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How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan

WASHINGTON — First, he killed a plan that would have forced power plants to clean up their climate-warming pollution. Then,…

Germany Hopes to Outrace a Russian Gas Cutoff and Bone Cold Winter

Russian natural gas has fired the furnaces that create molten stainless steel at Clemens Schmees’s family foundry since 1961, when…

Stock Market Drop Accelerated as Recession Seemed More Likely

Investors had an awful start to the year as stocks twice entered bear market territory, falling more than 20 percent.…

China’s Economy Hits a Slump as Covid Policy Takes a Toll

When countries around the world have stumbled in the face of pandemic headwinds, China has often stood apart, seemingly impervious…

Biden Administration Signals Support for Controversial Alaska Oil Project

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration took a key step toward approving a huge oil drilling project in the North Slope…

Democrats Propose Raising Taxes on Some High Earners to Bolster Medicare

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats will push to raise taxes on some high-earning Americans and steer the money to improving the…

Washington Post names David Shipley as its opinion editor.

The Washington Post named David Shipley, a senior editor at Bloomberg, on Thursday to oversee its opinion section. Mr. Shipley…

Start-Up Funding Falls the Most It Has Since 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — For the first time in three years, start-up funding is dropping. The numbers are stark. Investments in…

Fed Moves Toward Another Big Rate Increase as Inflation Lingers

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve, determined to choke off rapid inflation before it becomes a permanent feature of the American…

Directing the Beatles Was Just One Part of His Long and Winding Career

HUDSON, N.Y. — Of course I wanted to talk with Michael Lindsay-Hogg about the Beatles. Everyone wants to talk with…

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