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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone made a world-leading effort look easy, securing a spot in Sunday’s 400-meter hurdle final at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and leading what could be one of America’s strongest events in Paris.McLaughlin-Levrone,…

The government’s deficit problem is creating an income problem for Americans, economists warn.Last week, the Congressional Budget Office raised its estimate for the government deficit this year by a whopping 27%, or $408 billion over its…

The election campaigns happening in France, Britain and the United States are the latest illustrations of the shortcomings of centrist politics. The big question is whether there’s an alternative that both stops the ascent of right-wing,…

In his nearly 15 months in Moscow’s infamous Lefortovo prison, Evan Gershkovich has plowed through Russian literary classics like “War and Peace,” and played slow-moving chess by mail with his father in the United States. He tries to…

American consumers lost some confidence in June as expectations over the near-term future fell again.The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell in June to 100.4 from 101.3 in…

HANOI — U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink on Saturday said the situation in the South China Sea is deeply concerning, and said China’s recent actions in the disputed waterway…

Consumers are paying cash for preventive health testing with full body scans, which typically use MRI technology.…

Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to President Biden, met Tuesday with senior Lebanese officials in Beirut, where he pressed for a diplomatic solution as increasingly deadly skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed…

06/17 update below. This post was originally published on June 15 Bitcoin Bitcoin , along with other major cryptocurrencies ethereum and XRP XRP , have rocketed higher this year (with a China earthquake potentially about to cause…

It hasn’t received the attention it deserves, but Ukraine’s unexpected victory in the battle of the Black Sea could be a landmark achievement in the annals of naval warfare. Without a standing navy of its own, Ukraine has disabled at…