Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and disbursing federal funding.

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Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump’s threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.

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Two members of Beyoncé’s team said that their S.U.V. was broken into during a tour stop on July 8, the authorities said. The police said a suspect had emerged.

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Said our spy, "Kraft didn’t hesitate, pledging $10,000 on the spot to the Salvation Army’s Texas flood relief fund."

The “Gossip Girl” alum will be deposed by Baldoni’s attorney Bryan Freedman on Thursday as their “It Ends With Us” legal battle continues.

The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.

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The right-wing congresswoman from Georgia suggested that the president’s new proposal to help speed weapons to Ukraine betrays the promise to voters to end U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.

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An independent voting panel of 512 experts from 60 countries has recognized what locals already knew. Ryan Baddeley of Toronto's Pizzeria Badiali and Cédric Toullec of Halifax's Lou Pécou Artisanal Pizzeria make some of the best pizza in the world. Read More

The question isn’t whether AI will displace workers, but which workers — and what happens when America’s comfortable laptop class finds itself on the wrong side of technological disruption for the first time.

The time for talk is over. President Donald Trump issued a major deadline to Russia on Monday.

Members of the Canadian military’s only ceremonial mounted troop got to meet and chat with the King Monday at Windsor Castle. Read More

The Yankees find themselves not only no longer atop the division — they are two games behind the front-running Blue Jays — but also just a game ahead of the Red Sox.

Shane Lowry believes he’s figured out a formula to excel in the biggest tournaments.

Rumors about Alabama Crimson Tide legend Nick Saban returning to the coaching ranks ramped up on Monday during the first day of SEC Media Days.

At least 1,457 flights were outright cancelled, according to FlightAware, including 716 flights either originating at or heading to JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark.

Tour plans, footage and other "sensitive" information were also stolen during the shocking robbery.

New York City mayoral candidates Mamdani, Sliwa, and Adams criticize Andrew Cuomo's decision to stay in the race as an independent after losing the Democratic primary by 12 points.

This is not the situation the Yankees wanted to be in. 

The nine US District Court judges announced they declined to appoint him US Attorney for the Northern District of New York after Sarcone was first appointed by President Trump temporarily in March.

Chancellor to announce raft of deregulation changes as City regulators move to pare back transparency rules

Rachel Reeves will claim that cutting red tape for City firms will have trickle-down benefits for households across Britain, as she tries to drum up support for a new financial services strategy.

A raft of regulatory reforms are due to be announced by the chancellor on Tuesday, in what the Treasury says will be the “biggest financial regulation reforms in a decade”. It will come before her Mansion House address to City bosses during a dinner at Guildhall in London on Tuesday evening.

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UK Biobank project to share 1bn images of organs, blood vessels and bones to help study ageing and ill health

Scientists expect to gain unprecedented insights into human ageing and the earliest signs of disease after scanning 100,000 people from head to toe in the world’s largest whole body imaging project.

The completion of the decade-long task means qualifying researchers worldwide will have access to 1bn de-identified images of the hearts, brains, abdomens, blood vessels, bones and joints of volunteers alongside medical histories and rich data on their genetic makeup, health and lifestyle.

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Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, he suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

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"Why can't they just come up to us at a bar?"

Chancellor will use her Mansion House speech to propose major easing of regulation in City of London