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Andrew Ross Sorkin’s history of the 1929 stock market crash reminds us that financial bubbles are inevitable—and that another one may be about to pop.

To the Editors: This is a response to “The Anti-Trans Playbook, ” published by Paisley Currah in The New York Review of Books on December 18, 2025. Currah

When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover. If new species don’t replace old ones, they say, ecosystems may have less flexibility to respond to habitat loss and climate change.

Immigration authorities in Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes.

Beijing won’t risk its broader Middle East interests to save the Islamic Republic.

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their debts, among other things.

It’s not just sardines and dried beans. Self-identified preppers are also stashing luxuries like coffee and chocolate.

A $2.4 billion upgrade to Caltrain is shaving time off trips, boosting ridership, and reducing riders’ exposure to toxic diesel pollution.

Hungary’s populist prime minister is in a fight for his political life—and acting like it.

Carbon capture project greenwashes waste incinerator expansion.

It took Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu many years of persistent effort before he succeeded in finding a US president willing to help him

With Fetterman dooming a Senate bill, a House version of an Iran war powers bill might lose steam to a competitor from Rep. Josh Gottheimer.

The House is expected to hold a similar Iran war powers vote tomorrow.

The continent is bracing for the ripple effects of a wide-ranging regional conflict.

The war continues to reverberate across the region, from the Gulf to Turkey.

Ahead of elections, calls to reinstate the king and bring an end to secularism have grown louder.

The T20 World Cup has underscored that New Delhi is a schoolyard bully.

Iran’s survival strategy includes inflicting pain on its neighbors.

Two government officials told The Intercept that the joint U. S. –Ecuador military action won’t just be a one-off raid.