Yesterday
Netanyahu to address US Congress soon: House speaker
The Israeli prime minister will soon address the US Congress, according to Mike Johnson, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk
US sues to break up Ticketmaster’s ‘suffocating’ monopoly
The antitrust lawsuit launched by the Justice Department alleges the group has used its dominance to exploit fans and performing artists and threatening its rivals.
- Leah Nylen and Emily Birnbaum
Harvard graduates walk out of ceremony in Palestine protest
Anger at the Ivy League university’s decision to bar seniors from a graduation ceremony over pro-Palestine demonstrations on campus boiled over.
- Maya Shwayder, Jenna Russell and Anemona Hartocollis
- Opinion
- Global economy
Why the most widely predicted recession was a no-show
US economists were misled by false signals, including a short banking crisis, an oil-price spike and resilient consumer spending.
- Edward Yardeni
Gorman to step down as Morgan Stanley chairman at year-end
The Australian-born James Gorman has announced he will step down after a 20-year run in which he transformed Morgan Stanley.
- Sridhar Natarajan
This Month
Trump taps Texas oil tycoons in bid to close the cash gap with Biden
The former president, whose campaigning has been restricted by his criminal trial in New York, has attended fundraisers in Houston and Dallas.
- Myles McCormick and Alex Rogers
Haley backs Trump over ‘catastrophe’ Biden
Endorsement from Nikki Haley could help Donald Trump win over college-educated and women voters who were drawn to the former UN diplomat.
- Stephanie Lai
News Corp strikes lucrative content deal with OpenAI
The Wall Street Journal said the deal could be worth more than $377 million as the rise of generative AI tools is poised to transform the publishing business.
- Gerrit De Vynck
‘Hitler’s language’: Biden calls Trump ‘unhinged’ for ‘reich’ post
The US president has seized on a video posted to the Republican’s social media account that referred to a “unified reich” if Donald Trump won a second term.
- Jordan Fabian and Jennifer Jacobs
Trump declines to take stand, and the defence rests
Jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether the former president is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
- Ben Protess and Maggie Haberman
- Opinion
- US election
Seven theories of why Biden is losing
The US president is running like he’s winning, which he isn’t. From his age to economic management, voters are turning off the Democrats’ nominee.
- Ezra Klein
- Opinion
- Protests
What campus protesters get wrong about divestment
Resisting magical thinking about how financial markets work would help them better direct their efforts today.
- The Economist
‘Are you staring me down?’: Heated Trump trial boils over
The judge cleared the court in the former president’s trial after his tense exchange with a defence witness. The star prosecution witness also admitted stealing.
- Matthew Cranston
Cohen testifies stealing from Trump was ‘self-help’
Michael Cohen testified he was upset about his annual bonus being cut after he fronted his own money to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels.
- Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan
Joe Biden’s pollution rules throw up barrier to US natural gas projects
New air quality standards will require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to more closely examine the impact of LNG projects on the surrounding air quality.
- Myles McCormick
Biden’s Atlanta trip highlights duel with Trump for black voters
While overwhelming support from black voters was key to Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, there’s concern among his supporters that Donald Trump is making inroads.
- Skylar Woodhouse, Nancy Cook and Akayla Gardner
Trump pledges to be gun owners’ most ardent ally
The former president accepted the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, claiming that the right to bear arms was “under siege” by the Biden administration.
- Jazmine Ulloa
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump shows the cost of pettiness among the powerful
Donald Trump’s vendetta against wind turbines is not unusual among plutocrats and tech lords who believe they should have more say.
- Paul Krugman
The number that sums up Biden’s biggest economic problem
While price rises have cooled from more than 9 per cent to 3.4 per cent, household budgets have not recovered since Biden took office.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
‘That is a lie’: Trump’s lawyer attacks Cohen’s credibility
The former president’s lawyers have attempted to destroy Michael Cohen’s credibility, grilling the prosecution’s star witness at the “hush-money” trial.
- Michael Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Michelle Price
