Losing half of its employees would severely strap the I.R.S., meaning Americans may have to wait longer to receive tax refunds.

President Trump has offered a mix of reasons for upending global trade relations, baffling and angering America’s biggest trading partners.

Nicole Shanahan, who pumped millions into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign last year and joined him on the ticket, is now backing an effort to remove Mayor Bass of Los Angeles.

The ruling affects hospitals nationwide, putting on hold the administration’s plan to withhold research grants from those that offer gender transition treatments to young people.

Trade wars during President Trump’s first term slashed billions of dollars in U.S. agricultural exports. Farmers and trade groups expect an even bigger hit this time.

In an interview, the H.H.S. secretary claimed that unconventional treatments were helping patients but did not mention vaccination.

Trying to counter President Trump’s call to “clean out” Gaza, Arab leaders have begun to outline their own vision for Palestinians in the territory.

Cutting down emissions of planet-warming methane from oil and gas production was supposed to be relatively simple. It hasn’t worked that way.

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different.

A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America.

The vice president denied that he was talking about Britain and France when he downplayed “20,000 troops from some random country” protecting Ukraine. No other countries have pledged troops.

Friedrich Merz, almost certain to be the country’s next chancellor, is yesterday’s man.

New tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China took effect Tuesday. They are likely to result in higher prices for Americans.

Reflecting at the end of her tenure, Deborah Lipstadt said that after the Hamas-led attack on Israel and the devastating war in Gaza, antisemitism became “almost normalized.”

As China’s government worries about the falling birthrate, some private employers have ordered workers to do their part, or else.

President Trump’s threat to abandon Ukraine added urgency to plans to fund security or reconstruction with the roughly $300 billion owned by Russia’s central bank.

The backlash against the electric vehicle company has intensified as the billionaire ally of President Trump exerts his power over the federal government.

The directive, which takes effect immediately, affects more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipelines and on order.

Mr. Dean, who inspired songs including “Jolene” and “From Here to the Moon and Back,” was known to shy away from the spotlight as his wife rose to fame.

The show was broadcast on ABC, as it has been for decades, but also streamed live on Hulu, where there were glitches.