The United States will keep attacking Yemen’s Houthis until they end attacks on shipping, the US defence secretary said on Sunday, as the Iran-aligned group signalled it could escalate in response to deadly US strikes the day before. The airstrikes, which the Houthi-run health ministry said killed at least 53 people, are the biggest US…
Monday’s deep dive into Paul Skenes, perhaps the most interesting extension case in baseball, was a sneak peek of Extension Week. Now I’ll start a broader look at potential extension candidates, concentrating today on players whose value is less speculative: impending free agents. These players are, in general, less likely to sign an extension with…
Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed to cease “all supervision and examination activity” and “all stakeholder engagement,” effectively stopping the agency’s operations, in an email from the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, on Saturday evening. Mr. Vought, who was confirmed this week to lead the Office of…