Month: October 2026

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President Donald Trump’s alliance with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. helped deliver Make America Healthy Again voters. But the movement Trump spent years cultivating is showing signs of splintering. Now the question is whether Kennedy could reconsolidate the same voters if he launches a new bid for the presidency. ...

The Scoop Elon Musk has invested roughly $1 billion in Skydance, according to people familiar with the matter, providing a much needed financial injection as the company looks to cut costs and bolster its stock price. The deal came together at roughly the same time as equity investments from Skydance’s ...

by Richard Cooke. A quarter-century on from its founding, few sites have been as central to the development of the web as Wikipedia, which today stands in contrast to much of the modern internet. “While social media platforms fuel engagement by egging on users’ baser instincts, Wikipedia still revolves around ...

Employers might be overestimating the downsides of offering paid parental leave and underestimating the costs of losing employees by foregoing it, argues economist Emily Oster in a new report based on research she conducted with the advocacy group Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America. A survey of employers in four states ...

An RJ Reynolds subsidiary is promoting fruit-flavored vaping pods with colorful scented mailers that critics say are similar to the “scratch and sniff” ads the tobacco giant agreed to suspend 20 years ago, as part of a settlement with 39 states that had accused the company of violating an agreement ...

Exclusive: Sasan Ghandehari’s partnership with religious foundation raises questions about past dealings with republic criticised by Nigel Farage Nigel Farage’s newest billionaire donor was in business with a powerful Iranian religious foundation under the authority of the country’s supreme leader, raising questions about his past dealings with the hardline republic. ...

Democrats believe circumstances have aligned for them to win a slew of competitive elections in the state How will Trump’s mass deportation agenda shape the US midterm elections? Our reporters answer your questions Mary Peltola’s campaign to represent Alaska in the US Senate has taken her to parts of the ...

Fearing future catastrophe is nothing new – ancient Greek and Roman philosophers all visualized the apocalypse Do your feelings of existential dread extend beyond your own personal mortality? Do they include fears about the survival of our culture and institutions, our species, nonhuman life and the Earth itself? Do you ...

Baron Cohen’s live-ammo prankster is back, 20 years on, but has to battle with his own irrelevance in search of big laughs and the approval of a new generation • Exclusive: Republican leader embarrassed by film says he plays to sue Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘A liar and a pervert’ If ...