In many ways, I’ve been extremely lucky. I had subsidized housing, so my rent was never more than $1,000. I never had any student loans. I paid for college through a combination of financial aid and 529 funds my parents had saved, so the only debt I had was on my credit cards. At the…
Photo: ALFRED DAVIES/AFP via Getty Images Early Tuesday morning, the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in the Dominican Republic collapsed, killing 218 people and injuring 189. As the death toll continues to rise, authorities have now shifted their efforts from search and rescue to recovery. It is currently unknown how many people attended the…
GOP senators got a hold of Elon Musk’s cell phone number this week. They don’t want to talk about it. Having a direct line to Musk is a hot commodity in the age of DOGE. Republican senators just got their hands on Elon Musk’s cell phone number, giving them a direct line to the man…
TOKYO — Asia funds and U.S. investors are rotating capital into Chinese tech stocks, analysts say, driving a rally set off by the AI chatbot DeepSeek and support for the private sector by China’s president. The Hang Seng Tech Index, a gauge of the top tech companies listed in Hong Kong, has surged more than…
President Trump’s executive order freezing most U.S. foreign aid for 90 days has thrown into turmoil programs that fight starvation and deadly diseases, run clinical trials and seek to provide shelter for millions of displaced people across the globe. The government’s lead agency for delivering humanitarian aid, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or U.S.A.I.D.,…
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images After a year of pseudo-populist blustering about empowering regular Americans and taking on the globalist elites, Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday afternoon — which happened to fall on MLK Day — featured a stage full of beaming tech billionaires whose interests fly in the face of the working-class coalition…
Israel and Hamas appear close to a cease-fire deal to end 15 months of fighting in Gaza. The conflict has left Hamas battered, with thousands of its militants killed. But for Israel, an end to the conflict doesn’t mean an end to its Hamas problem. Israel and Hamas appear close to a cease-fire deal to…
TOKYO — Japan’s Denso and Fuji Electric will join forces to manufacture energy-efficient silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor devices for electric vehicles, ramping up investment even amid an EV market slowdown in anticipation of a future upswing. The two companies announced plans Friday for a 211.6 billion yen ($1.4 billion) investment, with as much as…
Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Once Donald Trump is back in the Oval Office on January 20, his administration is sure to further erode Americans’ reproductive rights. Most of his potential Cabinet members are openly anti-abortion, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, both of whom could be in charge of top health agencies….
Nov. 15, 2024 3 AM PT To the editor: I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Losing to President-elect Donald Trump stings for both her and the president, but it did not cause either of them to shed their dignity, decency and patriotism. (“Emboldened Trump returns…