The most recent Personal Consumption Expenditures index was delayed because of the government shutdown.

The case over online transparency has become a flashpoint between the European Union and the Trump administration.

The prospect of Paramount buying Warner Bros. Discovery had led CNN journalists to wonder if the channel might be combined with CBS News. Instead, CNN will remain in a separate corporate entity.

In a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending vaccine policy, the committee decided to delay the shots for babies of mothers who test negative for the virus, reversing longstanding guidance.

America’s goal should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” the administration said in its new National Security Strategy.

Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, is pushing to expand its military in case tensions with Russia escalate. That’s tricky in a country where the Nazi era casts a long shadow.

Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s own administration removed guardrails.

The former agent, Paul Campo, laundered money for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico, according to an indictment unsealed on Friday.

The deal to acquire the Hollywood behemoth’s television and film studios as well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s biggest paid streaming service.

Mario Nawfal has a knack for getting Mr. Musk’s attention online, and for turning that into big business.

The rising Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year.

We need to question the strikes’ legality. But we also need to see how they fit into the Trump administration’s larger effort to change America.

Gary Goldman, who has battled Disney in court over the franchise, thinks the viper Gary De’Snake is based on him.

Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?

The end of year recaps can be dizzying. But they’re also full of gold.

WildeHopps, a.k.a. the fox and bunny at the heart of the franchise, has inspired a YouTube movie, TikToks, fancams and more. The obsession goes deep (and sometimes weird).

Complaints about the calls have risen, and some older Americans have discovered that their Medicare accounts were already compromised.

The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump’s approval rating.

After a devastating storm, the people who fled a remote coastal village face an existential question.

Tax accountants and lawyers detail the arduous process wealthy New Yorkers would have to face to avoid paying New York State and city taxes.

A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?