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A week after Donald J. Trump was inaugurated, a senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health was preparing to give an invited talk at a scientific meeting when an urgent call came in from an administrative assistant.There is a total communications ban, the scientist was told, and you cannot give the speech.As soon as the scientist got back to the office, another ban went into effect — one that prohibited researchers from submitting papers to journals for publication.Seven senior investigators working in different parts of the National Institutes of Health described rules put in place on orders from the…

Every two years the nonprofit Performa Biennial commissions a global mix of established and up-and-coming visual artists to mount live spectacles all over New York City. Performa plans to announce this week that the eight premieres in this fall’s edition, Nov. 1-23, will include a musical written by the French artist Camille Henrot, whose oversize bronze children’s toys are on display through April 12 in Chelsea at Hauser & Wirth, in addition to a theatrical interpretation of a 1923 meeting between two trailblazing figures of the Harlem Renaissance, Alain Locke and Claude McKay, as imagined by the Los Angeles artist…

Car sped past a runner on Marmion Avenue before veering onto the verge and ploughing through more than a dozen Corella’s around 7am on Sunday, said a North Beach local.

The United States could run out of cash to continue paying its bills by mid-July if Congress does not take action to raise or suspend the nation’s debt limit, according to an analysis on Monday by the Bipartisan Policy Center.That deadline, known as the “X-date” — the moment when the United States is unable to meet its financial obligations and might default on its debt — is a fiscal milestone that’s among the most closely watched in Washington and on Wall Street.The date is subject to considerable uncertainty. It relies on estimates of how much wiggle room the Treasury has…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Hedge fund Elliott Management has taken a stake of nearly 5 per cent in RWE, calling for the German energy group to “significantly increase and accelerate” its share buyback programme. RWE, one of Europe’s largest power producers with a significant renewables portfolio, last week announced it would slash €10bn in capital expenditure on green technologies over the next five years as the Trump administration’s opposition to offshore wind adds risk to renewables investments.Elliott, which has been building its stake in RWE since at…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newslettersGood morning. Over the weekend Canadian central banker turned prime minister Mark Carney called for snap elections in Canada, hoping to turn the sudden popularity of his Liberal party — a gift from the American president — into parliamentary power. Send us your predictions for the outcome: robert.armstrong@ft.com…

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Washington — TikTok began restoring service to users in the United States following a temporary and voluntary shutdown that lasted less than a day. The company said Sunday that it was in the process of reinstating access after President-elect Donald Trump vowed to try to pause the ban by executive order on his first day in office.”We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive,” TikTok said in a statement. “It’s a…

The 1952 law under which the Trump administration seeks to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who helped organize protests at Columbia University, is largely untested.Largely, but not entirely. It was ruled unconstitutional in 1996 — by President Trump’s sister.Mr. Trump does not have much use for a lot of judges. Last week, for instance, he called for the impeachment of “many of the Crooked Judges I am forced to appear before.” But he held his sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, in high regard.“I will never forget the many times people would come up to me and say, ‘Your…

MANILA: Soldiers from the Philippine and the US armies began three weeks of joint military exercises on Monday (Mar 24), with drills focused on territorial defence and commanding large-scale deployments of forces, the Philippine Army said. Around 5,000 soldiers from the Philippine Army and the US Army Pacific will take part in warfighting and exchange of expertise in the first phase of this year’s Exercise Salaknib. A second phase is scheduled for later this year. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to travel to Manila this week to meet Philippine leaders and forces, the Pentagon announced last week. The exercises…