Americans can’t afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress’s refusal to extend federal tax credits.Although the government has not yet reported enrollment numbers, insurers and analysts are estimating overall declines of about 20 percent compared with last year.
While the defense industry has announced plans to make more munitions, much of that expanded production will not quickly kick in.The administration does not yet have the funding or congressional support for the weapons it needs for the possible future wars.
With the cease-fire fraying and Israel demolishing villages in the south, many Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon are putting aside their annoyance with the group and turning to it for protection.
The Lebanese militant group is attacking Israeli troops with explosive drones controlled by fiber-optic cables, like those commonly used in the war in Ukraine.An Israeli military artillery unit on the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon on Thursday.
Chris Larsen, who hails from California, plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over A.I. regulation.The tech billionaire Chris Larsen said that attacks on Alex Bores, a House candidate in New York, by a super PAC aligned with
Republicans sliced Nashville into three G.O.P.-leaning congressional districts in 2022. After the Supreme Court decision on voting rights, Memphis could be next.Senator Marsha Blackburn, the favorite to become the state’s next governor, urged the state legislature to quickly adopt a new congressiona
The expected flood of new congressional maps is likely to produce fewer competitive districts, fewer ways for voters to hold elected officials accountable and more polarized politics.The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act could unleash another redistricting arms race.
The exit of Gov. Janet Mills kicked off the general election early in what is likely to be one of the most important, expensive and combative Senate races of 2026.Senator Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican seen as vulnerable given her state’s leftward tilt, is set to face Graham Platner, a progres
The co-founder of Chic, the de facto house band of New York’s late-70s disco boom, talks about taking inspiration from the city’s club scene.
The artist shares stories behind some of her biggest hits, her love of a “rant bridge” and how life in the public eye informs the stories she tells in her songs.
The kingdom is pulling back from a costly and high-profile golf venture amid mounting financial concerns, raising questions about its plans.A picture of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2022.
Zohran Mamdani studiously avoided the type of red-carpet welcome most mayors would prepare for a royal visit, reflecting his upbringing but also drawing some criticism.Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, left, escorted King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the 9/11 Memorial, rather than New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story of the famed jewel.The Koh-i-Noor diamond, right of center, is set in a crown made for the British royal family.
The Trump administration is turning diplomacy into an asset to be leveraged.
Inflationary surges and economic slowdowns set off by the war in Iran, tariffs and other Trump policies have forced monetary officials to adjust, our columnist says.The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it needed to hold rates steady because “developments in the Middle East are contributing to
As risk has escalated, central banks have bought more gold to stash in reserve. A widening Middle East war could add to the urgency.
As central banks buy more gold, where to put all that heavy metal is an increasingly important question. Reserves must be secure and ready to trade in a crisis.More than 60 central banks store gold at the Bank of England.
The Federal Reserve’s meeting this week was the most divisive in decades, a sign that President Trump’s pick to lead the central bank will face opposition if he pursues substantially lower interest rates.Jerome Powell speaking at the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.
Americans have soured on the projects, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan. How that will change our politics?
With Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aiming to rein in the use of psychiatric drugs, psychiatrists are preemptively addressing how and when patients should quit taking them.
An inmate said he discovered the note after Mr. Epstein was found injured in his jail cell, weeks before his death. It’s now locked in a courthouse.
In naming only an interim successor as acting attorney general, President Trump has established even greater incentives to execute his most extreme demands, current and former officials say.Todd Blanche, who is seeking to become the permanent attorney general, is currently examining a range of other
The agreements with six technology companies come amid the Defense Department’s dispute with Anthropic.Anthropic and the Pentagon have been locked in a debate over whether the company’s A.I. model could be used to pilot autonomous drones or work on domestic surveillance.
A 10 percent tax on American imports was hurting British sales, even though exporters had increased sales in India, China and other countries.The Scottish whisky industry said it had been losing millions of pounds a week because of the American import tax.
