California Billionaires Maneuver Now in Case Wealth Tax Passes
California’s wealthiest residents are maneuvering to reduce their net worth in case a billionaire tax becomes law. Some may even try to drop below $1 billion on paper.
California’s wealthiest residents are maneuvering to reduce their net worth in case a billionaire tax becomes law. Some may even try to drop below $1 billion on paper.
The DHS is flooding social media companies with administrative subpoenas to identify accounts that are protesting ICE. Social media companies have pushed back but are largely complying. Our tech reporter, Sheera Frenkel, explains.
Demonstrators opposed to the Iranian government gathered near the Munich Security Conference and in other European cities. Another round of U.S.-Iran talks are expected to happen on Tuesday.
Brenda Ogden lost her waterproof prosthetic leg 10 months ago, and with it, her zest for swimming. Then a local fossil hunter stumbled upon it.
As their stocks tank, software makers are rebranding themselves as A.I. innovators. Sparkle emojis are everywhere, but some efforts have been more successful than others.
The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean.
Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.
Traces of the toxin were found in the body of the Russian dissident Aleksei A. Navalny, who died in prison two years ago, five governments said in a joint statement.
Mr. Klein, who led an education technology company after running the New York City school system, met with Jeffrey Epstein over a period of several months in 2013.
The tech heroes turned zeros are leading us to our doom.
The round table reflects on a chaotic week of incompetence and meltdowns.
The attorney general’s behavior reveals a deeper rot in the American justice system.
As the United States prepares to turn 250, the Trump administration is turning the celebration into a pay-to-play spectacle where even a speaking role on the National Mall is up for sale.
On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.
An upcoming Senate primary contest in Illinois, which is likely to pick the state’s next senator, has centered on Democrats’ future approach to federal immigration policy.
The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.
The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”
As Congress leaves town without funding their department, airport security officers wonder, “How many more times am I going to be able to do this?”
The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million.
Problems at detention centers operated by CoreCivic extend far beyond recent measles outbreaks.
You’d think a financial planner married to another financial planner would have it easy come tax time. Alas, no.
The artificial intelligence frenzy is creating personal fortunes rarely seen in modern technology and changing people’s attitudes about fairness and money in relationships.
The heart is not romance; it’s the organ that guards the line between life and death.
Deanna Stellato-Dudek, a Canadian pairs skater, is trying to make history at the Olympics — despite a training accident a week before the Games.
He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.
Peter Biar Ajak, a democracy advocate, was convicted of conspiring to buy and export weapons for a revolt in South Sudan.
A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles.
More than a decade into Beijing’s push for self sufficiency, Chinese firms are producing fewer, lower-performing chips than their foreign competitors.
Casey Wasserman, a Los Angeles entertainment executive and the head of the 2028 Olympic Games, has lost clients since his emails with Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced.
The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservative today than it was when the measure was established.