Federal subsidies that make affordable insurance policies possible for 337,000 people in Massachusetts are at the heart of the government shutdown. Continue reading →
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized Howitt’s and Aghion’s research into forces that drive long-term economic growth, and how new technologies can simultaneously fuel progress and upend existing industries. Continue reading →
Thornier issues such as whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza remain unresolved, highlighting the fragility of an agreement that for now only pauses the deadliest conflict in the history of Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading →
President Trump landed in Israel on Monday morning minutes after the first of 20 hostages were released by Hamas, and spent the day basking in the applause of a country that credits him, more than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for joyous family reunions and a cease-fire after two years of war. Continue reading →
Lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the Supreme Court to wipe away the state’s second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder to take into account race in redistricting. Continue reading →
Miners and their families will protest the Trump administration outside the Labor Department building Tuesday, arguing it has failed to protect them from black lung disease. Continue reading →
President Trump pledged “to reclaim [Columbus's] extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory. Continue reading →
Movement on the front lines in Ukraine has largely stalled in a bloody stalemate. But Ukrainian officials argue that they still have a strategy to end the war: Strike deep inside Russia with missiles and drones. Continue reading →
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina left the country after an elite military unit turned against the government in an apparent coup that followed weeks of youth-led protests, an opposition lawmaker in the Indian Ocean country said Monday. Continue reading →
One section of the document describes an interrogator revving a power drill near a blindfolded prisoner to scare him into divulging Al Qaeda secrets in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Continue reading →