Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters as he boards the Senate subway in the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander said on Tuesday that he had failed to reach an agreement with Democrats on a bipartisan …

Brett Gunlock | Bloomberg | Getty Images Patrick Pichette, chief financial officer of Google. Twitter has added another longtime Google executive to its board of directors: Patrick Pichette, who served as Google’s CFO from 2008 until summer of 2015. Pichette will replace Hugh Johnston, the CFO of Pepsi, who joined …

Shannon Stapleton | Reuters United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 19, 2017. On cue, the U.N. Global Compact this week will be issuing a set of standards for compliance and a blueprint for leadership that will …

China’s latest crackdown on bitcoin will likely shut down the local industry around the digital currency for good, several analysts said. “I see the crackdown on bitcoin as part of this larger multi-agency program to reduce financial sector risk, which will unfold over months and probably years,” said Jim Stent, …

Not every audience member will have the same experience or encounter the same characters. So here’s a chance to meet six “KPOP” performers. And true to the art form, some are experienced, others are novices, and not all of them are Korean. Photo Jason Tam, who doesn’t speak Korean, learned …

Getty Images FedEx delivery person, Chris Aniemeka, delivers packages on the day the company announced they plan to purchase TNT Express NV on April 7, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Shares of FedEx fell in extended trading after the company lowered its fiscal 2018 forecast on Tuesday. The shipping giant said …

Photo The artist Mel Ziegler in Nashville, with his wall of Mount Rushmore-related souvenirs collected there and across the United States. Credit Jake Giles Netter for The New York Times They call Mount Rushmore the “Shrine of Democracy”: four presidents blasted out of the face of a granite escarpment in …

Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Sabrina Ellis, Director of Product Management at Google, speaks about the new Pixel phone during the presentation of new Google hardware in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 4, 2016. One possible interesting feature of Google’s upcoming Pixel 2 smartphone: You might be able to squeeze it …

Michael S. Williamson | The Washington Post | Getty Images A file photo of the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. A fire broke out on Tuesday at Valero Energy’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, one of the cities along the Gulf Coast that saw the most severe damage from …

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A revolver sits on display in the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. booth on the exhibition floor of the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits. Shares of Sturm Ruger surged Tuesday after a Reuters report, citing senior U.S. officials, said …