The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People

The highest-earning 10% of Americans have increased their spending far beyond inflation. Everyone else hasn’t.

7 Takeaways from Trump’s Speech to Congress

President marked his disruptive return to Washington with an unapologetic address

Trump Threatens to Pull Funding From Universities Over Protests

Legal experts say holding back federal financing would violate First Amendment protections

Five Things to Watch in Trump’s Address to Congress

The president says he will ‘TELL IT LIKE IT IS’ in a State of the Union-style speech Tuesday evening

How Germany’s AfD Harnessed Social Media

The far-right group has learned to communicate in a country where traditional media no longer shape public opinion

U.S. Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine

Move comes days after contentious meeting between Trump and Zelensky

Washington’s Embrace of Putin Aims to Drive Wedge Between Moscow and Beijing

Unlike Nixon and Kissinger’s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West

Zelensky, Who Stood Up to Putin, Now Refuses to Bow to Trump

The Ukrainian leader, who relies on his own instincts, clashed with the U.S. president over how to secure a lasting peace

After 150 Years of Friendship, the U.S. and Canada Come to Blows

Tariff threats and talk of making Canada the 51st state have unleashed rancor and instability into one of the world’s most powerful partnerships

Trump and Zelensky Both Suffer Setbacks After Oval Office Blowup

Display of disunity risks emboldening Russia’s Vladimir Putin in negotiations to end the war

Fewer Than 10 Jews Live in Syria. A Diaspora Is Edging Back.

Émigrés hope the battered country—sometimes a haven, sometimes a persecutor—can again be home under the new government

Extracting Ukraine’s Minerals Won’t Be Easy. Getting Near Them Will Be Even Harder.

Limited infrastructure, out-of-date maps and corruption hindered efforts to mine in the country even before the war

Imprisoned Kurdish Militant Leader Calls on Followers to Disarm After 40 Years of Conflict

ISTANBUL—An imprisoned Kurdish militant leader urged his followers on Thursday to give up their weapons, opening an opportunity to defuse a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people in recent decades, and destabilized Turkey and the wider Middle East. Abdullah Öcalan , the leader and founder of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known […]

Trump Plans Another 10% Tariff on Products From China

WASHINGTON—The U.S. next week will impose an additional 10% tariff on imports from China over its role in the fentanyl trade, President Trump said. The move, slated to take effect Tuesday, doubles up on the previous 10% of additional tariffs the president placed on Chinese products earlier this month. In a Thursday post on his […]

Why We Are Getting Worse at Grieving

Americans are exhausted by a string of tragedies and want to move on. Do we have a duty to care?

Ukraine Agrees to Mineral-Rights Deal With U.S.

Trump says he will meet Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

European Leaders Seek to Perfect the Art of Trump Whispering

France’s Macron and others are mobilizing to cajole Trump into preserving trans-Atlantic ties.

The Hottest Job in a World at War: Gun-for-Hire

A new breed of veterans from Latin America and Asia patrols front lines for a salary, idealism or the thrill of combat

Divorce Is Being Politicized in China—and Trapping Women in Abusive Marriages

Beaten wives are denied divorce or help as police and judges dismiss their pain; ‘Every couple might fight’

Released Gaza Hostages Face Long, Wrenching Recoveries

Nightmares, injuries and survivor’s guilt haunt former captives; ‘my body is still tense’