timef 05/14/2026

Higher fuel prices are a burden on low-income families.

Retail sales rose 0.5 percent despite higher prices for gas, food and other goods. But there are signs consumers are under some strain.

A pledge for more Chinese investment could face backlash given longstanding national security concerns in the United States.

Beginning in 2028, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will own the Neue’s Fifth Avenue home and the prestige collection of 20th-century Austrian and German art built by Ronald S. Lauder.

He has minimized soaring gas prices, rising inflation and the American economy’s need for the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian strikes and a blockade have paralyzed Qatar’s gas engine, creating a technical bottleneck likely to stall exports for years.

The former reality-TV star has shaken up the Los Angeles mayoral race, gaining support from deep-pocketed donors like the financier Daniel S. Loeb.

Residents in four Chinese cities described a mixture of amusement and anger, blaming U.S. tensions for a slowing economy and rising fuel prices.

The president is expected to urge the Chinese leader to help ease tensions in the Middle East by helping to persuade Iran to end the war.

How Wi-Fi-connecting, app-based tech led to a backlash in the name of simplicity

Stardust Solutions says its tiny spheres can reflect the sun’s rays without harming people or the environment. Critics say private companies have no business altering Earth’s atmosphere.

Ishmael Reed, provocateur and playwright, has a few words for the billionaires of Silicon Valley.

It’s a nightmare faced by families all around Los Angeles: After wildfire smoke blanketed homes, schools and offices with toxic chemicals, when is it OK to go back?

A charity is raising money to provide security, arguing that protecting some of right-wing media’s biggest stars is a public good.

After a series of political victories under President Trump, firms are lobbying Congress for a sweeping framework they helped shape.

Honda posted its first loss since 1957 as it took a multibillion-dollar hit from scaling back its electric-vehicle plans.

New York City’s mayor said the company’s proposed acquisition of Intermex could make it costlier for immigrants to send money abroad.

The attack, at a remote uranium mining site in northern Saskatchewan, was only the fourth fatal black bear encounter in the province’s recorded history, officials said.

Vice President JD Vance said the state had not done enough to fight fraud in the public health insurance program.

As the leader of the C.D.C.’s influenza division, she battled to keep up with an ever-changing viral opponent, building a global network of researchers and forecasters.

Here’s what to know about the biggest sources of tension in U.S.-China relations before the first summit in Beijing in nine years between the nations’ leaders.

President Trump’s pick to replace Jerome H. Powell takes the helm at a highly uncertain moment for the economy and with heightened concern about the Federal Reserve’s ability to operate independently.

The president’s middle son is said to be joining his father in a “personal capacity” rather than to make business deals.

The president’s middle son is said to be joining his father in a “personal capacity” rather than to make business deals.

The deliberations are a sign that the Trump administration may once again try to harness the power of the I.R.S. to advance its immigration agenda.

Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency, who orchestrated a multinational release of oil reserves, detailed the risks facing the economy now and beyond.

Fervo Energy, which uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to produce power from the earth’s heat, raised $1.9 billion in an initial public offering.

In a letter to President Trump, the spokesman, Rich Danker, said moves to allow the sale of flavored e-cigarettes would enhance their appeal to children.

As the U.S. tries to rebuild its weapons stockpiles drained in the Iran war, it will need access to rare-earth minerals, an industry China dominates.

In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.