Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

By: Scott Dance — 1 August 2026 at 09:01

The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

A delivery in Wilmington, N.C., this month. Heat is linked to hundreds of workplace deaths each year, but labor groups say the true toll is unknown because heat-related illnesses are not properly tracked or reported.

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OpenAI Trial Starts With Two Very Different Tales of a Company’s Early Years

By: Cade Metz and Mike Isaac — 28 April 2026 at 23:45

In the trial’s first day of testimony, Elon Musk said greed led co-founder Sam Altman to pull the A.I. lab away from its nonprofit roots. OpenAI says that’s nonsense.

Elon Musk arriving at the Ronald V. Dellums U.S. Courthouse in Oakland Tuesday.

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As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows

By: Pooja Salhotra — 7 January 2026 at 14:37

Since Mr. Kirk’s death, chapters of his organization’s affiliate for teenagers have more than doubled in number, aided by politicians who have said they won’t tolerate opposition.

Club America members from Stratford High School in Houston found themselves caught between concerned parents on the left and Texas’ most powerful politicians on the right.

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A Texas Town’s Germanfest Was Split by a Battle Over Beer

By: J. David Goodman and Desiree Rios — 4 May 2024 at 21:22

Muenster, Texas, has hosted a German-heritage festival for nearly 50 years. But then some locals rebelled.

Dancers from Whitney High School perform at the annual Germanfest, hosted by the Muenster Chamber of Commerce in Muenster, Texas.

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Behind the Gates of a Private World for Only the Wealthiest New Yorkers

By: Eliza Shapiro — 6 November 2023 at 19:08

Although everyday life has become increasingly unaffordable for almost everyone, a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging.

Zero Bond, Mayor Eric Adams’s favorite private club, is part of a new wave of members-only and concierge services catering to New York City’s wealthiest residents.

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We Know the Cure for Loneliness. So Why Do We Suffer?

By: Nicholas Kristof — 7 September 2023 at 17:55

Britain’s minister for loneliness offers a model of how to knit together a lonely crowd.

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Labor Groups Target Hyundai — and Biden — Over Transition to Electric

By: Jonathan Weisman — 27 August 2023 at 09:00

A coalition of unions and civic groups is pushing one of the world’s largest automakers to protect and train workers in return for federal money under President Biden’s signature laws.

Chung Eui-sun, left, executive chairman of Hyundai Motor Group; Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, center; and José Muñoz, president and chief operating officer of Hyundai at the official groundbreaking for Hyundai’s plant in Ellabell, Ga., in 2022.