Olaf Scholz, the S.P.D. candidate, during the election party in Berlin on Sunday.Credit…Britta Pedersen/DPA, via Associated PressA narrow …
The Cause of the Derailed Amtrak Train Remains Unclear
Steve Glaser was in sleeper car No. 730 on Saturday, watching “The Great British Baking Show” on his cellphone and looking forward to the moment …
‘Moulin Rouge!’ and ‘The Inheritance’ Take Top Honors at Tony Awards
It was the first Tony Awards in 27 months. It followed the longest Broadway closing in history. It arrived during a pandemic that has already …
Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong
This past winter, Goldman Sachs was closing in on a $40 million investment in Ozy, a digital media company founded in 2013, and there seemed to …
Pelosi Announces Vote on $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said on Sunday night that the House would vote on a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill on …
German Election Results Herald Messier Politics and Weaker Leadership After Merkel
BERLIN — After 16 years of Angela Merkel as their chancellor, Germans scattered their votes across the political spectrum on Sunday in the …
America’s Need to Pay Its Bills Has Spawned a Political Game
WASHINGTON — For nearly two decades, lawmakers in Washington have waged an escalating display of brinkmanship over the federal government’s …
Your Monday Briefing
We’re covering a nail-biter German election and reactions to a Chinese-Canadian prisoner swap. Voting in Leipzig, Germany, on Sunday.Credit …
Jonathan Mirsky, Journalist and Historian of China, Dies at 88
Jonathan Mirsky, who brought a historian’s expertise to many decades of writing about China, notably as a correspondent for The Observer of …
Ron DeSantis Was a Slam Dunk. Until He Wasn’t.
Among the possible contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination not named Donald Trump, one governor has captured more than his …