No Toilet Paper and No Privacy: Returning to the Office, Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos
For some federal employees, returning to the office has meant an expansion of their duties to include cleaning toilets and taking out the trash. For others, it has been commuting…
Why the Right Still Embraces Ivermectin
Joe Grinsteiner is a gregarious online personality who touts the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. In a recent Facebook video, he produced a tube of veterinary-grade ivermectin paste — the kind made…
Isomorphic Labs, Google’s A.I. Drug Business, Raises Money From Thrive
Over the last 12 months, Google’s efforts to use artificial intelligence to accelerate drug design have achieved breakthroughs in mimicking human biology and won its top scientists the Nobel Prize…
Trump Family Starts Bitcoin Mining Venture in Further Push Into Crypto
Two of President Trump’s sons announced on Monday that they were investing in a new Bitcoin mining venture, an expansion of the family’s business interests in the crypto industry. Eric…
‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status
Almost immediately after taking office, President Trump began shutting down refugee resettlement programs, slashing billions of dollars in funding and making it all but impossible for people from scores of…
Trump’s Tariff Agenda Bets on Americans Giving Up Cheap Goods
President Trump’s sweeping tariffs are expected to raise the cost of cars, electronics, metals, lumber, pharmaceuticals and other products that American consumers and businesses buy from overseas. But Mr. Trump…
Haiti Doesn’t Make Guns. So How Are Gangs Awash in Them?
A video that circulated widely on the internet recently showed a Haitian gang leader, Joseph Wilson, shirtless, happily showing off belts of .50 caliber ammunition, mockingly saying he used the…
A Special Election That Was Supposed to Be a Snoozer Is Suddenly Buzzing
Two special congressional elections on Tuesday in Florida were supposed to have been cakewalks for the Republican Party. Instead, one contest has turned into the unlikely scene of a multimillion-dollar…
Oakland A’s Settle Into Sacramento as Just The A’s
As early as the 19th-century Gold Rush, when miners arrived on riverboats to stock up with supplies before heading into the mountains, Sacramento’s reputation has been more way station than…
Stocks Sink as Trump’s Tariff Threats Weigh on Confidence
Stocks around the world tumbled Monday as investors braced for a week of market tumult caused by the expected announcement of yet more tariffs by President Trump on America’s biggest…