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Rare earth elements have become a strategic fault line in global competition. These minerals are indispensable for everything from advanced weapons and medical devices to AI chips and electric vehicles, yet supply is...
The inflation surge from 2021 to 2023 pushed up prices for consumer goods, housing and financial assets. Wages rose too, but more slowly than many price measures. When pay growth finally picked up, the Federal Reserve...
Support for Donald Trump’s second term has weakened as voters increasingly blame his policies for economic pain. Approval ratings have trended down since he returned to office, and recent polls show growing...
Donald Trump’s sharp reaction to a recent Seth Meyers monologue fits a familiar pattern: he treats satirical criticism as beyond the bounds of acceptable speech. After Meyers’ segment, Trump posted on Truth Social that...
Countries in the wealthy, high-emitting world are tightening migration controls just as environmental change is set to displace hundreds of millions of people.
A large U.S. naval deployment into the southern Caribbean has revived fears that Washington may be returning to direct intervention in Latin America. While President Donald Trump has publicly downplayed plans for...
I recently attended Kilkenomics in Kilkenny, where comedians and economists share the stage. It’s entertaining and sharp, and because I’m American I sat on a couple of panels about the United States. Early on the jokes...
House Democrats investigating Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday released three emails they say suggest President Donald Trump knew about the financier’s abuse of underage girls as early as 2011. The messages were part of...
A recent Wall Street Journal report highlights how Germany’s investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage is dividing opinion in Europe and risks damaging relations with Poland. Berlin’s investigators have...
Days before COP30 in Brazil, Bill Gates circulated a lengthy memo urging a change in how policymakers frame and tackle the climate crisis. The tech magnate and philanthropist called for a “strategic pivot” that...
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators late Sunday moved forward a stopgap measure intended to reopen the federal government and fund it temporarily through Jan. 30, after a shutdown that began Oct. 1.
In April 2011 President Barack Obama publicly ridiculed Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner after Trump had repeatedly and falsely questioned Obama’s birthplace. Trump’s promotion of the...
