It was Paris in the late 1950s, and Jean-Claude Silbermann knew where the Surrealists met every evening from 5 to 6 p.m. He waited outside Le Musset, a cafe between the Palais Royal and the Louvre, until André Breton — the writer and poet who led the fluctuating, anarchic group …
President Trump on Friday proposed slashing $163 billion in federal spending next fiscal year, a drastic retrenchment in the role and reach of government that, if enacted, would eliminate a vast set of climate, education, health and housing programs, including some that benefit the poor. Issuing his first budget proposal …
Employees make inflatable toys for export on the production line at a factory on March 19, 2025 in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images President Trump said this week that there may be less dolls for children for this year’s holiday season amid …
Wealthy collectors who want to be involved with museums typically donate works, write checks and sit on a board of trustees — these are the essential steps that keep art institutions afloat. But Ariel Aisiks — the Argentina-born art patron who now lives on New York’s Upper East Side — …
Small-ticket items shipped to the United States from China will no longer be exempt from tariffs starting on Friday, when a decision by President Trump to shutter a shipping loophole he calls a “scam” takes effect. The move is expected to send ripples through the economy as American consumers, who …
One hundred days of President Trump. Seventy days of whipsaw trading in financial markets. Thirty three days of losses. More than $6.5 trillion wiped from the value of public companies. For financial markets, the 9 percent drop in the S&P 500 is on track for the worst start to a …
On April 1, the Trump administration’s effort to slash government funding arrived in Morgantown, W.Va., where federal scientists spent their days studying health and safety threats to American workers. That morning, hundreds of employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were notified that they were being terminated …
U.S President Donald Trump speaks to members of press onboard Air Force One on a flight to Fiumicino Airport near Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, April 25, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Before his presidential election win last fall, Donald Trump famously boasted that he could end …
President Trump has made clear his intent to smash the reigning global economic order. And in 100 days, he has made remarkable progress in accomplishing that goal. Mr. Trump has provoked a trade war, scrapped treaties and suggested that Washington might not defend Europe. He is also dismantling the governmental …
A crane unloads peas imported from Canada at the Laizhou port area of Yantai Port in Yantai, China, Feb. 28, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The clock is ticking on trade deals that the U.S. will need to strike with many nations, most notably China, to avoid what …