Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ

The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.In tests in four cities across the country, nearly 200 volunteers checked prices on 20 grocery items on Instacart. They found difference

B Ben Casselman

Supreme Court Is Asked to Take Another Ax to Campaign Finance Limits

The case centers on efforts by Republican officials to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.In 2010, in the landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court struck down legal limits on independent political spending

A Abbie VanSickle and Shane Goldmacher

Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines

The U.S. Supreme Court directed a lower court to review the ban, which applies to strict vaccine requirements in New York schools.Up to 20 percent of students had religious exemptions from vaccines at some schools in Rockland County, N.Y., where there was a measles outbreak in 2019.

J Joseph Goldstein

A Frustrated Congress Pushes the Pentagon to Produce Its Boat Strike Orders

In a sign of bipartisan frustration with the Defense Department, the final defense policy bill aims to compel the Pentagon to share execute orders and video documentation.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has posted edited footage of the strikes on social media, but has so far refused to share the f

M Megan Mineiro

How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.James Tomlinson, 9, playing a game on a phone in Melbourne, Australia.

V Victoria Kim

Nvidia’s China Lobbying Wins Big. But the True Payoff is Less Certain.

President Trump’s move fulfills a major goal of the chipmaker. But the move faces opposition in Washington — and uncertainty in Beijing.Lobbying efforts by Jensen Huang, C.E.O. of Nvidia, appear to have paid off in a big way.

A Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Ian Mount

Trump Criticizes Zelensky as Ukraine Peace Talks Drag On With European Leaders

Despite pressure from the Trump administration, Mr. Zelensky, after meeting with European leaders who vowed continued support in the war, said Ukraine’s position on territory had not changed.From left: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Emmanue

M Michael D. Shear

Three Years After Dobbs, the State Divide Over Abortion Deepens

The state divide over abortions has only deepened since the Supreme Court decision. But research shows the number of abortions has climbed.Choices, one of three clinics providing abortion services in Carbondale, a small town in southern Illinois, last week.

S Soumya Karlamangla

Hundreds of Thousands of Thais and Cambodians Flee

People escaped from a deadly border conflict, the authorities said, with some sheltering at a racetrack in Thailand and others near temples in Cambodia.A Thai resident who fled clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, using a cellphone while taking shelter in Buriram Province, Thailand, on Tuesd

S Sui-Lee Wee