Israelis waited anxiously on Wednesday for the expected release of the bodies of four hostages by Hamas the following day as part of the cease-fire deal in Gaza. Israelis and…

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We wrote some years back that there were seriously rotten things afoot in unicorn-land and venture capital generally. That assessment is now borne out by a new Bloomberg story by…

When Vice President JD Vance criticized his German hosts last week for sidelining far-right parties, he did not mention by name the Alternative for Germany, known as the AfD. But…

Last week, Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, sought to reassure Democrats on Capitol Hill about the presence of two of Elon Musk’s allies at her…

After President Trump shocked the Arab world last month by suggesting the entire population of Gaza be expelled from the territory, his aides reframed the idea as an invitation to…

When social media first became mainstream, many dismissed it as a playground for personal photos and status updates. Today, it’s a communication hub where politicians campaign, businesses market and journalists…

In a different scenario, the governor’s race in California would already have taken shape. Aspiring candidates would have been making appearances around the state. Donors would have begun bankrolling their…

Jack Quaid can guess what people must think of him: Entitled. Overconfident. A jerk, no doubt about it. “Who I am comes with a certain expectation,” he said over breakfast…

As part of his pledge to “Make America Healthy Again,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants to build an “off-ramp” from the country’s reliance on insecticides and herbicides…