Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves.
Category: Politics and Government
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Ronnie Dugger, Crusading Texas Journalist, Dies at 95
As founding editor of The Texas Observer, he fought bigotry and exposed corporate greed, political chicanery and government corruption.
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The Small Tweaks That Republicans Slipped Into the Domestic Policy Bill
In their fiscal package, Republicans have slipped in a hodgepodge of tweaks that are, at times, only tangentially related to the rest of the bill.
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Trump Escalates Tariff Threats, Targeting Europe and Apple
The president threatened both Apple and the European Union with higher tariffs on social media Friday morning, saying that trade talks with the Europeans had stalled.
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Telegraph Newspaper to Be Sold to Private Equity Firm RedBird Capital
After years in limbo, the British newspaper is set to be bought by RedBird Capital, an American investment firm with many sports, media and entertainment holdings.
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Freddy Lim, Frontman of Chthonic, Is Taiwan’s New Envoy to Finland
Freddy Lim, the founder and lead singer of Chthonic, is well known in Finland, a heavy metal capital of the world.
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Trump’s Tax Policy Collides with Market Reality
Another spike in Treasury bond yields puts lawmakers in a tricky spot as they push for big cuts that could drastically swell America’s debt pile.
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Why Everything Is ‘Coded’ Now
Signaling tastes in a time of polarized politics.
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Can Paula Kerger Keep PBS on the Air Amid Threats from Trump and Congress?
Paula Kerger, the chief executive of PBS, is used to fights over the public broadcaster’s funding. But to her, the latest threats feel like “all-out effort to take us out.”
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Why Everything Is ‘Coded’ Now
Using the term of art is like playing a game of charades, gesturing at the qualities a certain celebrity or bar or podcast has without saying exactly what you mean.
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Springsteen, in England, Blasts Trump Administration as ‘Treasonous’
His remarks, delivered to an audience abroad, stood out at a time when other superstar artists have seemed to mute their criticism of the president.