Meet the Billionaire Trying to Save College Football From Itself
Cody Campbell, an oilman, has spent millions paying students to play football at Texas Tech. Now he worries that people like him are ruining college sports.Read More
WIC Food Aid Program for Families Gets Funding Stopgap
An injection of $450 million for WIC comes as the Trump administration announced it would only fund partial benefits for another food aid program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, for November.Read More
Houses of Worship Struggle to Feed New Yorkers During SNAP Stalemate
In New York City, there are about 600 food pantries scattered across the five boroughs and at least 90 percent are run by either a religious organization or a nonprofit connected to a place of worship.Read More
China Started Separating Its Economy From the West Years Ago
Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized trade partners but fortified what a senior adviser called Beijing’s “bulwark” against conflicts.Read More
John Irving Talks About ‘Queen Esther,’ Trump and Why He Can’t Stop Writing
The literary titan is still publishing books, and still pushing envelopes, at 83. But you will not see him in the United States anytime soon.Read More
Kimberly-Clark to Buy Tylenol Maker Kenvue for $40 Billion
The owner of Kleenex and Huggies will acquire the company that has fought unproven claims by the Trump administration that a common pain reliever is linked to autism.Read More
Has Gracie Mansion Ever Had a Democratic Socialist?
Zohran Mamdani’s opponents have portrayed his Democratic Socialists of America affiliation as unusual, but he is not the first New York politician — or would-be mayor — with ties to the group.Read More
Our Election Guide
Tomorrow is an off-year Election Day across the United States. We explain what is happening.Read More
Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Moves From Defense to Counterattack
The former special counsel has told people in his orbit he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against the president denied to him by adverse court rulings and the 2024 election.Read More
Ford Foundation Leader Vows to Protect Elections and Law as Trump Threatens Crackdown
Heather K. Gerken, a voting rights scholar and former dean of Yale Law School, plans to intensify its emphasis on democracy as it girds for attacks from the Trump administration.Read More