2026-04-22 19:30:08
Nobody seems to like the filibuster. They should.
2026-04-22 19:00:08
There are, to be generous, a few teething problems with Amazon.com Inc.’s recently upgraded AI shopping bot, “Rufus.” When I followed its suggestion to have it recommend books based on my reading habits, second on its list of top picks was a $135 pair of hiking shoes.
2026-04-22 18:30:08
Economic news in Venezuela is moving at a dizzying speed.
2026-04-22 18:00:10
Nobody should want the government to operate or even invest in an airline. But that doesn’t mean the Transportation Department can’t provide a guiding hand to keep the industry’s competition robust and maybe help undo some of the harm from past deals blocked by regulators.
2026-04-22 17:30:08
Would-be Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh dismissed concerns that President Donald Trump was trying to undermine the central bank’s independence at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Trump has weaponized the Justice Department against the central bank’s leadership and used his social media account to demand lower interest rates and lob schoolyard insults. But to hear Warsh tell it, the greater threat to independence is the Fed itself, which has supposedly lost credibility through so-ca
2026-04-22 17:00:10
When Donald Trump visits his Chinese counterpart in Beijing next month, “President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug,” the American president predicted the other day. “Doesn’t that beat fighting??? BUT REMEMBER, we are very good at fighting, if we have to — far better than anyone else!!!”