Is Kushner Companies Taking Advantage of Its Connection to the President?
A meeting with investors in Beijing resurfaced concerns about whether the president’s son-in-law and his family are profiting from their proximity to the White House.
Economy
'All the Men Here Are Either on Drugs or Unemployed'
The disappearance of manufacturing and the rise of opioid abuse has hit men in the Rust Belt hard. That’s meant women are left to pick up the pieces.
Americans’ Bizarre Relationship With the Color of Their Food
In the past century and a half, marketers have helped shape ideas about what’s “natural” and what isn’t.
Donald Trump's Thrifty Vacation to New Jersey
The president argues that he’s saving taxpayer money by staying at his golf course in Bedminster instead of his tower in New York.
Three Takeaways From the April Jobs Report
The U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to a 10-year low.
The GOP Health-Care Bill Is the Ultimate Reverse Robin Hood
If it becomes law, average households will lose money, and millionaires would get a windfall.
The House Gets One Step Closer to Scrapping Dodd-Frank
The House Financial Services Committee passed its version of repeal-and-replace for Wall Street regulation.
Donald Trump Is Helping the Very Media Organizations He Despises
How the president's war on the press has benefited some of the nation’s biggest news outlets
Apple's $1 Billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund
CEO Tim Cook said the company supports 2 million U.S. jobs and hoped to create more.
What’s Changed Since More Than 1,110 People Died in Bangladesh's Factory Collapse?
The two initiatives meant to make Bangladesh’s garment industry safer expire in a year—but the work won’t be finished by then.