BNY and Robinhood Will Help Run ‘Trump Accounts’ for Children
The new tax-sheltered savings and investment accounts will start accepting deposits this summer.Read More
The California Lake Billed as the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium’
Residents of Imperial County, Calif., are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton Sea, where a lithium trove sits.Read More
What We Know About the Kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s Mother
Nancy Guthrie, 84, the “Today” show anchor’s mother, vanished from her Arizona home on Feb. 1. In the time since, very little new information has come to light.Read More
In Savannah Guthrie’s Return to ‘Today,’ a Rare TV Example of How to Live With Not Knowing
With her mother still missing, the “Today” host’s comeback was a rare TV example of learning to live with not knowing.Read More
What Does an Ultra-Luxury First Class Ticket Get You? Flying in a Frictionless Bubble.
A writer reports from inside the premium bubble, where there’s no such thing as too much, petty annoyances are nonexistent and the real world never intrudes.Read More
Bard College Is Split Over Its President and His Epstein Ties
Leon Botstein saved Bard from near ruin. Now, as an outside firm conducts a review, the campus is home to arguments about his legacy and future.Read More
Epstein in Paris: How a Sex Offender Hustled for Access to France’s Elite
Jeffrey Epstein spent his last days of freedom in Paris, meeting with influential figures. It was a playbook he used everywhere he lived to stamp a veneer of respectability on a life of sordid criminality.Read More
Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture.
From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.Read More
Trump’s Foreign Aid Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors
While organizations in the developing world were nearly shut out, the big aid agencies DOGE had called wasteful received huge infusions of cash, a new analysis found.Read More
The Latest Blows to Iran’s Leadership
An Iranian intelligence chief killed overnight on Monday was one of several Iranian officials who occupied their posts for only a few months.Read More