By Michelle Cottle Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board. Like any employee, President Biden has to suffer through periodic performance reviews. Thursday marks his 100th day in office — a time-honored if vaguely arbitrary milestone at which a president’s early moves are sliced, diced and spun for all the world to judge. […]

By Aaron E. Carroll Dr. Carroll is a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and a contributing opinion writer. He writes often on health research and policy. During the pandemic, good management and guidance have often been lacking. If we want to make our exit from the crisis better than our entrance […]

The U.S. population grew by only 7.4 percent over the past decade, the smallest increase since the 1930s, the Census Bureau reported yesterday. This morning, I want to explain why and talk about both the upsides and downsides of slower population growth. The biggest cause of the population slowdown is the declining birthrate. Today, the […]

Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ I’ve been thinking lately about how to move beyond the binary debate over cancel culture. And a good place to start is with the deeper question we’re all trying to ask: What is the kind of politics — the kind of society — we’re trying to achieve in our […]

Readers hail him as a hero, and say there are dedicated others like him in government. Also: Calibrating vaccine doses; grief; liability insurance for police officers; organizing a closet. More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “We Owe Fauci Gratitude, Not Grief,” by Frank Bruni (column, April 25): Dr. Anthony Fauci is my hero […]

Until recently, the question of what counts as infrastructure was an academic matter. Today, thanks to President Biden’s $2 trillion proposal to upgrade and transform the nation’s infrastructure, it’s the most important issue in American political and economic life. Mr. Biden argues that his “once in a generation” proposal is necessary to revive the labor […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The books for the listing of British cybersecurity company Darktrace have been covered on the first day of the road show, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. “The books are covered up to the maximum possible deal size, including the greenshoe,” the source said. Darktrace, which counts Rolls Royce […]

In June 1982, President Ronald Reagan delivered a fire-eating speech before the British House of Commons that is best remembered for his prediction that democratic nations would triumph and communism would end up on “the ash heap of history.” The speech also helped to popularize a relatively new English word: infrastructure. Mr. Reagan didn’t predict […]

(Reuters) -Standard Industries Holdings Inc said on Monday it would buy global specialty chemicals company W. R. Grace & Co in a sweetened $4.63 billion cash deal. Standard Industries will buy all outstanding shares for $70 per share, which represents a premium of about 9% to Grace’s last close. Earlier this month, Standard Industries’ investment […]

Produced by ‘Sway’ The Central Intelligence Agency poaches puppeteers from Hollywood and partners with big tech firms from Silicon Valley. It has to, says the agency’s top technologist, Dawn Meyerriecks, if it wants cutting-edge drones, hidden cameras, and deep cover that can bypass biometric scans. Meyerriecks oversees spy gear as the head of the C.I.A.’s […]