Yale University’s famed endowment has been trying to offload one of the largest portfolios of private equity investments ever in a single sale, a move that reflects the pressures on both Wall Street and higher education under the Trump administration. The Ivy League school has sought buyers for up to $6 billion in stakes in…
Why is the U.S. military in L.A.? The use of military force on domestic soil in the U.S. is rare, and it is usually reserved only for the most extreme situations. In deploying 4,000 members of the National Guard and 700 Marines in response to protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles, President Trump is…
For an example of how fiendishly difficult Oakmont may play in this, the 125th US Open, take the testimony of Rory McIlroy. The Masters champion visited the venue just outside Pittsburgh at the start of last week on a scouting mission. On Tuesday, he gave a grisly definition of what unfolded. “Last Monday felt impossible,”…
Smash has become the first Broadway show to close following a 2025 Tony Award shut out. The musical will play its final performance on Sunday, June 22, after 32 previews and 84 regular performances at the Imperial Theatre. Nominated for two Tonys – Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical…
ABC News is cutting ties with the correspondent Terry Moran after he wrote derisive comments on social media that attacked President Trump and Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, referring to both men with the term “world-class hater.” The network said on Tuesday that it had decided not to renew Mr. Moran’s…
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s former president and one of the country’s most polarizing political figures, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday and barred for life from public office after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction. The ruling is likely to deepen political tensions in the country and comes after Mrs. Kirchner, who was…
CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration is working on a new effort to both weaken Congress’ grip on the federal budget and freeze billions of dollars in spending at several government agencies. The architect behind the move is Russ Vought, who leads the Office of Management and Budget at the White House. Vought has long lamented…
After dropping out of MIT, Wang founded Scale at the age of 19. Last year, the company was valued at nearly $14 billion. Meta, which owns and operates Facebook and Instagram—as well as Threads, Messenger, and WhatsApp—has tapped Alexandr Wang, the CEO and founder of the startup Scale AI, to head up its new artificial intelligence…
The qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup has come to an end in Europe. A day marked by the ‘orange’ party at home against Malta… and by the moments of tension that have been experienced in Helsinki during Finland-Poland. The medical intervention that a spectator in the stadium needed forced the game to be…
Over the weekend, the Telegraph published an exclusive piece written by Camilla Tominey. I tried to get through it the best I could and provide the most significant excerpts, but it was difficult because Tominey just lies throughout the piece. She spent most of the piece raging about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to…
