Last December, on becoming Germany’s first SPD chancellor for 16 years, Olaf Scholz asked aides whether there was a plan B for energy should Russia turn off the gas. The answer, Mr. Scholz wrote in…

Buying on credit, which slowed during the height of the pandemic, is back in vogue as many Americans struggle to afford what they need, let alone what they want, in this high-inflation era. Credit card…

The clunky word “tripledemic” is now on many lips. It means we now face a winter with three different respiratory viruses with similar symptoms are spreading rapidly, and stressing hospital capacity. Public health is not…

Come Wednesday, it’ll be 50 years since humankind walked on the moon. The United States’ Apollo space mission initially began as a race against the Soviet Union to secure our position as a world leader.…

A secret group of German ultranationalists being arrested after plotting to overthrow the government, murder the chancellor and install a monarch is a situation you might expect to find in a 19th or 20th century…

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday from a Russian prison labor camp is welcome news. The price was high, as the White House negotiated a prisoner swap for notorious Russian arms deal…

WASHINGTON — A Congressional Gold Medal ceremony Tuesday honoring Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was not without awkwardness. Honorees visibly avoided handshakes with Senate Minority Leader…

Tuesday night’s performance was part magic, glee and glitter. Almost 200 kindergarten and first-graders performed “Rockin’ the Holidays,” before three times as many family members and friends at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Successfully corralling…

Since the start of the pandemic, Congress has provided public school districts with $190 billion in relief funds, roughly triple what the federal government spends on K-12 education in a typical year. This infusion has…

When President Biden visits a microchip factory under construction in Arizona on Tuesday, it might look like a political victory lap: The factory will bring $12 billion and thousands of jobs to an important swing…