Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Representative Kevin Brady, a Republican from Texas and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, left, holds up a ‘Simple, Fair ‘Postcard’ Tax Filing’ card while making an opening statement next to ranking member Representative Richard Neal, right, during a markup hearing …

The migrants, whose story Ms. Lee tells in “Pachinko,” congregated in slums and performed mostly low-paid labor. Discrimination was rampant. The eventual liberation of their homeland at the end of World War II was a mixed blessing: No longer subjects of the Japanese emperor, Koreans lost the right to reside …

Bandar Algaloud | Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court | Reuters Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a reception ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017. President Donald Trump praised Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz in a Tweet on …

Photo Killian Scott in the new USA series “Damnation.” Credit Chris Large/USA Network You can read the title of the USA drama “Damnation” a couple of ways — damn nation, damned nation — that both work. It’s hard to figure out what this odd, bordering on bizarre historical something or …

Getty Images House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) holds up an example of the ‘postcard-sized’ form he wants people to use when filing their taxes during a markup session of the proposed GOP tax reform legislation in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 6, …

It’s unusual for a debut author to be showered in such over-the-top accolades and compared to literary masters. But then again, Mr. Weiner, 52, has hardly been laboring in obscurity. In a screenwriting career that spans more than 20 years, he’s been a creative force behind some of our era’s …

Goldman Sachs expects bitcoin will hit new records, despite a roughly $600 drop in the digital currency from all-time highs. “The market has shown evidence of an impulsive rally since breaking above 6,044,” Sheba Jafari, vice president on the bank’s FICC Market Strats team, said in a Sunday note. “Next …

Balint Porneczi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The General Electric Co. (GE) logo sits on a GE Aviation CF6-80C jet engine as it hangs from the wing. General Electric is exploring options for its aircraft leasing operations, including the sale of all or part of that business, as the company’s …

Photo Preeti Vasudevan (hands covered in flour) talked and danced in “Stories by Hand” at New York Live Arts. Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times “I struggle with English,” the dancer Preeti Vasudevan told an audience at New York Live Arts on Thursday, speaking eloquently in English. The problem, she …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, arrives to the U.S. Courthouse for a bond hearing in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. The value of Paul Manafort’s apartment in New York’s Trump Tower is at issue in the prosecution of …