I have a naïve question: why are we investing in the end of civilization?

I have a naïve question: why are we investing in the end of civilization?

The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.

As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.

‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’

Forget the ‘hive mind’ of AI agents ‘going rogue.’ They did what humans programmed them to do.

I write about global economics and politics. I am a columnist of The Guardian; veteran of the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Opinion and The Washington Post. Figuring things out.

Tech CEOs banding together is an old ruse recycled from corporate America to get a pass from antitrust laws

The US is scooping up treasury bonds in an effort to raise their price and push yields down – but it’s not working

The enormous US debt under Trump will hobble the next Democratic administration – just as the GOP planned

Officials familiar with the defense secretary’s thinking believe he is considering a run for president or some other office after his time in the Trump administration ends.

US tax policy deprives the government of revenue and overwhelmingly serves the interests of the rich

Silicon Valley's oligarchs are plotting your future

Kevin Warsh would rather the markets manage inflation.

The Supreme Court will not stop him

What if the era of artificial intelligence does not end civilization as we know it?

The U.S. held off on a major military campaign that could have lasted two weeks, officials said.

Cheerleading by the president, who made $1.2bn last year off uninsured currency, does not bode well for US economy

Is he daring the MAGA faithful to drop him?

The Democratic Republic of Congo was a sight to admire on the football pitch.

It can be done

Does it want to?

And your jobs and your social connections...

Mexico's World Cup faces a retirement crisis

In the months after “Liberation Day” last year, when President Trump let loose a volley of tariffs against imports from everywhere, countries rushed to build new relationships in the hope of maybe cir...

Wisdom is knowing when, whether and why to do what we can do. Is our pursuit of AI wise?

Who cares about the challenges of the here and now?

How many days would you toil to go to a game?

We are going to handle it badly.

One more way in which Trump devalues America's place in the world

They won't

The American government needs more money to function.

Remember you can stay home and watch the games on TV

For all the bunting and the slogans about national greatness, the United States has never built anything near a consensus about what it means to be “American.” From the Civil War through Jim Crow to the New Deal, through the movement for Civil Rights to Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and Ronald Reagan’s City on a Hill, America has remained divided along lines of race and ethnicity.

There is a solid case to soak the rich

I used to be skeptical that the Supreme Court would support Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship.

The essay on declining fertility I published the other day drew some heated responses.

Their tax cut proposals endanger the prospects of building shared prosperity

One of the ideas I find most terrifying about the United States’ current emergency is the prospect that Donald Trump could succeed in his project to take over all the levers of government and keep the...