Returning to China

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The Houthis attack Riyadh airport, the World Bank and IMF meet in Thailand, and who will win the Nobel prize for economics?

Returning to China

After decades away, our correspondent found bullet trains, dazzling skylines and a surveillance state more paranoid than ever.

Gavin Newsom typically relishes battling Trump. But on letting undocumented college students work, not so much.

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Republicans still believe Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is poised to win a tight race. But two key groups could tip it to Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa.

Keegan Allen posts painful photo after getting brutally robbed in LA: 'I'm on the mend'

New York Metro

Exclusive: NYC teacher among protesters who disrupted vigil for victims of Oct. 7 Hamas massacre

A U.S. district judge orders an immediate halt to taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads

The welfare state is crushing Britain—and pushing it toward a financial reckoning

Breaking news

Federal judge orders Trump administration to pull taxpayer-funded ads set to air today and bars any more from being made in the future

I visited Puerto Vallarta after the violence. Here's what I saw

Trump ads funded by taxpayers halted by federal judge after bipartisan backlash

Breaking News

Judge orders immediate halt to taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Trump ahead of the midterms

Tom Welling offers hilarious response to accidentally exposing himself in hotel window

⚡ A judge has ordered an immediate halt to Trump’s controversial political ads that were paid for with taxpayer money.