In what the White House has described as the "largest deregulatory action in American history," President Donald Trump has undone a key scientific finding that has been the cornerstone of United States efforts to fight climate change for more than 16 years. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, the president officially rescinded a 2009 Obama-era government declaration known as the endangerment finding.
Jeffrey Epstein is thought to have managed a large part of his assets through around 40 accounts at Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest bank, which has come back to haunt the Frankfurt-based institution. According to the German page of Wall Street Online, Deutsche Bank stock fell by 5.49% on February 4 after additional Epstein files detailing his criminal activities were made public.
Former US President Bill Clinton told lawmakers on Friday that he had "no idea" about the crimes committed by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong," Clinton said, as he faced hours of questioning from a US congressional committee about his ties to the disgraced financier.
The US Supreme Court's dramatic decision on Friday to rule most of US President Donald Trump's tariffs illegal has left the country's trade partners trying to figure out what the verdict means for them.
President Donald Trump gestures from the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Feb. 27, 2025. Luis M. Alvarez/FR596 AP hide caption toggle caption Luis M. Alvarez/FR596 AP TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S.
FILE - Former President Bill Clinton speaks in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department during an event for the anniversary of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund,, Nov. 21, 2024, in Washington.
Getty Images, Dept. of Homeland Security and The White House via X/Collage by Emily Bogle/NPR Two days after At Chandee, who goes by Ricky, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the White House's X account posted about him, calling the 52-year-old the "WORST OF WORST" and a "CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a video posted to X, put Scouting America "on notice" and said the Pentagon will evaluate its relationship with the organization in six months.
Apartment buildings are seen at the Stoddard Johnston Scholar House, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Louisville, Ky.
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A foreign student at Columbia University was released just hours after being detained by federal immigration authorities on Thursday and shortly after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed concerns about her arrest during a meeting with President Donald Trump.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified to a congressional committee on Thursday that she had no new information regarding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and that she does not recall ever having met the convicted child sex offender.