Paul Ryan, a Mirage Candidate, Wages a Parallel Campaign
The speaker of the House is already deep into a national campaign — one he calls “Confident America” — but it is not necessarily aimed at the presidency.
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In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 6, 2016, covering April 11, 2016.
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Jordan Smith
Rihanna
Adele
Justin Bieber
Chris Stapleton
Twenty One Pilots
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Kane Brown
Joey + Rory
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The speaker of the House is already deep into a national campaign — one he calls “Confident America” — but it is not necessarily aimed at the presidency.
After spending more than $2 billion settling claims, General Motors has started winning lawsuits related to the gravest safety crisis in its history.
The tentative merger between the Fourth Estate and the Fifth Estate takes another step as the rules change in the business of unearthing secrets.
Scholars are debating whether the Broadway hit “Hamilton” over-glorifies the man while glossing over less attractive aspects of his politics.
Intuit’s willingness to change course was an asset when Xero established itself as a clear alternative to QuickBooks, especially in foreign markets.
Commerce, Okla., draws tourists each year to the place where Mickey Mantle grew up and learned to switch-hit. It is also among the state’s poorest towns.
A yearslong investigation began with two men who raised money for Mayor Bill de Blasio and led to officials uncovering possible police misconduct and an alleged Ponzi scheme.
The network that Khalid Zerkani helped nurture in the district of Molenbeek has emerged as a central element in the Paris and Brussels attacks.
For decades, the union has held the power in disciplinary decisions and whether guards accused of wrongdoing can be transferred.
Colm Toibin says Ian McGuire’s riveting novel about the voyage of a whaling ship recalls the work of Joseph Conrad and Cormac McCarthy.
New rules are making it easier for cannabis farmers to operate, and voters are expected to legalize recreational use, drawing more commercial interest.
For next week’s primary, Mr. Trump will return to the ink-stained caldron in which he and the media that he fed thrived in the 1980s.