December 18, 2023

The U.S. defense secretary was headed to the Middle East as two top European officials called for a scaled-back war against Hamas.

Playing a new-money upstart in “The Gilded Age,” the actor isn’t afraid to go big. “You can’t take it too seriously,” she said. “You can’t take yourself too seriously.”

The New York City Council is expected to approve a bill to ban solitary confinement this week over the objections of Mayor Eric Adams, who may veto it.

The financial world has been debating if market appetite for U.S. debt is near a limit. Not everyone agrees this is something to panic about, but the ramifications for funding government priorities are immense.

In the children’s series “Bluey” and its conservative knockoff, “Chip Chilla,” boundlessly attentive fathers step in to assuage parental anxieties.