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Mortgage fraud allegations, like those President Trump has leveled against Lisa Cook, are hard to prove. A New York Times review of the holdings of other Washington officials shows how multiple mortgages can invite questions even when people act properly.

The decision came the day before the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting at which policymakers are expected to cut interest rates.

The Senate voted to install one of President Trump’s top economic advisers at the central bank, opening the door for him to cast a vote at this week’s meeting to set interest rates.

The collector’s trove of 55 works, including Klimt, Matisse and Munch, will be auctioned in November.

Saudi Arabia will host a flag football tournament featuring N.F.L. stars in the spring, in a mutually beneficial sports expansion.

The overall total, 7.4 million viewers, was the highest in four years.

Top economic officials met in Madrid for a second day, with deadlines looming on tariffs and a ban on TikTok in the United States if it is not sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance.

The president proposed changing the rules to require twice-yearly reports, revisiting an idea from his first term.

Tesla’s chief executive bought the stock after the company’s board proposed paying him nearly $1 trillion if he achieves certain performance goals.

Fury at the country’s politicians had led earlier this year to a failed royalist uprising, which may have been an unheeded warning of the popular discontent that exploded on the streets this month.

Karen Attiah said she was fired for “speaking out against political violence” and America’s apathy toward guns.

A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.

A $2 billion crypto deal and an agreement to sell valuable chips to the United Arab Emirates were intertwined in ways that have not been previously reported.

For years, only a small portion of the people experiencing long spells of joblessness were college graduates. That’s starting to change.

Endorsed by Zohran Mamdani and criticized by business leaders, the idea involves hitting millionaires with a stiff levy.

Whiskey distillers say their industry is so intertwined that U.S. tariffs will hurt producers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Trump administration officials say they have the framework of a deal to save the popular video app. It had until Sept. 17 to be sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or face a ban in the United States.

“Just kill ’em,” Brian Kilmeade said on “Fox & Friends,” during a discussion about a deadly stabbing in North Carolina in which a homeless man was charged.

Mr. Ramos, the longtime anchor for Univision, and his daughter are trying to tap into the growing number of Hispanics who consume media in English.

An agreement between London and Washington is expected to be signed during President Trump’s state visit to Britain this week.