Trump’s Tax Cut Is Underwater. Can a ‘Refund Boom’ Save It?
Republicans are hoping a new name, along with larger refunds for many Americans next year, can buoy an economic agenda that polls show is unpopular.Read More
How Trump’s Approach Echoes China’s Crackdown on Dissent
In China, journalism and public debate were opening up, and then a leader took over and used a series of steps to dictate speech.Read More
American Investors Will License and Oversee TikTok’s U.S. Version, White House Says
The change is part of a deal to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership to avert a looming ban.Read More
12 Emotional Hours: A Spectator’s Full Day at the Kirk Memorial (Without Caffeine)
Attending the event involved lots of standing, worrying and waiting. But for one Colorado Springs woman, it was all worth it.Read More
The Firing of Educators Over Kirk Comments Follows a Familiar Playbook
Conservative efforts to call out and punish educators over liberal ideas have grown for years, led in part by Charlie Kirk himself.Read More
For Arab Nations With Ties to Israel, Attacks on Qatar and Gaza City Raise Anxiety
The Middle Eastern states closest to Israel see the attack on Hamas officials in Qatar and the invasion of Gaza City as warning signs of potential threats to their own security.Read More
The Broadway Musical Is in Trouble
With the cost of staging song-and-dance spectacles skyrocketing and audiences drawn to older hits, none of the musicals that opened last season has made a profit. Fewer are planned this season.Read More
With New Plan, Hochul Fast-Tracks Housing Supply
A new program will put manufactured homes at the center of a statewide effort to make housing more affordable.Read More
Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise.Read More
4 Takeaways From the Charlie Kirk Memorial
High-profile conservative speakers, including President Trump, addressed a packed stadium in Arizona. Erika Kirk forgave her husband’s killer.Read More