This Is How Putin Took Total Control
By Alexandra Prokopenko, NY Times
Ms. Prokopenko is the author of the forthcoming “From Sovereigns to Servants: How the War Against Ukraine Reshaped Russia’s Elite.” She wrote from Berlin.
On Sunday, the ruling United Russia party will win a commanding...
Jensen Huang: not a doomer For AI doomers, signs and portents are everywhere. When OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, almost four years ago, it couldn’t do basic arithmetic. Now the company has unreleased models that are more fluent in higher mathematics—the language of the universe—than all but the most …
This Is How Putin Took Total Control
By Alexandra Prokopenko, NY Times
Ms. Prokopenko is the author of the forthcoming “From Sovereigns to Servants: How the...
This Is How Putin Took Total Control
By Alexandra Prokopenko, NY Times
Ms. Prokopenko is the author of the forthcoming “From Sovereigns to Servants: How the...
Jensen Huang: not a doomer For AI doomers, signs and portents are everywhere. When OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, almost four years ago, it couldn’t do basic arithmetic. Now the company has unreleased models that are more fluent in higher mathematics—the language of the universe—than all but the most …
Central bankers are increasingly worried that inflation — worsened by soaring oil prices and an AI investment boom — is not on a path back to their 2% target. The Federal Reserve unanimously voted Wednesday to raise interest rates for the first time in three years and signaled it might do so again …
A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight. The American age that followed World War II was bound to end eventually. What’s shocking is how suddenly that moment has arrived. In the past six months, America’s power—long exemplified by the world’s best warfighting equipment and most highly …
Prolonged restrictions on exports could push oil prices even higher. As Iran and its allies tightened their grip on shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia scrambled this week to reroute millions of barrels of oil after being forced to close a critical pipeline damaged in an attack. The …
The New Yorker's Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, raising billions in some of the same countries.
Democrats said the legislation didn’t do enough to crack down on President Donald Trump’s potential conflicts of interest. The Senate on Tuesday rejected a sweeping cryptocurrency bill amid opposition from Democrats and a handful of Republicans, potentially killing any effort to pass the legislation …
The Congressional Budget Office said the prolonged military campaign will hit $2 billion to $3 billion a month. The first five months of the Iran war cost the U.S. $38 billion, according to Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper, the most comprehensive look at the extended military conflict ahead of the …
As the Federal Reserve weighs whether to raise interest rates this week, Chair Kevin Warsh must choose between breaking markets’ trust and triggering …
It’s the first public report on the ongoing war started Feb. 28 by the U.S. and Israel. WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s inspector general released its first report on the war with Iran on Monday, saying the conflict has resulted in a shortfall of U.S. munitions and “bottlenecks” in supply …
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction. In the summer of 2025, the government of Brazil suddenly found itself in a deep crisis. The Trump administration had unexpectedly imposed 50 percent tariffs on the country’s …
The AI industry seems to be having its loudest debate yet about whether its technology poses an existential threat to humanity. The current discussion began after AI researcher Jacob Coxon said that he’s resigned from Anthropic because he’s worried that the leading AI companies are “gambling with …
Economists Who Weren’t Worried About the Debt Are Now Panicking
What really concerns them isn’t just the $40 trillion.
By Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic
America’s national...
One Failed Heart-Drug Trial Hits Ionis, Novartis and Amgen: What Happened and Why It Matters
Biotechnology stocks are being punished today after a closely watched...
Revolution Medicines’ Daraxonrasib Wins FDA Approval as Rasonque: What the RAS Breakthrough Means for RVMD Investors
Updated from an earlier version published before Rasonque received...
The projected super El Niño could bring more extreme weather to the U.S. during the hurricane season. El Niño is now the strongest it has been in 1,000 years, according to new research from the University of Michigan, which reconstructed ocean surface temperatures over the last millennium by looking …
Have sprawling outbreaks become the norm? The phrase When it rains, it pours isn’t one you like to see applied to outbreaks of foodborne illness, yet here we are. The summer started with a diarrhea-causing parasite called Cyclospora cayetanensis, which infested iceberg lettuce. Then came news of Shiga …