s next governor. Mr. Hilton is the second prominent Republican to enter the 2026 race, but he faces difficult odds considering that California voters have not elected a Republican to […]

Supreme Court Wrestles With Challenge to Affordable Care Act Over Free Preventive Care

The Supreme Court appeared divided during arguments on Monday over the constitutionality of a provision of the Affordable Care act that can require insurance companies to offer some types of preventive care for free. At issue is a part of the 2010 health care law that established a task force that determines certain kinds of […]

Watch: Delta Air Line passengers hold up plane’s ceiling after it ‘caves in’

Passengers of a Delta Air Lines flight were forced to “hold up” the roof of the aircraft after the ceiling’s interior “suddenly caved in” during a journey last week from Atlanta to Chicago.The incident occurred on April 14, according to a report in New York Post.Content creator Lucas Michael Payne, who said his business partner […]

Watch: Delta Air Line passengers hold up plane’s ceiling as it ‘caves in’

Passengers of a Delta Air Lines flight were forced to “hold up” the roof of the aircraft after the ceiling’s interior “suddenly caved in” during a journey last week from Atlanta to Chicago.The incident occurred on April 14, according to a report in New York Post.Content creator Lucas Michael Payne, who said his business partner […]