D.C.’s Best Restaurants

3 days 15 hours ago
The food scene in and around the nation’s capital is vibrant these days, with Italian, Ethiopian, Salvadoran and more. Comments are open.
Korsha Wilson, Brett Anderson, Melissa Clark, Tanya Sichynsky and Nikita Richardson

Why Beijing Stands to Gain from Elon Musk’s Visit

3 days 16 hours ago
Tesla’s C.E.O. appears to have landed a deal that moves the company closer to bringing fully autonomous driving to a giant market. But Beijing is keen to exploit the visit for its own purposes.
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni

Trump 2.0: What a Second Trump Presidency Would Bring

3 days 18 hours ago
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has signaled that a second term would be more radical and vindictive than his first one.
Michael Barbaro, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Charlie Savage, Rob Szypko, Carlos Prieto, Rachel Quester, Paige Cowett, Ben Calhoun, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Diane Wong, Rowan Niemisto and Chris Wood

Just Six Companies Create About a Quarter of Global Plastic Waste, Survey Finds

3 days 18 hours ago
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The more plastic a company makes, the more pollution it creates. That seemingly obvious, yet previously unproven, point, is the main takeaway from a first-of-its-kind study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. Researchers from a dozen universities around the world […]
Joseph Winters