Postal Service Reaches Deal With Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

The leader of the U.S. Postal Service said in a letter to lawmakers on Thursday that he had reached an agreement with Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team allowing it to help…

Chrystia Freeland Eyes Justin Trudeau’s Job as Canada’s Liberal Party Leader

The protester leaped on to the stage, lunged at Chrystia Freeland and screamed within inches of her face. She didn’t flinch. Her January campaign launch for leadership of the Liberal…

Jack Teixeira, Who Pleaded Guilty in Leaked Documents Case, Asks Trump for Leniency

The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who pleaded guilty last year to leaking military secrets said on Thursday that he had broken the law to expose Biden administration efforts to aid…

Trump Wants to Speed Up Deportations With Alien Enemies Act: What to Know

President Trump is planning to invoke an obscure wartime authority in the coming days to rapidly accelerate the deportation of immigrants from the United States, according to people familiar with…

Trump’s Large-Scale Layoffs Plans So Far: What to Know

Resignations. Retirements. Firings. And now large-scale layoffs, as agencies faced a Thursday deadline to turn in their plans for executing the next phase of President Trump’s goal of significantly reducing…

Trump’s Large-Scale Layoffs Plans So Far: What to Know

Resignations. Retirements. Firings. And now large-scale layoffs, as agencies faced a Thursday deadline to turn in their plans for executing the next phase of President Trump’s goal of significantly reducing…

Putin, in No Hurry for 30-Day Truce, Seeks Ukrainian Concessions

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday did not rule out a U.S. and Ukrainian proposal for a monthlong cease-fire, but he set down numerous conditions that would most…

Federal Cuts Prompt Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers

Johns Hopkins University, one of the country’s leading centers of scientific research, said on Thursday that it would eliminate more than 2,000 workers in the United States and abroad because…

A Chilling Scream, Then the Discovery of 53 Dead and Dying Migrants

The chilling screams of a young woman came from a desolate, debris-strewn urban hinterland between salvage yards and railroad tracks on Quintana Road in the outskirts of San Antonio. When…

As Trump’s Untested Emissary to Putin, Witkoff’s Role May Bring Risk

When President Trump appointed his friend Steven Witkoff to be his Middle East envoy last November, the choice prompted head-scratching in diplomatic circles. Many foreign officials had never heard of…