Congressional committees this week begin drafting tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to pay for a $3.5 trillion social policy bill, but the targets are putting up a fight. Many pandemic-era federal programs expired on Sunday, leaving jobless New Yorkers with more modest state unemployment benefits, or no aid at all. Inflation has surged across advanced economies. The shared experience underlines that price gains come from temporary drivers — for now. “The nation and the world are in peril,” the president said during a stop in a hard-hit borough of New York City. “And that’s not hyperbole. That is a fact.” A red-hot economy, wildfire smoke from California and the shriveling of the Great Salt Lake are making Utah’s alarming pollution even worse. The ruling, which sets a precedent for the legalization of abortion nationwide, follows years of efforts by a growing women’s movement in Mexico. House Democrats urged the Justice Department to prosecute anyone who tries to sue those who help women seeking abortions. The Taliban’s violent response to the latest demonstration, which included hundreds of women in Kabul, was another sign that they will not tolerate peaceful dissent in Afghanistan. Many of the acting cabinet ministers appointed Tuesday have played similar roles within the Taliban for years, but there were some surprises. The Gulf state played a major role in the American airlift, the latest evidence of the small but gas-rich country punching above its weight on the world stage. In a new petition, lawyers for James P. Spears wrote that if the singer “believes that she can handle her own life, Mr. Spears believes that she should get that chance.” At universities, some instructors are finding the return to the classroom a nerve-racking experience. A few have quit — one in the middle of class. 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When I arrived at the office, the reality that awaited me was the one I’d never imagined: the best-case scenario. Restaurants whose plans were put on hold by the pandemic finally emerge, while global powerhouses gain footholds in Manhattan. With all the aggravation associated with flying these days, airport designers are hoping to calm things down with outdoor spaces, wide-open views, less noise and even foliage. Even at her peak, she was hugely famous but never especially cool. But maybe we’re finally ready to heed her whispered call to awaken. Now that most of the fighting is over, the group is turning to the task of building a government. Our journalists will speak with designers, editors, C.E.O.s and influencers from around the world — beginning with an event on Sept. 9 with Anna Wintour. The Illinois Democrat served a decade in the United States Senate: “It was ordained at birth that I would go into a life of public service.” Annalena Baerbock, the 40-year-old candidate for the Green Party, is likely to have a say in Germany’s next government, no matter who wins this month’s election. A huge manhunt has failed to find six Palestinian prisoners who escaped an Israeli jail early on Monday morning. A flurry of litigation by advocacy groups seeks to combat what they say is a rise in deceptive marketing by food giants. The Washington school canceled online and hybrid classes for a second day after shutting down its network. Gilbert N. Michaels, of West Los Angeles, Calif., preyed on tens of thousands of small businesses and charities by overcharging them for toner they didn’t need, federal prosecutors said. An intubated patient was prescribed the deworming drug by his doctor. 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