US President Donald Trump will hold a swearing‑in ceremony on Friday for the new Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh — an unusual step, since Fed chairs are not normally sworn in at the White House, and presidents usually don't attend, given that the Fed is meant to be politically independent.
"Affordable luxury" brand Everlane has been bought by the ultrafast-fashion giant Shein. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Shein, the ultrafast-fashion juggernaut, is buying Everlane, a brand that once pitched millennial shoppers on a vision of fashion with "ethical factories" and "radical transparency" into how its clothes were made and priced.
A customer pumps gas into his car at a Chevron station on May 4 in Los Angeles, Calif. Gas prices have surged to a 4-year high, as tensions in the Middle East continue. Gasoline in California is over $6 a gallon.
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FILE - Copies of the People's Daily newspaper with a front page photo and headline which reads "Xi Jinping holds talks with US President Trump", are displayed at a news stand in Beijing on May 15, 2026.
From left: Dara, Sam Altman, Heidi Montag Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; David Becker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; David Becker/Getty Images This week, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert went off the air forever.
Debra Pierce holds up a picture of Stanley Sears, her brother, while standing in the yard of the mobile home he was renovating before his death in 2024. Pierce believes North Carolina's Martin County needs higher-level emergency services and a hospital.
An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP hide caption toggle caption Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly .