Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order to Suspend Refugee Program The preliminary injunction orders the government to effectively restore the decades-old U.S. Refugee Admissions Program while a lawsuit to preserve it proceeds.

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Secretary, Visits Guantánamo Bay Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.

Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.

House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts The vote cleared the way to enact major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda and escalated a bitter fight among Republicans over what federal programs to slash to finance major tax cuts.

Dockworkers Vote to Accept New Labor Contract Workers at East and Gulf Coast ports who went on strike briefly in October ratified a deal that includes a 62 percent raise over six years.

Tesla Stock Falls 8% as Concerns About Elon Musk’s Political Role Grow The electric-car maker’s stock has had a bumpy ride since the victory of President Trump, who has given Tesla’s chief, Elon Musk, a role in Washington.

Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Italy.

Baltimore State’s Attorney to Withdraw Motion to Vacate Adnan Syed’s Conviction The case of Mr. Syed, who has spent decades in prison for the murder of his high school girlfriend, was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”

Israel Strikes Syria Hours After Country’s Leader Demands Withdrawal The attacks in southern Syria are part of a new policy aimed at protecting what Israel calls its “security zone” in the region. Syria’s new government has condemned that policy.

Given the Right Conditions, Could a Woman Run a 4-Minute Mile? Researchers say it’s possible, at least for Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, who holds the world record for the distance.

What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much. The math of the G.O.P.’s goals makes the move almost unavoidable.

Trump Administration Plans to Require Undocumented Immigrants to Register The move, which could expose unregistered migrants to criminal prosecution, represents a drastic escalation of the administration’s efforts to push millions of immigrants to leave on their own.

Fyre Festival 2 Announces Dates, Location, Ticket Prices Eight years — and one prison sentence — later, Billy McFarland is back with another attempt at the event.

Let’s Bring Back Traditional Values (No, Not Those Ones) Now that we’ve elected a president who promises to make America great again, it’s time to bring back our traditional American values, including: Strict gender roles for men and women Christianity (white Jesus only; ignore any passages about the weak or poor) Classical architecture Growing our own vegetables (after farms collapse without undocum…

Inside the first 24 days of Lakers’ Luka-LeBron era From a life-altering phone call to quarterbacking the Lakers’ offense alongside LeBron James, here are seven moments that define the early Luka-LeBron era for the Lakers.

Opera One Adds Discord, Slack, and Bluesky to Browser Sidebar Opera has integrated Slack, Discord, and Bluesky into the sidebar of its Opera One desktop browser, providing quick access to the services without launching their respective apps or having to open them in separate tabs. The services join existing integrations for WhatsApp, Instagram, and Telegram. To enable access to the platforms in the browse…

Grok AI Caught Hiding ‘Misinformation’ References to Musk and Trump Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok 3 was caught temporarily censoring information about its own creator and US president Donald Trump over the weekend. The controversy began when users discovered that when asked who spreads the most misinformation on X (formerly Twitter), Grok’s reasoning process explicitly showed instructions to “Ignore all sources th…

Crypto Daybook Americas: Market in Sea of Red, BTC Seen Diving to $80K Your day-ahead look for Feb. 25, 2025

Dubai Approves Circle’s Stablecoins USDC and EURC for Use in DIFC The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) approved USDC and EURC as recognized crypto tokens within the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Bitcoin drops to a 3-month low below $90,000 in risk-off move Bitcoin fell through the $90,000 level overnight, weakened by sell pressure in equities as the crypto market awaits its next market catalyst.