Sri Lanka, Out of Fuel, Runs on Patience

Jonathan Majors’s ex-girlfriend testified Tuesday that he regularly screamed at her and once hurled household items at her hard enough to dent the wall near where she stood. The woman, Grace Jabbari, described more than half a dozen episodes that began in December 2021, months into her relationship with Mr….

In Texas’ 28th Congressional District, which stretches from Laredo and the southern U.S. border to the eastern suburbs of San Antonio, tensions are brewing as Representative Henry Cuellar, a centrist Democrat, faces federal bribery charges. So far, Democratic elected officials, members of Congress and party leaders at home and in…

BEIJING — Beneath a curving concrete overpass, behind a wall of green fencing, surrounded by the roar of traffic, a swimming hole beckons in the heart of Beijing. The water, a slim current running along Beijing’s often-congested innermost ring road, may not look like an ideal spot for a dip….

I have to admit I have been fascinated by Wallace since I read Dan T. Carter’s excellent biography, “The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism and the Transformation of American Politics.” Wallace was, without question, one of the most talented politicians of his generation, a…