Trump plans to nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to oversee Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz, the author and former television host, to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a powerful agency that oversees health insurance programs covering more than 150 million Americans.
For minority working-class voters, dismay in Democrats led to distrust
The working-class voters Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign needed were not moved by talk of joy. They were too angry about feeling broke.
Hacker is said to have gained access to file with damaging testimony about Gaetz
WASHINGTON — An unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers whose clients have given damaging testimony related to Matt Gaetz, the former Florida member of Congress who is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, a person with knowledge of the activity said.
Putin lowers Russia’s threshold for using nuclear arms
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered Russia’s threshold for the use of nuclear weapons, a long-planned move whose timing appeared designed to show the Kremlin could respond aggressively to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with American missiles.
Nation and world news — at a glance – November 20
Texas education board backs curriculum with lessons drawn from Bible
Manhattan DA suggests freezing Trump’s case while he is President
NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday rebuffed President-elect Donald Trump’s request to dismiss his criminal conviction in the wake of his electoral victory, signaling instead their willingness to freeze the case while he holds office.
How Tulsi Gabbard became a favorite of Russia’s state media
In 2017, when she was still a Democratic member of Congress, Tulsi Gabbard traveled to Syria and met the country’s authoritarian president, Bashar Assad. She also accused the United States of supporting terrorists there.
Trump confirms plans to use the military to assist in mass deportations
President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he intended to declare a national emergency and use the U.S. military in some form to assist in his plans for mass deportations of immigrants who do not have legal residency status.
No, Trump cannot run for reelection again in 2028
President-elect Donald Trump has mused more than once that he might like to extend his next stay at the White House. But can he run for reelection again in 2028 and seek a third term? The simple answer: No, the Constitution does not allow it.
Donald Trump is already starting to fail
That was quick.
Bluesky is growing up. Maybe too fast
SAN FRANCISCO — In February 2023, a half-dozen techies introduced a social network prototype in an invitation-only launch. They deliberately debuted their creation, Bluesky, with little fanfare so that they could closely manage its growth.
The streaming wars didn’t kill the little guys. In fact, they’re thriving
Executives from the Hallmark Channel made a curious decision this fall: They started a new streaming service.
Liberals are left out in the cold as social media veers right
SAN FRANCISCO — After Donald Trump won the election this month, his supporters gravitated to a panoply of online destinations to celebrate.
Trump signals a ‘seismic shift,’ shocking the Washington establishment
WASHINGTON — Somehow disruption doesn’t begin to cover it. Upheaval might be closer. Revolution maybe. In less than two weeks since being elected again, Donald Trump has embarked on a new campaign to shatter the institutions of Washing-ton as no incoming president has in his lifetime.
Why a $4 billion settlement of Maui fire claims is tangled up in court
The ashes of last summer’s devastating fire in Lahaina on Maui, which killed 102 people and destroyed the town, were still smoldering when talk turned to how fraught the rebuilding process would be.
A master of Hawaiian dance wins the Gish prize
Vicky Holt Takamine, a master teacher of traditional Hawaiian dance, was awarded the 31st annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, the Gish Prize Trust announced Wednesday.
Nation and World news — at a glance — for November 17
Musk wants to slash $2 trillion in federal spending
The MLB agent who holds the keys to the offseason
Scott Boras’ sports agency is based in an office complex in Newport Beach, California, but in the afternoons during the baseball season, the headquarters shifts location. Sometimes he holds court in a suite at Angel Stadium. When the Los Angeles Dodgers are in town, he stands behind the backstop, where current and future clients, and suitors of those players, can visit.
Trump’s cabinet picks, panned in Washington, thrill many of his voters
To his detractors, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Cabinet looks like a rogues’ gallery of people with dubious credentials and questionable judgment.
Engineers discover a 132-year-old message in a bottle in a Scottish lighthouse
After two centuries of faithfully guiding sailors around a blustery headland in southwest Scotland, the lighthouse needed some attention.
