News Room

During the darkest days of the pandemic, I couldn’t shake the grim fear that vaccines would never be enough to stem what had become a daily mass-casualty event. L.A.'s hospitals were running low on oxygen, ambulances were forced to wait for hours before unloading patients, and air quality regulations had to be lifted so crematoriums could process the backlog of bodies.

Patrick Harker, president & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, is helping to set U.S. monetary policy. Washington Post economics correspondent Heather Long will address with Harker the debate over increasing interest rates to keep the post-COVID-19 economy from overheating, and investing in education and skill programs to bolster the U.S. workforce. Join Washington Post Live on Friday, May 21 at 12:00pm ET.

The cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline has shown the vulnerability of energy infrastructure in the United States. We talk with supply chain expert Prof. Robert Handfield of N.C. State University and Gary Harris of the N.C. Petroleum Marketers Association about how we can keep our infrastructure safe.

Amid spiraling violence sparked by clashes in Jerusalem, a familiar sound has returned to southern Israel: the blare of rocket sirens and the explosions of Iron Dome interceptors.

Want to know where this money is heading, as the US federal government has invested billions of dollars in taxpayers to run technology programs? A new study identifies ways to reduce federal spending on the implementation of these taxpayer-funded technology programs.