Institutional rot. That’s the verdict recorded in recent days on the performance of leading institutions by observers not known for pessimistic temperaments or alarmist analysis.
Rashid Rauf and Ibrahim al Asiri may not have succeeded in their efforts to bring down passenger airliners, but both of these al Qaeda terrorists were killed in U.S. drone strikes (Rauf in 2008 and al Asiri in 2017).
The threat of cancel culture has prevailed again: This time, the Spanish fashion retailer Zara was targeted after online trolls decided that an artsy ad campaign referred to scenes from the Israel-Hamas war. Zara yanked the images from social media, even though the accusations were untrue.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday afternoon is slated to hold a press briefing. Inflation has fallen from its peak above 9 percent in June 2022 to 3.1 percent in November, according to the latest consumer price index released Tuesday by the Labor Department. That number is still above the Fed’s 2 percent inflation...
Hillary Clinton says while she’s not one to dole out relationship advice, her and former President Clinton’s “ability to keep talking” is one of the reasons they’re still married. “We have carried on a conversation now for more than 50 years,” the former secretary of State said to her husband, who appeared as a guest...
The House Education and the Workforce Committee announced Wednesday it was launching an email address that could be used to report antisemitism on college campuses. The announcement says college students, faculty and other community members can email [email protected] to file reports of antisemitism on campus. “In the wake of the December 5 hearing with...
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, experienced brief but widespread issues Wednesday, with hyperlinks not opening properly. Users who clicked on links to news articles and other websites Wednesday afternoon were redirected to an error page saying, "This page is down." Media such as photos and videos appeared to be functioning normally on the...
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday after a year of remarkable progress in its fight against inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — the panel of Fed officials responsible for monetary policy — kept its baseline interest rate at a range of 5.25 to 5.5 percent following its final meeting of the...