What the outgoing administration might be thinking about a world it’s leaving in chaos.

Ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) got a standing ovation from Democrats when she voted for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.). Jeffries was the leader of the House Democrats after ...

The nature of the rate spike probably means that it won’t disrupt the Federal Reserve’s balance-sheet-reduction plans, says Bill Dudley, former president of the New York Fed.

The Wall Street Journal points out that many U.S. employers are demoting their middle managers. In many states they can do that with impunity. In Canada, such demotions would be a constructive ...

How magnificent have the Mag-7 stocks been? Enough to blow up a long-term winning trade embraced by many retail investors.

Ahead of the House speaker vote, conservatives circulated a memo detailing what it cast as failures of the 118th Congress. Those included passage of a roughly [$200 billion measure extending Social Se ...

Things I’ve learned from Lincoln, C.S. Lewis, David Foster Wallace, and my friend’s grandmother.

The Chief calls out the growing threats of violence against judges.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) doubled down on a conservative plan to reduce government spending with new proposals outlined in an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal. “Federal spending is out of ...

That is the share of total retail-sales growth captured by Walmart, Amazon and Costco in recent quarters. Heard on the Street's Jinjoo Lee breaks down how the largest names in retail are tightening ...

U.S. stock indexes slipped on Thursday as Wall Street’s weak end to last year carried into 2025. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% to extend the four-day losing streak that dimmed the close of its stellar 2024.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are starting 2025 with gains on Thursday. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% in morning trading and was ...