Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university says
Read full article: Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during review of Epstein ties, university saysFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University as the campus reviews his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while US fallout is more muted
Read full article: Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while US fallout is more mutedThe Jeffrey Epstein files have rocked Europe's elite, revealing ties to a prince, an ambassador, and top politicians.
Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein
Read full article: Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to EpsteinThe chairman of prestigious law firm Paul Weiss has resigned from that position after emails revealed his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein.
A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the governmentās files public
Read full article: A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the governmentās files publicTwo decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to publicly release investigative files on the late sex offender and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell.
The fallout of Epstein's crimes spans the globe. Here's a look at some of those paying the cost
Read full article: The fallout of Epstein's crimes spans the globe. Here's a look at some of those paying the costThe fallout from Jeffrey Epsteinās transgressions spans oceans and continents, from the vulnerable girls he exploited to the elite people and institutions that chose to get involved, cover it up ā or look away.
The Latest: Trump signs bill to release the Epstein files after months of political pressure
Read full article: The Latest: Trump signs bill to release the Epstein files after months of political pressurePresident Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following a yearslong push by survivors of Epsteinās abuse for a public reckoning.
Larry Summers takes leave from teaching at Harvard after release of Epstein emails
Read full article: Larry Summers takes leave from teaching at Harvard after release of Epstein emailsFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has abruptly gone on leave from teaching at Harvard University over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers steps down from public commitments after Epstein emails
Read full article: Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers steps down from public commitments after Epstein emailsFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary and current Harvard professor Larry Summers says he'll step back from public commitments after the release of emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
At Trumpās urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epsteinās ties to Clinton and other political foes
Read full article: At Trumpās urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epsteinās ties to Clinton and other political foesAcceding to President Donald Trumpās demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epsteinās ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton.
Emails reveal Epstein's network of the rich and powerful despite sex offender status
Read full article: Emails reveal Epstein's network of the rich and powerful despite sex offender statusEmails released by the House Oversight Committee reveal how Jeffrey Epstein maintained connections with influential figures despite his 2008 guilty plea to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
Bipartisan group of top officials urges Court to reject Trump's effort to fire Fed governor
Read full article: Bipartisan group of top officials urges Court to reject Trump's effort to fire Fed governorA bipartisan group of former Federal Reserve chairs, Treasury secretaries, and top White House economists urged the Supreme Court Thursday to reject an attempt by President Donald Trump to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.
Trumpās settlement with Columbia could become a model for his campaign to reshape higher education
Read full article: Trumpās settlement with Columbia could become a model for his campaign to reshape higher educationThe Trump administrationās milestone settlement with Columbia promises to bring stability to a university embroiled in scrutiny.
From tariffs to universities, Trumpās negotiating style is often less dealmaking and more coercion
Read full article: From tariffs to universities, Trumpās negotiating style is often less dealmaking and more coercionPresident Donald Trump prides himself on being a dealmaker, but his negotiating style is more ultimatum than compromise.
Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City
Read full article: Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York CityThe stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles to repair its brand.
Trump says he's not backing down on tariffs, calls them 'medicine' as markets reel
Read full article: Trump says he's not backing down on tariffs, calls them 'medicine' as markets reelPresident Donald Trump says he wonāt back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the U.S. He's digging in on his plans to implement the taxes that have sent financial markets reeling, raised fears of a recession and upended the global trading system.
Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes
Read full article: Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikesPresident Donald Trumpās threat to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada has led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States.
DOGE's access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warn
Read full article: DOGE's access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warnThe Department of Government Efficiencyās embed into the federal government has raised a host of concerns, transforming a debate over how to cut government waste into a confrontation over privacy rights and the nationās financial standing in the world.
The Latest: Trump says ceasefire should be canceled if Hamas doesnāt release hostages by Saturday
Read full article: The Latest: Trump says ceasefire should be canceled if Hamas doesnāt release hostages by SaturdayPresident Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. āownershipā of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration whoāve sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population.
Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower, with markets in Japan and US closed
Read full article: Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower, with markets in Japan and US closedShares are mostly lower in Asia after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain.
President Biden travels to battleground Wisconsin to discuss the economy a week before GOP debate
Read full article: President Biden travels to battleground Wisconsin to discuss the economy a week before GOP debatePresident Joe Biden stopped in the battleground state of Wisconsin to discuss how economic policies he calls āBidenomicsā are boosting the economy.
