The G.O.P. Continues to Slip

Almost every election night this year has gone poorly for Republicans — a familiar position for the party that occupies the White House.

By Nate Cohn

Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, the Latest Sign of a Slowdown

Data from ADP, a payroll processor, is getting added attention because of delays in official statistics caused by the government shutdown.

By Ben Casselman

Those Sky-High Bitcoin Prices Everyone Said Were Here to Stay? They Left.

Bitcoin has plunged more than 30 percent and Ether is down around 40 percent in recent months, as gains from President Trump’s pro-crypto policies evaporated.

By David Yaffe-Bellany and Kailyn Rhone

Guest Essay

The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.

Compared to human drivers, Waymo cars were involved in 91 percent fewer crashes that resulted in serious injuries.

By Jonathan Slotkin

18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in America

The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan’s TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United States.

By Peter S. Goodman and Loren Elliott