Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts. By Emily Badger and Sheera Frenkel The federal government knows your mother’s maiden ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has dramatically expanded its work with Palantir, elevating the company cofounded by Trump ally Peter Thiel as the government’s go-to software developer.

“Flying blind amidst heavy fog is a dangerous proposition,” one economist said about the risks of a lapse in official statistics. By Ben Casselman The monthly jobs report on Friday is expected to ...