Richard Brody on the contenders. Plus: the mastermind of Trump’s tariff program; the long shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act; and an origami master who lost his lifework in the L.A. fires ...

The new administration wants to slash aid for health, food and housing, but many of those programs now reach the struggling working class he is courting.

The academy's tradition of hewing to a straight line gloriously broke form by making the transfixing Gascón the first openly trans actor to receive an Oscar nomination. Gascón may have a tough time ...

Corporate earnings are coming in strong. Investors are also seeing the Trump administration take a less aggressive approach to tariffs than some had expected.

The Oscars have never felt less important, with Los Angeles wildfires and other distractions. But if you look a little closer ...

U.S. stocks are drifting around a record on Thursday amid a relatively quiet day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in midday trading and on track to squeak past its all-time high set early ...

Trump said domestic and international challenges over the last four years would not have happened had he been president.

President Donald Trump told the World Economic Forum that America has entered its "Golden Age" during a virtual address.

An embattled movie industry has lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused the CEOs of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase of refusing to serve conservatives.

President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep.