Policy
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America
European Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates for First Time Since 2019
The reduction comes as inflation in the eurozone cools, prompting the E.C.B. to move before the Federal Reserve in the…
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Opinion
Harvard Should Say Less. Maybe All Schools Should.
Last fall, Harvard University’s leadership found itself at the center of a highly public, highly charged fight about taking an…
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Europe
Help! Our Cruise Operator Went Bankrupt and We Are Out $17,905.
A couple purchased an Arabian Sea voyage, but Vantage, the cruise company, went under. Their travel insurance was supposed to…
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Opinion
The Cruel Spectacle of British Asylum Policy
Last week Britain’s Parliament passed a law that seeks to redefine reality. The Safety of Rwanda Act declares Rwanda a…
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America
Europe’s Policymakers Get Ready to Lower Rates, Regardless of the Fed
European Central Bank governors are highlighting cooler inflation as a sign the bank could cut interest rates before the Federal…
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Europe
5 Takeaways From a Year of Medicaid Upheaval
In the year after a pandemic-era policy preserving Medicaid coverage lapsed, more than 20 million people were dropped from the…
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Europe
Senate Leaders Look to Curb ‘Judge Shopping’ But In Different Ways
Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell don’t think the federal judiciary is doing enough, and each is introducing a bill…
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Europe
An Effort to End ‘Judge-Shopping’ Turns Into a ‘Political Firestorm’
A policy meant to prevent plaintiffs from steering their cases to sympathetic judges has drawn widespread attention, with both Republicans…
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America
Why Elon Musk Needs China
Mr. Musk helped create China’s electric vehicle industry. But he is now facing challenges there as well as scrutiny in…
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America
Japan Raises Interest Rates for First Time in 17 Years
Higher inflation and rising wages suggest that the country’s economy can grow without such aggressive stimulus from the central bank.