The 57th NAACP ceremony was both a major entertainment event and a cultural statement—an annual celebration of Black achievement across film, television, music, books, and beyond. Held in Pasadena, California, the show…
Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence company xAI is preparing to pay back $3 billion of high-yield (“junk”) bonds early, a move that typically signals a borrower believes it can refinance more cheaply, has fresh…
The U.S. government says it is expanding research funding aimed at reshaping how American farms protect crops and manage pests, pushing total federal investment in “new and sustainable” farm practices to more…
President Donald Trump is traveling to Corpus Christi, Texas, to promote his economic and energy agenda at a moment when his political influence is being tested by competitive Republican primary races and…
The Pentagon has begun asking major defense contractors—including Lockheed Martin and Boeing—to assess how dependent they are on Anthropic’s AI services, a step that signals the Defense Department is seriously weighing whether…
A Wall Street Journal analysis argues that Donald Trump has moved quickly to dominate the “culture wars” in his second term—using highly visible institutions and public symbols to project power—and that the…
After winning Olympic gold in Milano-Cortina, the U.S. women’s ice hockey team found itself at the center of a culture-and-politics crossover that quickly spilled beyond sports. The team declined an invitation to…
A powerful winter storm slammed the U.S. Northeast, trapping millions indoors from Maryland to Maine as blizzard warnings, road travel bans, and widespread closures reshaped daily life across the region. The heavy…
Major packaged-food and beverage companies are rapidly retooling products and marketing as appetite-suppressing GLP-1 drugs spread through the U.S., changing what—and how much—people buy. It’s a shift from “wait and see” to…
Wall Street has spent months bidding up Walmart shares, but investors are bracing for a more measured tone when the retailer delivers its annual outlook alongside quarterly results. The key reason is…
