Economists are wondering whether political developments could play into both the Fed’s near-term decisions and its long-term independence.

Applicants have more anxiety than ever. Elite schools have more power than ever. Something had to give.

We need to start aggressively testing dairy workers for bird flu to safeguard their health as well as ours — now.

It’s good to have a reality check every few months.

Plus, a possible shift on marijuana policy.

We explain why a cease-fire hasn’t happened.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films are known for splendor, grandiosity and obsessive attention to light and detail. Will that translate to mobile screens?

The Biden administration is arguing that Idaho’s near-total abortion ban violates a federal law on emergency treatment.

Ben Houchen, a regional mayor in the north of England, faces a close re-election race, partly thanks to the broader troubles of Britain’s Conservative Party.

Issa Amro, who has been arrested and beaten for simple acts of defiance, is trying to pursue nonviolent resistance in the West Bank at a time when violence has become inescapable.

Two Republican state senators have said they support scrapping the law, enough to ensure final passage of repeal.

Policymakers are expected to leave borrowing costs unchanged, but investors are bracing for signals that rates will stay higher for longer.

White House officials have barnstormed Wisconsin to make the connection between big changes and their signature laws.

Dozens of books have disappeared from Warsaw to Paris. Police are looking into who is taking them, and why — a tale of money, geopolitics, crafty forgers and lackluster library security.

Russia has been losing its grip on the Rosenets Oil Terminal, near the port city of Burgas, as Bulgarian authorities seek to assert greater control over the Russian-run facility.

Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced former Hollywood producer, is set to appear in a Manhattan court Wednesday in what could be the first step toward a new sex crimes trial.

More capable autonomous driving is just one way Chinese automakers are threatening to pull ahead — their E.V.s are also becoming bigger and roomier.

A complicated, generous life yielded a body of work of staggering scope and variety.

The firm, LaRocca Hornik, has represented Donald Trump’s political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, including a pregnancy discrimination case in New York.

Seven months after the beloved tree in northern England was cut down, the police charged two men in their 30s with damaging the 200-year-old tree and part of Hadrian’s Wall.

The killing of the four officers in a usually quiet neighborhood, where a running gun battle left people scrambling for cover, stunned residents and brought anguish across the city.

Donald J. Trump was fined for contempt and warned of jail time before a lawyer testified about how he struck deals to silence two women who said they had trysts with the former president.

Keith Davidson, the lawyer who represented two women from Donald Trump’s past, testified in his criminal trial about the hush-money deals both received.

As the museum’s new building nears completion, shadowed by controversy, artists respond with new commissions.