Basement talk, virtual handshake led to Manchin-Schumer deal
Read full article: Basement talk, virtual handshake led to Manchin-Schumer dealSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin had been wrestling for more than a year over President Joe Bidenās big rebuilding America package.
Rejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions
Read full article: Rejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensionsWhen General Motors went through the biggest industrial bankruptcy proceedings in history, 20,000 retirees from GM's Delphi Corp. subsidiary saw their retirement savings slashed.
Fed's aggressive rate hikes raise likelihood of a recession
Read full article: Fed's aggressive rate hikes raise likelihood of a recessionFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has pledged to do whatever it takes to curb inflation, now raging at a four-decade high and defying the Fedās efforts so far to tame it.
Treasury Secretary Yellen expects inflation to 'remain high'
Read full article: Treasury Secretary Yellen expects inflation to 'remain high'Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has acknowledged that she and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ācould have used a better wordā than transitory when describing the expected run of inflation in the U.S. economy.
Biden's challenge: Inflation overshadows robust job gains
Read full article: Biden's challenge: Inflation overshadows robust job gainsPresident Joe Biden came before the television cameras Friday to celebrate yet another month of healthy job growth and low unemployment and the fastest pace of hiring in four decades under his watch.
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Yellen: Biden's phased-in spending plan won't fuel inflation
Read full article: Yellen: Biden's phased-in spending plan won't fuel inflationTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen says President Joe Bidenās massive proposed spending on infrastructure, families and education wonāt fuel inflation because the plans would be phased in gradually over 10 years.
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Even as economy heats up, Fed to stick with near-zero rates
Read full article: Even as economy heats up, Fed to stick with near-zero ratesHiring is accelerating as Americans increasingly venture out to shop, eat at restaurants, and travel, and inflation is even picking up after lying dormant for years.
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Biden's 'jobs Cabinet' to sell infrastructure as GOP resists
Read full article: Biden's 'jobs Cabinet' to sell infrastructure as GOP resistsPresident Joe Biden says Republicans have talked for years about the need to rebuild the nationās infrastructure and predicts GOP lawmakers will face pressure from their supporters if they donāt act.
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Yellen's encore: Lending economic heft to Biden's virus plan
Read full article: Yellen's encore: Lending economic heft to Biden's virus planāYellen is uniquely poised," said Brian Deese, director of Bidenās National Economic Council. "She has as much experience and expertise of addressing the challenges of our time as any living economic policymaker today. AdYellen juggled parenting with her work as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1980s, helping to build her sonās pinewood derby car as a colleague fed economic data into a computer. Itās an argument cultivated from years of research that fully blossomed during Yellenās time as Fed chair. She said Yellen values differences of opinion and diversity because that helps her get a fuller sense of the economy.
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Yellen: Biden's plan could restore full employment by 2022
Read full article: Yellen: Biden's plan could restore full employment by 2022(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON ā Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the country was still in a ādeep holeā with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Bidenās $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year. Summers also contended that Bidenās plan would make less money available for other initiatives such as improving the nationās infrastructure. The proposal will be part of the COVID-19 relief bill they are writing that is expected to largely follow Bidenās plan. Under the House Democratsā plan, those amounts would begin to phase out for individual parents earning $75,000 yearly and couples making $150,000. She said if Bidenās relief package is approved, the country could get back to full employment by next year.
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Gary Oldman on finding the frequency of 'Mank'
Read full article: Gary Oldman on finding the frequency of 'Mank'But Fincher cast Oldmanās manager, Douglas Urbanski (as Larry Summers in āThe Social Networkā), before he called up Oldman about another role. Orson Welles was a genius and if everybody doesnāt know that, I donāt know what to say.āIn crafting the portrait of Mankiewicz, Fincher wanted Oldman as himself. Oldman was himself once an alcoholic and, like Mank, prone to audacious gambles. Back when he was drinking, Oldman chose between two simultaneous offers ā āWaterworldā and āThe Scarlet Letterā ā with a coin flip. In a court filing in 2001, Fiorentino alleged that Oldman hit her with a telephone, an allegation that Oldman strongly denies.

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