Corruption and economic mismanagement brought down Hungary’s authoritarian leader. Will his political disciples avoid those pitfalls?

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The leftist lawmaker has been a prime target of President Trump’s attacks on South Africa. The ruling, handed down after a conviction on gun charges, leaves Mr. Malema’s political future in doubt.

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to tax second homes in New York City that are worth $5 million or more. Here’s how the proposal might work.

The story of how President Trump quadrupled the size of the original proposal for the arch follows a now-familiar pattern.

Plus, forget sneakers — Allbirds is going A.I.

Money from Democratic donors has flowed into the coffers of the party’s top Senate candidates — especially its nominee in Texas.

Democrats in key Senate races out-raised their Republican rivals, but super PACs on the right are poised to play a powerful role in the midterms, new campaign finance filings showed.

The money could jump-start affordable housing projects across the metropolitan region.

Analilia Mejia, a progressive Democrat, is competing on Thursday in New Jersey against Joe Hathaway, a Republican who has tried to distance himself from President Trump.

The vice president is also the finance chair of the Republican National Committee, allowing him to court donors who could prove helpful should he run for president.

“I wanted something new and something traditional and something that felt holy.”

A steep slide in housing prices has left consumers less prosperous and less willing to spend, but the government is pouring money into new rail lines and other projects.

The “Late Show” host scolded JD Vance for suggesting that Pope Leo XIV “be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”

The Saudi league, established in 2022, attracted some of the sport’s biggest stars with huge contracts.

A jury found that the concert giant operated as a monopoly, a verdict that could have major reverberations in the music industry.

Amid calls from the left to tax the rich, a tax proposal on multimillion-dollar second homes in New York City, backed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, seems to have better odds of passing than in years past.

Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer asked staff members to bring wine to her hotel room, and to keep in touch with her husband and father.

President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a “pretty reasonable” new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.

Fresh off a two-week break, lawmakers returned to turmoil in the House, where legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security is stalled and the G.O.P. is struggling to keep its agenda on track.

A 10-member committee offered a brutal assessment of academia’s role in creating the forces challenging American colleges and universities.

Jerome H. Powell’s term as chair of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, but it appears increasingly likely that he will stay on in some capacity at the central bank after that.