Roger King, a resident of Canton, N.C., earlier this month. Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina a year ago and the town is still operating out of trailers and awaiting some federal funds.
The artificial intelligence gold rush has pushed San Francisco’s residential rents up by the most in the nation, as A.I. companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has suggested that an extended tariff truce with China is still possible. That comes as rhetoric between the administration and Beijing grows heated.
The government subtly rebuffed the president’s comments that it would stop buying Russian oil, as it tries to avoid a public fight and end a trade dispute with Washington.
Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key.
Chinese state media is rallying the public and posting old propaganda footage, but officials are also careful to leave room for talks with President Trump.
President Trump has threatened to cancel a meeting with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, who spoke at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing on Monday.
President Trump said he had authorized covert C.I.A. action in Venezuela and was considering ground strikes. Venezuela’s foreign minister called the American actions a policy of aggression.
The result gives Sébastien Lecornu, France’s prime minister, a reprieve after weeks of political turmoil. But he still has to get a budget passed by the end of the year.
Leasing activity for older buildings, hit hard during the pandemic, is gaining momentum, a strong indicator that the overall office market in Manhattan is on the upswing.
Ken Podziba, chief executive of Bike New York, looked at two dozen spaces before deciding on a nine-story building constructed in 1922 steps from Grand Central Terminal.
The change was one several the department agreed to make to a tool that has been criticized by the City Council and Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee.
Zohran Mamdani is stepping up his Jewish outreach, as he holds private meetings with rabbis and other leaders across New York City who oppose his stance on Israel.
The president lauded dozens of executives and businesspeople for the “tremendous amounts of money” they have pledged for his project, which has prompted ethical concerns.
President Trump and guests in the East Room on Wednesday night. The ballroom he wants to build as an addition to the White House would be 90,000 square feet and cost $200 million.
Connexion
