Estimates Imply That Tariffs Could Fall Heavily on Consumers
President Trump has said that his aim in imposing tariffs is to force companies to move production back to the United States....
The war in Gaza has unsettled the Jewish diaspora
Nailed to the entrance of the Gun For Hire shooting range in Woodland Park, New Jersey, is a large mezuzah, the prayer-scroll...
A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation:Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss
When the environmental group Greenpeace lost a nearly $670 million verdict this month over its role in oil pipeline protests,...
Trump’s Tariff Agenda Bets on Americans Giving Up Cheap Goods
Follow the latest news on the Trump administration . President Trump’s sweeping tariffs are expected to raise the cost of ca...
Oleg Gordievsky worked for both sides in the cold war
The first thing Oleg Gordievsky did, having decided in July 1985 to defect, was to barricade the door of his Moscow flat. Whe...
American Wealth Is at a Record High. Sentiment Is Low, and Falling.
America is more prosperous than ever. U.S. household net worth reached a new peak at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate...
Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn
President Trump’s tariffs could drive up prices. His efforts to reduce the federal work force could increase unemployment. Bu...
As Rescuers Work at Collapsed Bangkok Building, Those Who Found Love There Await News
The rescue teams at the collapsed office tower in Bangkok thought they’d found a miracle on Sunday night: a channel into the ...
Why does the British tax year end on April 5th?
For Britons the end of the tax year looms on April 5th. Why such a seemingly random date? In the Middle Ages England’s tax y...
Investigating a Sprawling Money Laundering Network
For months, Selam Gebrekidan, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, would stare at a maze of handwritten diagrams...