The enormous stakes of Donald Trump’s fight with Jerome Powell
On Sunday night, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell gave a surprise video statement declaring he was under threat of criminal...
Inside the Scam Complex’s Detailed Playbook
Like any transnational criminal enterprise, the global scamming industry is swathed in secrecy. But last month, The New York Times...
Why fight Denmark? It’s practically MAGA-land!
From President Donald Trump’s recent comments, you might think that Denmark ranked among America’s preeminent geopolitical foes. On Friday, while...
What Seniors Are Writing About in Their College Admissions Essays
As her daughter drafted her college essay this fall, Elsa Menendez, a mother of two from the north of Spain,...
The Quest to ‘Make America Fertile Again’ Stalls Under Trump
Vice President JD Vance last week called falling marriage rates “a big problem.” The deputy secretary of Health and Human...
The AI boom is really a race to own the future of human labor, a safety pioneer says
AI safety pioneer Roman Yampolskiy says the AI boom is really a race to control "free labor" — and the...
A world without flu is possible
Let’s start with the bad news. There’s a decent chance, perhaps as high as 11 percent if you’re unvaccinated, that...
Two Southeast Asia 500 companies may merge—forming Malaysia’s largest construction conglomerate
Malaysian construction giant Sunway has announced a $2.7 billion share-and-cash takeover of competitor IJM Corporation, which would bring together two...
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS
Bari Weiss’s message to the “CBS Evening News” team was blunt. “Let’s make sure every single night has something with...
All the Things Named for Trump, and How Long Other Presidents Had to Wait
President Trump loves naming things after himself. Here are some federal initiatives and places that have been named (or renamed)...
