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The administration has settled on a more legally and politically durable way to impose tariffs, but some say the focus on forced labor is merely a pretext for protectionism.

The administration has started to repay some of the money, but has signaled it may make it harder for certain businesses to claim the full amount they are owed.

In her first public comments on the firing, Ms. Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief, said that the longtime correspondent had “broken” the trust in the newsroom.

The 27-nation European Union outlined how it hopes to expand the region’s data centers, semiconductors and cloud computing capabilities.

Even the industry-friendly Trump White House is finding that it needs to have greater oversight of powerful new artificial intelligence models.

Trump officials said they planned to impose levies of up to 12.5 percent on countries that failed to crack down on goods made with forced labor.

Iranian drones struck Kuwait’s main international airport and the United States and Iran exchanged strikes.

Mr. Pulte has had difficulty boosting the housing market as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Now he will also serve as acting intelligence director.

James Dolan, the longtime owner of the N.B.A. team, has faced years of jeers. Could a championship change all that?

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in a report, said the Middle East war’s consequences “are likely to be felt for some time.”

Mr. Pelley, a former “CBS Evening News” anchor, was ousted after months of tensions between staff and Bari Weiss, the network’s editor in chief.

NOTUS, a political news website, must temporarily suspend its plans to rebrand, a judge ruled in a trademark dispute brought by The Washington Star.

The law cites a New York Times investigation that found Uber received reports of sexual assault or sexual misconduct far more often than the company had publicly disclosed.

The dinner was abruptly cut short in April when a gunman disrupted the proceedings. President Trump said that he would attend.

The attack on the vessel, owned by the Mediterranean Shipping Company, underlines the threat to ships even as the U.S. and Iran try to negotiate reopening the Strait of Hormuz.