Apple’s Newest Headache: An App That Upended Its Control Over Messaging
For years, Ben Black’s phone annoyed his family. It was the only Android device in a family message group with eight iPhones. Because of him, videos and photos would arrive…
Assessing 6 Claims by the G.O.P. in the Biden Impeachment Inquiry
As they search for evidence they can use to impeach President Biden, House Republicans have repeatedly pointed to evidence that they say undercuts his claims that he never had anything…
For Archbishop of Canterbury, Heading Anglican Church Is ‘High-Wire Act’
When the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Welby, welcomed friends to sing Christmas carols at his London residence last week, his remarks ran, as they often do, to…
No Oversight: Inside a Boom-Time Start-Up Fraud and Its Unraveling
After Manish Lachwani founded the Silicon Valley software start-up HeadSpin in 2015, he inflated the company’s revenue numbers by nearly fourfold and falsely claimed that firms including Apple and American…
Hunter Biden Text Cited in Impeachment Inquiry Is Not What G.O.P. Suggests
In January 2019, Hunter Biden sent a text message to his daughter Naomi. “I Hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family…
More Drones, Fewer Parks. Ukrainians Urge Spending Shift as War Drags On.
Braving rain and snow, hundreds of Ukrainians gathered last week outside the Kyiv City Council with signs reading, “I don’t want a park” and “Why do I need paving stones?”They…
How DeSantis’s Ambitious, Costly Ground Game Has Sputtered
Ron DeSantis’s battle plan against Donald J. Trump was always ambitious. This spring, the main super PAC backing Mr. DeSantis laid out a costly organizing operation, including an enormous voter-outreach…
The Wildly Popular Police Scanner Goes Silent for Many
The report crackled across the Indianapolis police radio on a recent morning: Two aggressive pit bulls, no leashes in sight, were roaming, a caller complained. Then came an alert about…
North Korea’s New Reactor Raises Fears of Increased Plutonium Production
In what would be a fresh breach of United Nations sanctions, a new reactor in North Korea’s main nuclear complex appears to have gone into operation, providing the country with…
Season’s Greetings From Grinch City
It would have been hard to imagine 23 months ago, when he came into office riding around on a bike with a rose-colored helmet, talking about swagger and nightlife and…