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Is Beijing Plotting a Musk Option for TikTok?
What a plan B might look like As TikTok faces a countdown to a potential ban in the United States, Chinese officials are reportedly…
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Cleveland-Cliffs Signals a Possible New Bid for U.S. Steel
A possible new takeover bid for U.S. Steel emerged on Monday, teeing up more turmoil over the once-dominant company’s future after…
Politics
Biden’s Push to Cancel Student Debt Surpasses 5 Million Borrowers
The Education Department announced on Monday that it had canceled student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the tally of…
Politics
News Outlets Batten Down the Hatches for Trump’s Return
Reporters and editors at national newspapers are increasing their reliance on encrypted communications to help shield themselves and their…
Politics
Biden Administration Adopts Rules to Guide A.I.’s Global Spread
The Biden administration issued sweeping rules on Monday governing how A.I. chips and models can be shared with foreign countries, in an…
Politics
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts
Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to…
Politics
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts
Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to…
Politics
Trump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say
To a large extent, the electric vehicle market in the United States runs on Democratic policies. There are federal tax credits for car…
Politics
Trump Organization Issues Ethics Pledge for President-Elect’s Second Term
The Trump Organization on Friday issued a new ethics agreement that it said would govern how the family and President-elect Donald J.…
Politics
4 Takeaways From the Arguments Before the Supreme Court in the TikTok Case
The Supreme Court on Friday grappled over a law that could determine the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular social media platform that has…
Politics
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a…
Politics
U.S. Imposes New Sanctions to Squeeze Russia’s Energy Sector
The United States on Friday announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector and its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers in what could…
Politics
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law That Could Shut Down TikTok
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday on the fate of TikTok, the enormously popular video app that Congress says poses a looming…
News
Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?
Partway through a panel discussion at a recent economics conference in San Francisco, Jason Furman, a former adviser to President Barack…
Politics
Trump Chose 8 Economic Experts Who Will Defend Tariffs and Lower Taxes
President-elect Donald J. Trump has moved beyond the team-of-rivals approach from his first term and chosen economic aides who will defend…
Politics
How Outlets on the Left and Right Have Covered the Los Angeles Wildfires
As deadly wildfires raged across Southern California this week, conservative and liberal media outlets reported similarly on the level of…
Business
U.S. Steel Faces Stark Choices as Nippon Steel Merger Founders
For more than a year, U.S. Steel pursued an ambitious solution to its mounting challenges. Once a symbol of American industrial might, it…
Politics
TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech
When the Supreme Court hears arguments on Friday over whether protecting national security requires TikTok to be sold or closed, the…
News
TikTok Creators and Brands Are Bracing for a Potential Ban
The impending disappearance of TikTok, one of the most popular social media apps in the United States, has sent marketers, agencies and…
Politics
SEIU Joins Forces With AFL-CIO Ahead of New Trump Era
Two prominent labor groups are joining forces in an attempt to expand union membership and protect members’ interests as they face the…
Politics
U.A.W. Seeks Union Election at Ford Battery Plant in Kentucky
The United Automobile Workers union is seeking approval from federal labor regulators for a union election among workers at a Ford Motor…
Business
Port Labor Talks Hinge on Deal on Automation
Ports on the East and Gulf Coasts could close next week if dockworkers and employers cannot overcome their big differences over the use of…
Politics
Tax Cuts or the Border? Republicans Wrestle Over Trump’s Priorities.
Republicans are preparing to cut taxes, slash spending and slow immigration in a broad agenda that will require unifying an unruly party…
Politics
Trump Blurs Lines in $20 Billion Data Center Announcement and Other Deals
President-elect Donald J. Trump was at the lectern talking through the approaching inauguration of his second term. But across the…