Republican Sen. Ted Cruz suggested the so-called Trump accounts for American children are part of an effort to revamp Social Security, a sensitive political subject long regarded as the “third rail” in U.S. politics. Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill…
A tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding Saturday after the United States struck two Iranian oil tankers, while the country that hosts the U.S. Navy’s regional headquarters said it arrested dozens of people it alleged were linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Friday’s…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced confidence of victory in Ukraine as he oversaw a military parade on Red Square commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II — a show that didn’t include heavy weapons for the first time in…
A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a pedestrian on the runway of the Denver International Airport during takeoff, airport authorities said, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate. The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles…
Higher education is undergoing an identity crisis. Repeated attacks from the Trump administration, the rise of AI, and budget shortfalls have put top universities on the defensive as public sentiment on the value of a college degree sours. But a…
On September 12, 2015, more than three dozen health experts and diplomats assembled at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, for a day-long conference on preparing for pandemics. The bio book for the event, hosted…
Like many CEOs, Gary Shapiro, the executive chair and former CEO of U.S. trade association Consumer Technology Association, has one make-or-break interview question he asks hopeful new hires—and says he will turn candidates down if they answer it wrong. Picture…
Cristiano Amon won’t tell you what’s coming, but he’ll tell you who’s building it. “There are some secret form factors that I cannot tell you about,” the Qualcomm CEO said in an interview with Fortune Editor in Chief Alyson Shontell…
In September 1960, John Updike sat in the Fenway Park stands and watched Ted Williams take his final at-bat. He drove a fastball 440 feet over the right-centerfield wall, rounded the bases head down and disciplined, and ran straight into…
By the start of 2000, I was already a veteran writer for Fortune warning our readers that the dot.com craze had lifted Nasdaq valuations to unsustainable highs. All of the time-honored metrics pointed to the same outcome—crash ahead! Then, AOL…