Malicious actors could use similar mechanisms to tilt measures of opinion in ways that serve their interests or mislead ...

There is a candidate whose record is far superior. Chris Waller has sat on the Fed’s board since 2020, has worked in the Fed ...

Tom Carter, our Britain economics correspondent, argues that last week’s budget shows why the Office for Budget ...

Bar an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine has been losing ground almost continuously since 2022. Russian advances ...

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Pete Hegseth, the secretary of war, came under growing pressure from Democratic and Republican lawmakers who said that a ...

Donald Trump said he had decided who to nominate to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, though he declined ...

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And then there are leaf blowers. In recent years dozens of municipalities have enacted ordinances restricting or entirely ...

Between 2011 and 2021 the number of members in Africa increased by 120%, compared with 19% globally. Matt Martinich, a ...