Hopes for Mamdani’s Vision for Child Care
To the Editor: Re “How Mamdani’s Audacious Child Care Plan Could Work,” by Rachel Cohen Booth (Opinion guest essay, Dec....
Oklahoma Instructor Is Fired Over Student’s Gender Essay That Cited Bible
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor from teaching duties over her decision to fail a paper on gender...
France Fails to Adopt a Budget by Year’s End. Again.
The French Parliament voted on Tuesday evening to pass a special law that will keep public services funded through January,...
‘60 Minutes’ Report Was Pulled Off the Air. Now It’s on the Internet.
One of this season’s most-talked-about “60 Minutes” investigations may be one that never made it to air. CBS News caused...
U.S. Takes a Step Toward Approving Seabed Mining in International Waters
The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had received an application for seabed mining exploration in international waters, the...
Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Deploy National Guard in Chicago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow President Trump to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in the Chicago...
Russell Brand Is Charged With Additional Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault
British prosecutors on Tuesday charged Russell Brand, the comedian, actor and YouTuber, with two counts of sexual assault, including one...
3 Theories of What’s Going On With the Contradictory Economic Data
Economic data never tells a perfectly clear story, but lately the contradictions have been especially jarring. Just a week apart,...
Document Hinted at Further Prosecutions in Epstein Investigation
After Jeffrey Epstein died in jail in 2019 and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested and charged with sex-trafficking crimes...
In 2025, They Asked What Racial Solidarity Really Looks Like
In our era of hyperpolarization, much of our art this year seemed to agree on one thing: The best vantage...
Trump Administration Delays Tariffs on Chinese Semiconductors
The Trump administration said on Tuesday that China’s increasing dominance of the semiconductor industry had disadvantaged U.S. companies, workers and...
What I Learned From the Real-Life Marty Supreme
Back in 2005, when I was recently out of college and new to New York, one of my closest friends...
‘This is Something that Traditional Economics Isn’t Prepared to Deal With’
This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your...
You Should Be Skeptical of the TikTok Deal
TikTok took a major step toward avoiding a U.S. ban last week. Its chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, announced that...
Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026
The Trump administration will begin to garnish the pay of student loan borrowers in January, the Department of Education said,...
