What one picture tells us about Trump’s power in Congress
Shortly after Mike Johnson appeared to come up two votes shy of retaining the speakership of the House of Representatives on Friday, Marjorie Taylor Greene – the loyal Trump ally…
FBI releases new video in hunt for 6 January pipe bomb suspect
The FBI has released new surveillance footage in a bid to gather more information in its four-year hunt for a suspect who placed pipe bombs near the Democratic National Committee…
Joe Biden blocks Japan’s Nippon Steel from buying US Steel
Getty Images US President Joe Biden has blocked the takeover of US Steel by a bigger Japanese firm, delivering on a political promise despite fears the move could hurt Washington’s…
Opinion | What Linda Lavin Whispered to Me About Love and Need
“I thought getting attention was the same thing as getting love,” the actress Linda Lavin told me in a hushed whisper in 2012, recalling performing for her family as a…
Opinion | What Linda Lavin Whispered to Me About Love and Need
Dec. 27, 2024, 2:30 p.m. ET Americans used to be enthusiastic about the idea of progress. If you had attended any of the World’s Fairs that were put on over…
Opinion | The Shame That Keeps Millions of Girls Out of School
Every year I choose a university student to accompany me on my win-a-trip journey, which is meant to highlight issues that deserve more attention. My 2024 winner was Trisha Mukherjee,…
The Year Ahead
Four days into the year and it’s all possibility right now. You have an idea of how things will go — what you’re looking forward to, what’s going to be…
Michael Hudson’s Introduction to Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics | naked capitalism
If you liked Michael Hudson’s introduction to Friedrich Schurtz’s book, the Origins of Money, this is a companion introduction dealing more with technology and urbanization than with money. Giorgio Buccellati…
How Hybrid Tactics Targeted NATO Allies in 2024: Drones, Exploding Parcels, Sabotage
When mysterious drones began appearing over oil rigs and wind farms off Norway’s coast about three years ago, officials were not certain where they came from. But “we knew what…
‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls
Four years ago, after the tumultuous first Trump administration, President Biden came into office promising to rebuild old alliances and defend democracy. The man tasked with doing that on the…