With COP30 just two weeks away, Brazil approved new Amazon oil drilling — reinforcing a pattern of pre-UN-summit moves that risk weakening its climate credibility.

If it feels harder to get ahead right now, that’s because it is. Many Americans are navigating a “worst-of-both-worlds” economy: a cooling job market on one side and stubborn inflation on the other.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and front-runner, did tai chi and danced salsa with seniors. Andrew M. Cuomo courted ...