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For many women in the U.S. and around the world, motherhood comes with career costs.Raising children tends to lead to lower wages and fewer work hours for mothers – but not fathers – in the...

Good morning. It seems oddly fitting that a New York fire marshal essentially shut down a massive party to celebrate “30+ years of Silicon Alley” on Friday night, and that my son, 20, responded to that news by asking,...

President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction.Trump’s announcement on social media follows a wave of cancellations since Trump ousted the previous leadership and added...

President Donald Trump’s bid to put home ownership in reach for more Americans is sputtering, just weeks after it launched. With voters signaling that pocketbook issues are top-of-mind ahead of the November midterm elections, the White House has floated a...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Lord Peter Mandelson told Jeffrey Epstein in 2009 that the boss of JPMorgan should “mildly threaten” Britain’s chancellor over a tax...

Oil markets could be in for a major shock as President Donald Trump mulls a military strike on Iran, according to a top energy analyst.The Islamic Republic responded to domestic unrest with unprecedented violence, slaughtering tens of thousands of...

The flood of Chinese exports around the world helped the economy blow past President Donald Trump’s massive tariff hikes, while Beijing touts successes in AI, EVs, robotics and other emerging technologies.But that strength masks ongoing weakness among consumers and...

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican Leigh...

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldIt has taken the fatal shootings of two US citizens, but something has shifted in America. The violence by...

Leaders like Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon say experience trumps everything in business—including brains. But Ricardo Amper, the founder and CEO of $1.25 billion software company Incode Technologies, believes Gen Z’s naivety is a professional blessing rather than a career...