Bessent Takes Tricky Center Stage as Trade Wars Roil U.S. Economy
The traditional gathering of former Treasury secretaries to welcome a newly minted one into the fold is usually a lighthearted and pleasant affair. But when the group convened this month,…
Rick Levine, Who Gave Commercials Cinematic Flair, Dies at 94
Rick Levine, an award-winning television commercial director who brought a big-screen sensibility to the small screen with widely celebrated spots, including a Diet Pepsi Super Bowl ad from the 1980s…
Hostages Still Held in Gaza Cast Shadow Over Passover in Israel
When Yona Schnitzer, a marketing writer from Tel Aviv, attended the traditional Passover Seder meal last year, he said a special prayer for the return of all of the hostages…
Trade War Forces Tough Question for Retailers: Raise Prices or Eat the Cost?
Vivian Hoffman has worked in retail for a half-century, including 25 years as a buyer for Century 21 and the last eight running Whim, a chain selling affordable women’s clothing…
Jewish Groups and Synagogues Defend Students Detained by ICE
They are a group of progressive Jewish organizations and congregations, and they are coming to the defense of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Muslim graduate student at Tufts, who faces deportation after…
How the Crypto Industry’s Political Spending Is Paying Off
At the end of a three-hour hearing last month, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, sided with a group of Republicans in a hotly contested debate. He voted to advance…
In U.S.- China Tariffs Standoff, Trump Showed Xi He Has Limits
President Trump didn’t seem to mind as his worldwide tariffs set off stock market sell-offs and wiped out trillions of dollars in wealth. “Be cool,” he told Americans. Then he…
Boeing Helped Power Russia’s Economy. Could It Return?
To hear President Vladimir V. Putin tell it, Russia’s economy has thrived despite Western sanctions, becoming more self-sufficient and reorienting toward new markets. But there is one company that Russian…
How Brandon Kazen-Maddox, an American Sign Language Artist, Spends Their Sundays
Brandon Kazen-Maddox has always felt an affinity with mermaids. “We both straddle two worlds,” said Mx. Kazen-Maddox, 36, an American Sign Language dancer, choreographer and filmmaker who is nonbinary and…
F.B.I. Suspends Employee on Patel’s So-Called Enemies List
The F.B.I. has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel’s so-called enemies list after Mr. Patel told lawmakers that the bureau under his leadership would stay out of the political fray…