It’s quite an accomplishment, but in only five months, the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, has already put himself in the running to be considered among the most destructive intelligence officials in U.S. history. During his confirmation hearing in
Opinion | The Justice Dept.’s Lawsuit Against Google: Too Little, Too Late
It might seem a Silicon Valley cliché, but it was a garage — a pretty dumpy one for those who got to visit it just over two decades ago — that served as the birthplace of what the U.S. government
Opinion | Why Biden Will Need to Spend Big
What should Joe Biden’s economic policy be if he wins (and Democrats take the Senate, so that he can actually pass legislation)? I’m pretty sure I know what his economists think he should do, but I’m not equally sure that
Your Tuesday Briefing
China’s economy surges ahead. By Melina Delkic and Will Dudding Good morning. We’re covering China’s economic rebound, a troubling surge across Europe and a 2,000-year-old drawing discovered at the Nazca Lines site in Peru. Covid under control, China’s economy bounces
Metals tycoon Gupta targets Thyssenkrupp in steel consolidation push
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – Liberty Steel, founded by commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, on Friday said it had made a non-binding offer for Thyssenkrupp’s TKAG.DE steel unit, hoping to forge a European champion to master the transformation towards carbon-neutral production.Workers of German
Opinion | For 200 Years Courts Upheld Rules to Protect Americans’ Health. Until Now.
Alongside growing controversy over judicial nominations, court reform and Covid-19 policies, American law is in the midst of a little-noticed paradigm shift in courts’ treatment of public health measures. The Republican Party’s campaign to take over the federal and state
Opinion | Oh, Now You Believe in Norms
Neither Joe Biden nor Kamala Harris has made a clear statement in favor of expanding the Supreme Court beyond its current size. But that hasn’t stopped conservatives and Republicans from denouncing — perhaps with a hint of fear — their
Opinion | In Togo, There Is Nowhere to Hide
This is an article from World Review: The State of Democracy, a special section that examines global policy and affairs through the perspectives of thought leaders and commentators, and is published in conjunction with the annual Athens Democracy Forum. In
Opinion | America May Need International Intervention
The rightful president of Belarus, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, appeared via video last month before the United Nations Human Rights Council. Her country’s August election, she declared, had been “stolen.” Despite objections from a representative of the Belarusian government, who said she
Opinion | A Climate Center on Governors Island?
To the Editor: Re “What New York, and the World, Needs Now,” by Michael Kimmelman (Critic’s Notebook, Sept. 19): A climate research center on Governors Island? Nobody needs another architectural extravaganza on prime waterfront with a vista in the name