December 16, 2021

A small circle of Republican lawmakers, working closely with President Donald J. Trump’s chief of staff, took on an outsize role in pressuring the Justice Department, amplifying conspiracy theories and flooding the courts in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

Chinese and Russian industrial giants seek to tap mineral deposits vital to electric cars. A Texas entrepreneur has his own strategy: the long game.

An online scam targeted prominent women in India, telling them the Ivy League was calling.

The settlement with Steve Easterbrook, who was ousted in 2019 for an inappropriate relationship, is one of the largest ever clawbacks of executive compensation.

New details shed light on the federal investigation into the conservative group’s acquisition last year of a journal kept by the president’s daughter.

Eight not-to-be-missed shows offer scores of creators and local art traditions from New York, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, Mexico and South America.

The decision will broaden access to medication abortion, an increasingly common method, but many conservative states are already mobilizing against it.

Within 24 hours, the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and European Central Bank all stepped forward to deal with price increases.

Vaccinated residents who had embraced a return to some normalcy are unsettled: “It’s scary — it feels like we’ve been here before.”

Eight people were killed when a tornado struck a Mayfield Consumer Products building. Now, amid acrimony over whether managers could have done more to keep employees safe, there is worry about lost jobs.

The variant will spread quickly through the United States, experts say. What happens after that is less certain.

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.