Rather than tell his fellow New Yorkers to lower their expectations of what government could do, the city’s new mayor vowed that “the only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.” ...

Our veterans affairs reporter looks back on the year.

Silicon Valley has pioneered lawbreaking like never before, turning illegal ventures into untold billions. Elon Musk helped Donald Trump bring this same approach to Washington. Discussion of AI often ...

Sam Levine speaks to the press after being appointed by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as the incoming commissioner of the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Credit: Derek ...

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Trump has torn down that pillar and also used it to knock down rural health care. “Under Biden, America was at least going to get a piece of the high-tech industries of the future. Trump is just ...