Democracy ‘under assault’ from significant third parties at 2025 federal election, parliamentary inquiry finds

Gas lines and quadrupling oil prices freaked out American consumers. But the oil crises also transformed global finance.

The Labor Dept. proposed a change that would make it easier for workplace retirement plans to include alternative investments like private credit and crypto.

A merely bad outlook might be good enough for the markets, our columnist says.

As the war in Iran strains U.S. airlines, JetBlue and United are now charging up to $10 more for checked bags on domestic flights. More carriers could follow.

Owls, oases and the Milky Way reward adventure seekers in and around this Arizona city in the Sonoran Desert.

American and Canadian airlines, squeezed by surging fuel costs from the war in Iran, are adding “sticky” new bag fees and surcharges, on top of higher fares.

An airline agent’s attempt at a good deed went astray when it caused a 90-year-old traveler to miss his flight. Who should pay for his hotel and meals?

Higher fuel costs are raising food and travel prices, while a shaky stock market tamps down free spenders.

Most stock investors have lost money during the Iran war, but returns have been splendid for the year since the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement.

When the world feels uncertain, spend the season of renewal taking charge of what you can control: your budget.

Photographs of the reporter, Dianna Russini, and Mike Vrabel of the New England Patriots appeared in The New York Post.

Nameless no more, writers for The Economist are mixing it up on video from its studio in London.