Government Shutdown Set as Rand Paul Protests Budget Deal Senate leaders, facing the implacable Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, adjourned the chamber until just after midnight, conceding they could not prevent at least a short-term government shutdown, which will begin Friday morning. Senators are still expected to vote in favor […]
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Unwelcome Attention for John Kelly, the Man Enlisted to Bring Calm Among the many people agitated this week over John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, was President Trump. And among the people the president called to express dissatisfaction, according to those close to him, was none other […]
California says it will ban crude from Trump offshore drilling plan California will block the transport of petroleum from new offshore oil rigs through its state, officials told Reuters, a move meant to hobble the Trump administration’s effort to vastly expand drilling in U.S. federal waters. California’s threat to deny […]
In Los Angeles, a Billionaire Doctor Takes On an Ailing Newspaper He was perhaps the least famous billionaire in a city brimming with wealthy celebrities. But Patrick Soon-Shiong, 65, a doctor who turned a cancer drug into a multibillion-dollar biotech empire, emerged on Wednesday as a major figure in Los […]
F.B.I. Finds No Evidence of Attack in Death of Border Agent An F.B.I. investigation into the mysterious death of a Border Patrol agent found unconscious off a remote West Texas highway in November has been unable to determine how he was injured, though the bureau said on Wednesday that it […]
Pelosi Held House Floor in Advocacy of ‘Dreamers’ for More Than 8 Hours Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, took the House floor at 10:04 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, intent on speaking about the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. Eight hours and seven minutes later, she quit talking. […]
Elon Musk fiddles while Tesla burns Elon Musk is fiddling while Tesla burns. The entrepreneur has recently pulled off successful PR stunts for his other firms. And he has just broadened the electric-car maker’s funding options. But Tesla looks set to incinerate truckloads of greenbacks this year. Fourth-quarter results unveiled […]
European economy can help BNP clear low return bar Europe’s recovering economy can help BNP Paribas clear a low return bar. Aiming for a return on equity of 10 percent – roughly in line with the French bank’s cost of capital – over the next two years might suggest a […]
Appeals court rejects challenge to Trump University settlement A federal appeals court has upheld the $25 million settlement President Donald Trump agreed to in a bid to resolve long running lawsuits claiming fraud in his Trump University real estate seminar venture. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a […]
A parent’s ‘nightmare’: Ala. man arrested in child porn video case A viral video depicting the sexual abuse of a child that led to the arrest of an Alabama man may be several years old, investigators said Tuesday. Germaine Moore, 44, of Millbrook is alleged by Michigan authorities to have […]
