The smartest insight and analysis, from all perspectives, rounded up from around the web: As the economic outlook worsens, Steven Mnuchin is "stripping lifeboats from the Titanic ," said Elliot Smith at CNBC . That's how one economist described the Treasury secretary's decision to end several of the Federal Reserve's emergency lending programs by Dec. 31. The $650 billion in potential aid put i...

The coronavirus has cast a pall over Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, all but shutting down the biblical town revered as Jesus’ birthplace at the height of the normally cheery holiday season

A C.D.C. advisory panel will decide on its recommendations on Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what we expect, along with answers to other questions about the new shot.