June 13, 2018

Comcast could announce its own offer for 21st Century Fox’s assets on Wednesday, triggering a bidding war with Disney for a chunk of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

After late-night talks among Republicans, Speaker Paul D. Ryan promised votes on two immigration bills, one from hard-liners and an unfinished compromise measure.

Mark Sanford, a frequent critic of the president, was ousted from his South Carolina House seat, while a firebrand Trump supporter won a Senate bid in Virginia.

Edward Albee’s 1962 masterwork is made over with a whole new set of party games in Kate Scelsa’s punch-drunk satire for the Elevator Repair Service.

United Nations officials and others said that hundreds of thousands could starve if the assault drags on, closing a vital gateway for relief supplies.

The connections nurtured by the financier Tom Barrack look to have paid off handsomely for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — and for his business.

A University of Texas team found evidence that a cryptocurrency boom may have been largely due to manipulation.

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, said the economy had strengthened significantly since the 2008 financial crisis and was approaching a “normal” level.

Antitrust experts say the enforcement of laws governing mergers should be updated to reflect major changes to the economy over the past 40 years.

As traditional retailers fade in the era of Amazon, a vacant department store near Washington becomes a refuge for people struggling to find affordable places to live.

The British stand-up Ashley Blaker attempts the balancing act of making religious and secular audiences laugh while poking fun at the devout.

In the middle of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and “Angels in America” are late-afternoon gaps to fill. We offer some ideas to pass the time.