The world has a few more years
The “AI 2027” website is out of date. Last year, to great fanfare, it warned that 2027 would be the...
The White House’s pro-crime manifesto
President Donald Trump and the Democratic Party have finally found something they can agree on: keeping Jan. 6, 2021, in...
Good riddance, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
If an organization cannot survive without federal funding, it isn’t really private. This truth is lost on the Corporation for...
Béla Fleck on dropping his Kennedy Center shows: ‘Not canceling is taking a side’
Acclaimed banjoist Béla Fleck announced Tuesday that he had pulled out of a trio of National Symphony Orchestra concerts he...
Trump says he’ll ban large investors from buying homes, with few details
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would ban large institutional investors from buying single-family houses, marking a new push...
GPS needs backup
The Jan. 3 front-page article “GPS, a pillar of daily life, faces increasing attacks” was a great overview. And the...
U.S. reduces number of warships near Venezuela after Maduro raid
The fleet of U.S. warships assembled in the Caribbean Sea during the run-up to Saturday’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás...
What destroyed ‘the right to be let alone’
Tiffany Jenkins, a cultural historian, is the author, most recently, of “Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private...
U.S. seizes two tankers as Venezuelan oil blockade intensifies
In separate military operations Wednesday, U.S. forces seized a Russian-flagged tanker after a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic Ocean and...
Why does Venezuela still have political prisoners?
The Trump administration has had lots to say about pressuring Venezuela’s government, but it has been mostly silent on an...
Nick Reiner appears at arraignment on charges of killing his parents
LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner is expected to enter a plea Wednesday for two first-degree murder charges he’s facing in...
Trump may regret bypassing Congress on Venezuela
With his decapitation strike against the Venezuelan government, President Donald Trump is betting against two ideas that have often guided...
Saudi Arabia’s allies in Yemen oust UAE-backed separatist from government
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia and its Yemeni allies escalated efforts Wednesday to wrest control of southern Yemen from separatists backed...
So long, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
If an organization cannot survive without federal funding, it isn’t really private. This truth is lost on the Corporation for...
Two sloth bear cubs born at National Zoo
Two sloth bear cubs were born at the National Zoo, which appears to be good news for this vulnerable species...
