Senators should ask Trump’s Fed nominee these tough questions
Before confirming him to one of the most critical jobs in government — chairman of the Federal Reserve — senators...
Sen. Edward J. Markey: What’s really keeping energy bills high
The Jan. 30 editorial “For now, New England needs fossil fuels” presented the wrong remedy for New England’s energy needs....
Sprawl versus spirit at Winter Olympics
Robert Sroka is an assistant professor of sport management at Towson University. When the flame is lit for the Milan-Cortina...
When patients see the line between life and death, should we believe them?
After she dropped to her knees outside her home in Midlothian, Virginia, suffocating, after she was lifted into the ambulance...
Inspired by Netflix, tourists swarm Swiss village for lakeside selfies
Fans of a hit Netflix series from South Korea are traveling internationally to meet the show’s breakout star: a lakeside...
A famous director, a talented cast and a ‘Dracula’ that is endlessly bad
(1 star) There is an infection running throughout Hollywood. Or is it a curse? The dead have awakened. The symptoms...
Is singing along at Broadway musicals getting out of hand?
The same day that the “Beetlejuice” musical concluded its limited return to Broadway with a curtain-call sing-along, security guards over...
An award-winning portrait asks Americans, ‘Who is human?’
The most striking moments in Kameron Neal’s 2023 video installation “Down the Barrel (of a Lens)” are freeze-frame shots of...
‘Holding Liat’ embraces hard questions but leaves too much unsaid
(2.5 stars) Three weeks after Hamas kidnapped 49-year-old Liat Beinin Atzili and her husband, Aviv, during an attack on their...
Spanberger takes further steps to remove Virginia from ICE operations
RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) took additional steps Wednesday to distance state law enforcement agencies from federal immigration...
As West goes after Russia’s oil fleet, Moscow fears for its war funding
Europe is tightening the net on Russian oil being shipped through its waters, squeezing Moscow’s ability to fund its war...
In northwest Nigeria, U.S. confronts a growing terrorist threat
BAIDI, Nigeria — There are still bloodstains and bullet holes in the mud-brick alcove where villagers took shelter last month...
House rejects D.C. tax changes, potentially costing the city $600M in revenue
The House voted Wednesday to block D.C. from decoupling its local tax code from President Donald Trump’s federal tax cuts...
Blue states banning cooperation with ICE will backfire
Border czar Tom Homan announced Wednesday that 700 federal agents are leaving Minnesota thanks to “unprecedented” cooperation from local law...
Walmart became a trillion-dollar company by evolving
Walmart surpassed $1 trillion in market capitalization this week — a spectacular feat for any company, let alone a traditionally...
