IRS Direct File, a free online system for filing federal taxes, has been scrapped for 2026. Almost 300,000 people used IRS Direct File in 2025. So, are they out of luck, along with millions of others ...

It’s been two years since I wrote about books that I’ve read. Following is a list of the relatively few (10 if you count a small kids’ book) that I finished in 2025. Why should you care? I’m ...

Taxes for 2025 are due for most of us by April 15, 2026, which falls on a Wednesday. If you don't expect to file by then, you can request a six-month extension. If you filed electronically and chose ...

“TRISTEZA NÃO tem fim, felicidade sim.” Sadness has no end, though happiness does. The line, immortalised in a bossa nova song made famous by the film “Black Orpheus”, captures how joy can be fragile, ...

This year, for the first time, more workers will live in states with a minimum wage of at least $15 per hour than in states with the federal minimum of $7.25. By Audra D. S. Burch As the rising cost ...

Timothy Busfield of "The West Wing" is facing child sex abuse allegations. Actress Melissa Gilbert is speaking out in an emotional plea to a judge after her husband, actor Timothy Busfield, was ...

Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. On Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies ...

They go together in his latest novel, as they will for readers who realize it might be his last. An elderly woman once told me she was making a long trip back to her hometown for the little ...

There’s a lot we don’t know about the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, who was killed yesterday by federal immigration agents deployed to Minnesota. But in the chaotic aftermath of the shooting, one ...

Mr. Toobin is a contributing Opinion writer and the author of “The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy.” Alvin K. Hellerstein, the judge assigned to conduct the trial of Nicolás Maduro, the ...