Get the Think newsletter.SUBSCRIBEMarch 24, 2019, 3:57 PM GMTBy Ani BundelEven the best creators can have a hard time knowing when to stop. The sequel trap has tripped up many a beloved series, written and…
House Effort to Override Trump Veto on National…
WASHINGTON—House Democrats came up short Tuesday in an effort to override President Trump’s veto of a measure aimed at rolling back his declaration of a national emergency. The 248-181 vote, which didn’t clear the two-thirds…
Lawmakers Scrutinize Timeline for Boeing 737 MAX Software…
WASHINGTON—Congressional investigators examining the Federal Aviation Administration’s safety certification of Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX aircraft also are questioning why it has taken months to complete a safety fix initially described to pilots and airlines in November. With a Senate Commerce…
Kamala Harris Seeks $315 Billion to Raise Public-School…
WASHINGTON—California Sen. Kamala Harris is proposing a $315 billion plan to increase pay for public-school teachers, an effort to address the gap in pay between educators and other professionals that would financially reward a loyal…
Meet Bernard Baumohl, WSJ Survey’s Most Accurate Economic…
WASHINGTON—Bernard Baumohl has a beef with traditional economic-forecasting models. Mr. Baumohl, chief global economist at The Economic Outlook Group, was the most accurate forecaster for 2018 in The Wall Street Journal’s monthly survey. Conventional models,…
Affordable Care Act Sign-Ups Total 11.4 Million for…
About 11.4 million people signed up for coverage on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges for this year, according to a final tally released Monday, amid sharp debates in Washington over the future of health coverage.…
Mueller Findings Set Off a Political Tussle
WASHINGTON—President Trump on Monday offered praise for Robert Mueller as his 2020 campaign ramped up efforts to use the special counsel’s findings as a political weapon, while Democrats set a deadline next week for the…
With End of Islamic State Caliphate, U.S. Shifts…
WASHINGTON—The final defeat of the Islamic State extremist group’s self-declared caliphate marked an important battlefield victory in the fight against the terrorist network, but it also signaled a shift to a more difficult fight to…
Trump ‘More Than Happy’ for Release of Full…
WASHINGTON—President Trump is “more than happy” for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report to be released to the public, the White House said Monday, and regards it as a “total exoneration.” “He’s more than happy…