44+ min ago  (589+ words) For decades, U.S. markets have sold themselves to the world on a simple promise: Though investors may not be equal in size, they get the same core facts. But two new developments are testing how much that transparency promise still holds....

44+ min ago  (317+ words) In 2021, when I joined Business Insider as a workplace reporter, I noticed something strange about my new readers: They were obsessed with the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement. Week after week, I watched them flock to stories about people who…...

44+ min ago  (350+ words) Troy Jackson, a logger from northern Maine who morphed from Republican to progressive Democrat across a long political career, has emerged as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine. Here are five things…...

44+ min ago  (916+ words) People said we were making it up — that corporate flightwas a myth. Now we’re a cautionary tale. Washington’s largest companies knew higher taxes were coming. They warned Gov. Bob Ferguson that they would damage the state’s business climate. Instead of…...

44+ min ago  (386+ words) On a clear afternoon this month, high above the Mojave Desert, an A.I.-powered drone launched a missile in a test that could reshape modern warfare. Today’s conflicts are increasingly defined by unmanned weapons, delivering destruction over battlefields in Ukraine, Iran…...

44+ min ago  (524+ words) Over the last six weeks or so, Hunter Biden has emerged as the strongest and most vocal critic of Donald Trump since Gov. Gavin “Studly” Newsom. But instead of using AI to trigger the MAGA cult, Hunter uses “FU,” like…...

44+ min ago  (1089+ words) Perception, however, is a different matter. In recent weeks, China has appeared to erode that sizable lead. The competition came into sharper focus last week when a Chinese start-up released a system nearly as powerful as the leading American technologies…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (893+ words) Here is the thing about setting up lunch with Manhattan’s likely incoming congressman to talk about his career as a child magician. People will offer up an inexhaustible inventory of metaphors. Everyone and their mother will try to tell you…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (203+ words) It’s the biggest job in British politics, and Andy Burnham has had relatively little time to prepare. Once installed in Downing Street as prime minister on Monday, Mr. Burnham will need to make dozens of decisions each day, resolve disputes…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1250+ words) It was the morning after a string of candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America scored primary victories across New York City, and Esmeralda Simmons, a Brooklyn lawyer, took stock of the political fallout. Decades ago, Ms. Simmons helped…...