Investors appear to be treating an end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a foregone conclusion, as the S&P 500 closes above 7,000.
Amid signs of a prolonged period of high energy costs, policymakers are urging restraint as governments open up the public till to protect households and businesses.
Higher inflation is leading companies to raise prices without sacrificing margins.
It’s Tax Day, but much of the country’s focus has been on an unpopular war.
Also, Pakistani mediators arrive in Iran. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump’s closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.
Fresh off a two-week break, lawmakers returned to turmoil in the House, where legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security is stalled and the G.O.P. is struggling to keep its agenda on track.
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer asked staff members to bring wine to her hotel room, and to keep in touch with her husband and father.
Jerome H. Powell’s term as chair of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, but it appears increasingly likely that he will stay on in some capacity at the central bank after that.
The administration has invoked national security in a variety of matters, including the White House ballroom and offshore wind farms, drawing rebukes from some judges.
As artificial intelligence makes many tasks easier, the human work of cajoling, arm-twisting and reassuring appears to be rising in importance.
A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.
An influential order of nuns decided to complete its mission when the last sister dies. The only question left is how to finish well.
The story of how President Trump quadrupled the size of the original proposal for the arch follows a now-familiar pattern.
The Saudi league, established in 2022, attracted some of the sport’s biggest stars with huge contracts.
A 10-member committee offered a brutal assessment of academia’s role in creating the forces challenging American colleges and universities.
In a verdict that could have far-reaching consequences in the music industry, the live colossus that includes Ticketmaster was found to have violated antitrust laws.
A jury found that the concert giant operated as a monopoly, a verdict that could have major reverberations in the music industry.
Amid calls from the left to tax the rich, a tax proposal on multimillion-dollar second homes in New York City, backed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, seems to have better odds of passing than in years past.
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to tax second homes in New York City that are worth $5 million or more. Here’s how the proposal might work.
Fighting that erupted in 2023 has forced millions from their homes and left widespread hunger that is now being compounded by strife in the Middle East.
Anthony Griffin was a popular battle rapper who turned toward religious rhetoric. The police say he slashed three people with a machete before they killed him.
Reporting on the people who upend life and those whose lives are upended can bring surprising and uncomfortable details to light.
Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.
In Mark Rosenblatt’s play, a powerful portrayal of the beloved children’s book author who almost gleefully exposes his bigotry.
Your pet is (probably) not a genius, and that’s OK.
In the race to patch up cybersecurity holes found by the newest A.I. models, we risk leaving too many people to fend for themselves.
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico is under pressure to end one of her country’s most painful tragedies: the disappearance of more than 133,000 people.
At the University of Kansas School of Law last week, she criticized her colleague while discussing his views in an immigration-related case.
Two officers were placed under investigation after the videos surfaced. Mayor Zohran Mamdani called them disturbing. The Police Department said officers incorrectly identified the man.
Stefan Pildes “siphoned” more than half of the money donated over five years for the outing, a raucous New York City bar crawl promoted as a charitable event, prosecutors said.