Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in Prime Membership Settlement
The settlement is one of the largest in the history of the Federal Trade Commission, which sued Amazon two years ago.Read More
Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
The directive suggests department leaders are following orders from the president, a major break from decades of past practice meant to insulate the agency from political interference.Read More
Top Economic Leaders Warn Supreme Court to Allow Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now
In a brief filed with the court, former Fed chairs and U.S. Treasury secretaries cautioned of erosion in public confidence in the Fed’s independence.Read More
Israel Attacks Yemeni Capital
The Israeli military said it was targeting sites linked to the Houthi militia. The airstrikes came a day after the Houthis launched a drone at the Israeli city of Eilat, wounding 20 people.Read More
The Battle to Make ‘One Battle After Another’
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall and the rest of the cast talk about filming a politically charged movie in a fraught year.Read More
‘One Battle After Another’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Rallying Cry
The director, at the height of his powers, delivers a startling, present-day American epic, with Leonardo DiCaprio as a washed-up radical and doting dad.Read More
Which Countries Recognize a Palestinian State?
Ashley Wu, a graphics reporter for The New York Times, walks us through the changing map of Palestinian recognition.Read More
Trump Assures Arab Leaders He Won’t Allow Israel to Annex West Bank, Officials Say
After more countries recognized a Palestinian state, President Trump told Mideast and Muslim powers that he would not permit Israel to annex the territory, people familiar with the matter said.Read More
Son of Mother Killed by Geoffrey West Urges Alabama to Halt Execution
William Berry has urged Alabama officials to stop the execution of Geoffrey West, arguing that it would bring neither justice nor closure.Read More
Sarkozy Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Seek Libyan Money and Sentenced to Prison
Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was sentenced to five years in prison over a plot to fund his election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.Read More