Hedge funds usually like to take advantage of stock-market unrest. Lately, they have helped spread it instead.

After Trump threatened to turn his back on Ukraine, Britain and France urged Kyiv to back down.

The former climate envoy said President Trump’s attempts to undermine the energy transition will harm efforts to keep the U.S. at the forefront of global infrastructure and manufacturing.

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Some scientists say the for-profit industry’s fast growth makes it harder to police fraud and low-quality work.

The president sought to boost the electric-car maker’s fortunes with a photo-op outside the White House.

Paul Kiernan is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering the U.S. economy out of Washington, D.C., with a focus on immigration and labor. He also contributes to coverage of the Federal ...

Worries about a trade war, signs of flagging growth and splinters in the AI trade are pressuring U.S. shares.

Newly minted Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivered the Democratic response to President Trump’s speech, saying that the ...

We’re just minutes away from the speech. White House reporter Annie Linskey is the main anchor tonight, joined by Journal ...

(Adapted from “The US Economy Depends More Than Ever On Rich People,” by Rachel Louise Ensign, published on February 23, 2025 ...