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Legislators have just six years to fix things
Ideological certainties have hurt Cubans for 70 years. Time to give cynicism a chance
Bill Pulte’s appointment as director of national intelligence reflects the office’s declining stature
Share prices are buffeted by far more than just new information
The benefits did not just “trickle down”—they poured, writes Arthur Laffer
Jensen Huang is bringing his chipmaker’s AI act to the PC
Even though his views are awful
Binyamin Netanyahu’s fight with Hizbullah is complicating the president’s talks with Iran
The data are extraordinary, but could be even better, writes Joel Budd, our social affairs editor