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Trump Picks Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary

The Hedge-fund manager has been a key economic adviser to president-elect

Russia Explores Plan to Merge Oil Giants Into Mega Producer

The resulting company would easily be the world’s second-biggest crude producer, after Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, pumping almost three times the output of Exxon Mobil

Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries Is Arrested, Charged in Sex-Trafficking Case

Prosecutors charged Jeffries with coercing aspiring male models into sex acts

Mexico’s First Female President Has a Big Problem: Her Mentor’s Legacy

Claudia Sheinbaum’s nationalist predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, implemented changes that risk blowing up longstanding ties with the U.S.

How Israel Killed Hezbollah’s Leader in Underground Bunker

Operation was based on intelligence that Hassan Nasrallah would be gathering with other senior leaders

Europe’s Populist Surge Isn’t Only About Immigration, It Is About Fading Trust

Pollsters and analysts think a key underlying motivator for voters is dwindling confidence in their governments

Less Painful Ballet Shoes Are Here. Some Dancers Refuse to Use Them.

Purists say suffering is part of the art. “My students say ‘This feels awful.’ I tell them they’ll get used to it.”

The Politics of Iran’s Alleged Plot Against Donald Trump

A Pakistani defendant’s case points to Tehran’s bid to expand its influence beyond the Middle East.

Kamala Harris’s Economic Team and Agenda Start to Take Shape

Democratic nominee seeks to differentiate herself from Biden even as she amplifies many of his policy proposals

Break Your Runner-Up Streak at Work

You were so close. How to move on—and get the next opportunity

Top Democrats Prepare for Campaign Without Biden

Some said it was a matter of when—not if—the president bows out of the 2024 race as new data showed him losing in a landslide

U.S. Officials Wanted to Avoid Trump’s ‘Kids in Cages’ Problem. Doing So Created Another Dilemma.

Officials sent children to suspicious guardians as they struggled to house minors crossing the border in 2021, internal documents show

Five Things to Know About J.D. Vance, Trump’s VP Pick

Ohio Republican served in Marines, wrote bestselling memoir ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Macron Beat the Right, but France Lost More

Political elites sacrifice economic growth and legitimacy to indulge their distaste for Marine Le Pen.

Biden Tries to Slow Defections With Press Conference

Democrats’ calls grow louder for president to leave the race

Biden Tells Democrats He Is ‘Running This Race to the End’

In new letter, president digs in amid calls from some lawmakers for him to quit race

Boeing Agrees to Plead Guilty in 737 MAX Criminal Case

Plane maker faces conviction and a $244 million fine for misleading air-safety regulators before two fatal crashes that killed 346 people

French Leftist Coalition Prevails in Parliamentary Elections

The New Popular Front is projected to take the biggest share of the National Assembly but fall far short of a majority, raising the specter of a hung parliament