Markets Challenge Warsh’s Approach to Taming Inflation

Kevin M. Warsh has made controlling inflation the top priority of his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman. But his hesitancy to embrace the possibility of higher borrowing costs has sparked a backlash.Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as a screen broadcasts a news conference by Fede

C Colby Smith

Why Todd Blanche’s Attorney General Confirmation Is Stalled

The decision by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits has become the central issue in his confirmation process.President Trump’s extraordinary protection from the I.R.S. is expected to be a central issue in the confirmation hearing on Wedne

A Andrew Duehren

Attack on Egyptian Port Shows Suez Canal’s Vulnerability

The port where the Wednesday strike occurred is near the Suez Canal, through which a significant amount of the world’s shipping moves.Ships in the Suez Canal last year. About 10 percent of seaborne trade goes through the waterway, according to the Suez Canal Authority.

L Lynsey Chutel

Russia Strikes Ukraine With Missiles and Drones, Killing at Least 8

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said five members of a family had been killed in the latest large-scale aerial assault by Moscow.In Lviv, western Ukraine, on Thursday morning, at the site of a Russian missile strike. The overnight attack pushed Russia’s use of ballistic missiles to a new mon

C Constant Méheut

NATO Says Russian Missile Hit Poland During Ukraine Attack

Russian missiles have briefly entered Polish airspace in the past. Investigators have yet to definitively identify the object that struck overnight.Emergency services on Thursday at the site where an object landed near Lublin, Poland.

L Lara Jakes and Constant Méheut

Who Put Candy on a Diet?

“Healthy” confections, whether marketed as “better-for-you” or “functional,” have overwhelmed grocery and convenience stores, and even found their way into gyms and supplement shops.

E Ella Quittner

European Wildfires Amplified by Emptying Countryside and Fewer Farms

A warming planet and a shift away from farming have set the stage for larger fires on the continent. “We must learn to coexist with them,” one report said.Wildfire smoke from a fire burning west of Bordeaux, France, on Tuesday. The giant blazes in France and Spain are their largest on record.

R Raymond Zhong

L.A. Warehouse Fire Leaves Behind Rats, Flies and an Unending Stench

The Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is still dealing with the smell of rotting food and fears over possible toxins after a cold-storage facility burst into flames in June.The nearly 500,000-square-foot facility burst into flames on June 17, blanketing the neighborhoods of Boyle Heights and

O Orlando Mayorquín and Ana Facio-Krajcer

For Museum Boss Who Became a Trump Target, It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

Kim Sajet left as director of the National Portrait Gallery when she found herself in the White House cross hairs. Now she’s watching another Smithsonian chief go through it.Last year, Kim Sajet of the National Portrait Gallery was targeted by President Trump, who described her as “highly partisan.”

R Robin Pogrebin