Republican and Democratic challengers are both using the issue to attack members of Congress as unethical, seizing on a common practice that enrages voters.Almost 60 percent of lawmakers in Congress own stock, according to an analysis by Common Cause, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on
Some lawmakers and their families have traded millions of dollars worth of stocks since the start of this term.A law passed in 2012, the STOCK Act, emphasizes that insider trading is illegal among lawmakers, as it is for the general public, and requires them to periodically disclose trades of shares
The planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom is estimated to cost $400 million and is part of the president’s broader effort to remake Washington in his own style.Construction of the new White House ballroom at the White House in July.
Two felony charges have been filed against a Kentucky woman after spray paint was seen on the memorial in the capital.National Guard troops patrol the World War II Memorial on Friday after it was vandalized.
Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, a former president’s son, lashed out at the Trump administration after he said it canceled his visa, another flashpoint in the tense U.S.-Mexico relationship.Andrés Manuel López Beltrán is the son of Mexico’s former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is still a k
The British police said a man had been found dead at a home linked to Mr. Arday, who resigned after the university announced an investigation into allegations of plagiarism and fabrication.
With “Coyote vs. Acme,” Ian Frazier, a soft-spoken reporter and humorist, has finally gone Hollywood.Ian Frazier, who has written for The New Yorker since the 1970s, in Montclair, N.J.
In the tiny nation, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government.Police officers in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, watching protesters gather outside the electoral commissi
Investment gains at Alphabet and Amazon reveal a new way in which technology companies’ fortunes are increasingly linked.Alphabet and Google have benefited from the rising value of their investments in A.I. companies, adding to profits beyond their core businesses.
The S&P 500 is in position for a rare fourth year of consecutive annual gains. Risks are rising, our columnist says, yet Wall Street is doubling down.
In an interview, Afghanistan’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to reopen its embassy and invest in the country — a near-impossible sell for now, analysts and former diplomats say.Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, during an interview with The New York Times in Kabul this week.
France has faithfully renovated most of what burned at Notre-Dame in 2019. Contentiously, six towering windows will soon be replaced by a new design.An artisan working at the Atelier Simon-Marq, a centuries-old stained glass studio, in Reims, in northeastern France.
The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after being taken in a nighttime heist near Parma.Italian military police officers with works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
The prints by the French master were taken in São Paulo last year in a brazen daylight heist.A handout photo released by the São Paulo police press office showing the recovered Matisse works.
The director discusses a key scene from “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” featuring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson.
Firefighters in Phoenix race to save lives in a city that’s only getting hotter.
The right’s reluctance to gatekeep may be its undoing.
We look at recent problems with political polling.
The whole planet is warming, but changes in weather patterns could help explain why the continent is suffering so many bouts of severe heat.A tourist at the parched bed of Lac des Brenets on the France-Switzerland border on Tuesday.
