If the Fed opts against raising interest rates on Wednesday, investors will probably increase their forecasts for inflation, injecting new turmoil into the government bond market.
Elevated interest rates have raised the cost of mortgages and car loans without dampening consumer spending.
Plus, the Russian businessman who rented an island for Donald Trump Jr.
“Recursive self-improvement” is the idea that artificial intelligence could learn to build and train itself, creating exponential new progress — and risk.
A Times/Siena poll shows many voters are still uncertain on the issue, including which party would do a better job on it.
The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 paved the way for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.
Estimates vary on how long it could take before a crucial pipeline is repaired, but a prolonged shutdown could push oil prices to their highest levels in months.
The longtime friends talk about sinister characters and the politics that underpin the C.I.A. story at the heart of their new darkly comic drama, “Wild Horse Nine.”
Dr. Nicole Saphier is the third nominee for surgeon general, a position that has remained empty since President Trump took office last year.
Washington says South Africa has not done anything to fix what President Trump sees as discrimination. South Africa’s president has called Mr. Trump’s policies racist.