The U.S. says it has attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of…
Day: April 19, 2026
A crowd scientist is helping the Boston Marathon manage a growing field of 30,000-plus runners
Running the Boston Marathon is tough enough without having to jostle your way from Hopkinton to…
Virginians face a ballot measure asking them whether to approve redrawing their state’s congressional districts, which would give a big lift to Democrats’ goal of taking back the U.S. House
In a multimillion-dollar showdown, Democrats are trying to create more blue House seats to counter GOP…
Maine’s new levy shows that wealth taxes aren’t just for states chock-full of tech founders and hedge-fund billionaires
Small-market Maine becomes the latest state to try to raise revenue by hiking income taxes on…
Behind Trump’s public bravado on the war in Iran is a president grappling with his own fears.
The president’s impulsive style has never been tested in a sustained military conflict, and he’s been…
Book publisher and RFK Jr. ally Tony Lyons seems to be everywhere in the MAHA movement
Tony Lyons wants to elect MAHA-friendly candidates to help push Kennedy’s agenda in Washington.
Trump is grappling with his own fears about the war, the record stock market rests on some big one-offs, and America is obsessed with mahjong. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter:
Plus, the one-offs underpinning stocks’ records, the money lies that end marriages, and America’s mahjong obsession.
A Senate committee is weighing Trump’s choice for the next Federal Reserve chair this week, but there’s someone blocking his confirmation: North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis.
A Senate committee is weighing Trump’s choice for the next Federal Reserve chair this week, but…
A leukemia survivor and science writer describes the amazing advances in bone-marrow transplantation
The research on bone-marrow transplantation mirrors the arc of many medical advancements. I was one of…