President Trump has tried to oust Lisa Cook from her role as a Federal Reserve governor over allegations of mortgage fraud, even though she hasn’t been charged with a crime.
The Senate voted to install one of President Trump’s top economic advisers at the central bank, opening the door for him to cast a vote at this week’s meeting to set interest rates.
Stephen Miran said he planned to take only a leave of absence from his post on the Council of Economic Advisers, serving a potentially short term at the Fed before returning to the White House.
Leonard A. Lauder. Works from his collection that are heading to auction include Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” (1914), and two Klimt landscapes, “Blooming Meadow,” created in 1906 and “Forest Slope in Unterach” (1917).
Tom Brady, No. 12, at Super Bowl LV in 2021 against the Kansas City Chiefs. The now-retired quarterback is helping Fanatics produce a flag football event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A New York Times/Siena poll found that likely New York City voters were more aligned with the views of Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani on Israel’s war in Gaza than with those of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
The state attorney general’s legal interpretation effectively allows open carry in Florida, which had been the last remaining Republican-led state to ban the practice.
Some of the highest-ranking officials in the federal government used Charlie Kirk’s podcast, guest-hosted by Vice President JD Vance, to lay out their plans.
Hannah Einbinder of “Hacks” arrived at HBO Max’s Emmy Awards after-party with her co-star Megan Stalter. Ms. Einbinder won the award for best supporting actress in a comedy.
Eddie Giacomin of the New York Rangers during an N.H.L. All-Star game in the late 1960s. He thrilled the Madison Square Garden crowds by wandering beyond his goal crease to stifle opponents’ rushes.
Top economic officials met in Madrid for a second day, with deadlines looming on tariffs and a ban on TikTok in the United States if it is not sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, center, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, far right, following trade talks with Chinese officials on Monday.
A strike by workers on the Long Island Rail Road, the United States’ largest commuter rail service, has been averted, and could be postponed for several months.
Some of the workers who operate the Long Island Rail Road were poised to walk off the job as early as Thursday. But on Monday, unions said they would reach out to the White House for help with negotiations.
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