How Long-term Compounding Multiplies the Awesome Power of the Stock Market

Time is the secret ingredient of investing, a market veteran says. Over many decades, diversified stock index funds have produced extraordinary results.Read More
China Confirms Trade Framework With U.S. to Lift Export Controls

The deal involves loosening exports of rare earths to the United States and the lifting of some restrictions on U.S. goods to China, China’s Ministry of Commerce said.Read More
S&P 500 Hits a Record High, Surging Through Trump Turmoil

The index has regained all the ground it lost in March and early April, when President Trump proposed his broad array of tariffs.Read More
Trump Says U.S. Ending Trade Talks With Canada

The president said he would cease negotiations and impose new tariffs because of Canada’s imminent, new digital services taxes.Read More
Highlights of the Citizenship Ruling (That Was Really About Universal Injunctions)

The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc reduced the power of district court judges to block government actions nationwide.Read More
Supreme Court Punts Decision on Louisiana Voting Map Until Next Term

The justices asked that the case, which has implications for the political power of Black voters, be reargued next term.Read More
Mike Lee’s Plan to Sell Public Lands Faces MAGA Pushback

They love hunting, fishing and conservatism. And they hate a plan by a conservative senator to sell millions of acres of public lands.Read More
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.Read More
Supreme Court Upholds Texas Law Requiring Age Verification on Pornography Sites

The law, meant to shield minors from sexual materials on the internet by requiring adults to prove they are at least 18, was challenged on First Amendment grounds.Read More
Supreme Court Upholds Preventive Care Provision in Affordable Care Act

The case stemmed from a lawsuit brought by conservatives seeking to block free preventive care, including medicine to prevent H.I.V. transmission.Read More