new video loaded: How Pressure From Trump Led to Comey’s Indictment How did pressure from President Trump lead to this week’s extraordinary indictment of the former F.B.I. director James Comey? Maggie Haberman, White House correspondent at The New York Times, explains. By Maggie Haberman, Alexandra Ostasiewicz and Stephanie Swart September 26, 2025
Last month, the Trump administration issued an executive order asserting political control over grant funding, including all federally supported research. In general, the executive order inserts a layer of political control over both the announcement of new funding opportunities and the approval of individual grants. Now, a coalition of more than 50 scientific and medical...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that essentially approves the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American investor group in order to keep the social media app operational in the country. Vice President JD Vance said that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 billion.” TikTok was required to divest...
President Donald Trump advanced plans for American investors to buy TikTok’s US operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd., with officials setting a potential value of $14 billion and outlining measures to ensure security of the new venture. In an executive order signed Thursday at the White House, Trump declared that the deal complies with...
new video loaded: How Trump Twists Data to His Benefit By Linda Qiu, Karen Hanley and Stephanie Swart•September 25, 2025 To President Trump, the veracity of statistics and scorekeepers turns on a dime. Linda Qiu, a New York Times reporter, explains Trump’s approach to government data.
To President Trump, the veracity of statistics and scorekeepers can turn on a dime. When data works in his favor, he praises, repeats and often exaggerates the figures. When the numbers on crime or the economy run counter to his narrative, they are frequently deemed “fake,” “phony” and a “fraud.” In his second term, he...
Reuters President Trump told the United Nations that London had “been changed” US president Donald Trump has claimed in an address to the United Nations that London wants to “go to sharia law”. Speaking to the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Trump again attacked London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and also criticised...
Vaccinations don’t overwhelm children’s immune systems. And there’s no evidence that spacing them out avoids any of the very small risks they pose. Data against dogma After Trump shared his personal feelings about vaccines, the American Academy of Pediatrics rushed to release a statement, first refuting any link between vaccines and autism and then warning...