Friday's top stories


The year of the speaker

Updated Dec 20, 2019 - Politics & Policy

Trump accepts Pelosi's invite to deliver State of the Union

Dec 20, 2019 - Economy

Detroit is pouring its money into American manufacturing operations

Updated Dec 20, 2019 - Science

Boeing's Starliner won't reach space station after malfunction

Dec 20, 2019 - World

U.K. Parliament approves Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

Dec 20, 2019 - World

International Criminal Court moves closer to investigation of Israel

Dec 20, 2019

Tom Cotton says WeWork debacle is driving Americans toward socialism

What Matters 2020

December's Democratic debate shows climate's reach in the party's messaging

Dec 20, 2019 - Sports

College basketball is losing its allure for top NBA prospects

Dec 20, 2019

A record for out-of-store spending

Dec 20, 2019 - Health
What Matters 2020

The political risk of overturning the ACA

Updated Dec 20, 2019 - Politics & Policy

4 takeaways from the sixth Democratic debate

House Democrats delay delivery of Trump articles of impeachment to Senate

Dec 20, 2019 - Technology

Facebook struggles to clean up its messes

Updated Dec 19, 2019

An issue-by-issue recap of the Democratic debate

Dec 19, 2019

"Billionaires in wine caves": Buttigieg and Warren clash over big-dollar donations

Dec 19, 2019

Venezuela's Maduro survives 2019