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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.Last summer, as I worked on an article about the global fan base of the N.B.A. star LeBron James, I bragged to a friend that I had interviewed a resident of every continent.“Even Antarctica?” she asked.Well, no.But I loved the idea, so I followed the thread, not knowing exactly where it would lead. Surprisingly, it took me to a different sport, and a different fandom, entirely, resulting in one of my favorite articles of all I’ve written, about Buffalo Bills fans…
Elon Musk said in a court filing late Wednesday that he would withdraw his $97.4 billion bid to control OpenAI if the company dropped a longstanding effort to change its corporate structure.Mr. Musk and a consortium of investors had offered on Monday to buy the assets of the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, escalating a yearslong feud between Mr. Musk and OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, over the future of artificial intelligence. Mr. Altman is in the middle of changing OpenAI’s corporate structure by shifting control of the company from the nonprofit to OpenAI’s investors, including Microsoft.Two days later, OpenAI’s board…
Hot inflation has raised the stakes of President Trump’s plans to escalate his use of tariffs on the country’s biggest trading partners, risking even higher consumer prices and pushing back the prospects of the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates soon.New inflation data released this week showed price pressures intensifying. The unexpected jump in January’s Consumer Price Index reflected in part seasonal quirks that tend to crop up at the start of the year, but the increase overall was large enough to fuel fresh apprehension about the outlook.Mr. Trump was quick to point fingers at his predecessor — a line of…
The Jacksonville Jaguars, after 72 hours of intrigue, followed this template and hired Tampa Bay’s offensive coordinator, Liam Coen, 39, for more than $11 million a season. At first, Coen turned down the job and accepted a raise from Tampa that would have made him the highest-paid coordinator in the league at more than $4 million annually. When Jacksonville fired its general manager, however, Coen changed his mind.“As you continue to do more research and gain more information as you go, it started to become more clear with every hour that this was an opportunity that you just can’t pass…
Just in: Lawyers for Elon Musk said he’d withdraw his $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI if the company halted its efforts to become a for-profit enterprise. More below.Separately: You might recall that several years ago I wrote a series of columns, following a raft of mass shootings, that inspired the creation of a “merchant category code” for gun retailers so credit card companies could better identify suspicious activity the way they already did to help prevent money laundering and sex trafficking.Well, this week Representative Riley Moore, Republican of West Virginia, introduced a bill to make it illegal for…
Dear Tripped Up,In June 2023, we stayed six nights in an Airbnb apartment in Paris, and it was trouble from the start. The electricity was faulty, forcing my children to use a flashlight to climb a steep stairwell, and the Wi-Fi didn’t work, requiring us to spend about $200 on international data. For workers to come fix the Wi-Fi, we were instructed to leave the key in a lockbox. (The lights were never fixed.) Two days later, we returned in the afternoon to find our apartment had been robbed, with a laptop, clothing and other items missing. It’s not clear…
The Trump administration is rapidly delivering wins to American companies by rolling back regulations, pausing investigations and retreating from lawsuits accusing employers of discrimination.A combination of firings, stop-work orders and litigation pauses has hobbled regulators like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.The moves have led the S.E.C. to pull back on its attempt to police the cryptocurrency boom and upended efforts at other agencies to protect worker rights.The speed and scale of the deregulatory moves by President Trump reflect his ambitious agenda to downsize government.But…
In many ways, the issues at Reagan National’s control tower are emblematic of the fraying safety net that protects air travel throughout the United States. A Times investigation in 2023 found that close calls involving passenger planes happened, on average, multiple times each week across the country. The near misses were often the result of human error by pilots or air traffic controllers.At Reagan National, the busy helicopter corridor around the airport became such a concern that safety groups identified conflict points, where the possibility for a collision was highest, according to three people familiar with the meetings.One was over…
The British economy eked out growth at the end of last year, data published on Thursday showed, slightly easing the pressure on the government as it tries to quicken the pace of economic growth.Gross domestic product increased 0.1 percent in the last three months of 2024, following zero growth in the previous quarter.Most economists, including at the Bank of England, had expected another quarter of stagnation at the end of the year, but the economy grew faster than expected in December because of a jump in activity in the service sector.The Labour Party, which came to power last summer, has…
Not so long ago, Taiwan basked in seemingly boundless, bipartisan support in Washington, where the island has long been regarded as a valiant democratic partner against China.Now, a few weeks into President Donald J. Trump’s second term, Taiwan is adjusting to a shift in its relationship with the United States, its primary backer — one that does not focus on shared democratic ideals, and that is more uncertain and transactional. Mr. Trump has accused Taiwan of spending far too little on its own security and of gaining an unfair dominance in making semiconductors.Taiwanese officials and businesspeople have been trying to…