SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
Some golden age.
Job growth is weak. Inflation is strong. The outlook is deteriorating. And the headwinds are blowing from Washington, D.C.
Whether you blame President Donald Trump’s unorthodox tariff and immigration policies or a slow-footed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, the federal government is not doing the economy any favors these days.
The United States began the year...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
Reform U.K. Leader Nigel Farage testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on September 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. - Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Nigel Farage told a House committee that American citizens faced the risk of arrest if they traveled to the United Kingdom after making social media posts that fall foul of British...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
World Liberty Financial co-founders, including Eric Trump, rang the Nasdaq opening bell last month. - Paola Chapdelaine for WSJ
The Trump family notched as much as $5 billion in paper wealth on Monday after its flagship crypto venture opened trading of a new digital currency.
The launch is akin to an initial public offering, in which the cryptocurrency, called WLFI,...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
Ex-US NSA Jake Sullivan.
Former American NSA Jake Sullivan has accused US President Donald Trump of sacrificing ties with India to boost his family's business deals in Pakistan. The Biden-era official called the sabotaging of ties with India "one of the most underreported aspects of Trump's foreign policy".
Sullivan, a former US National Security Advisor and attorney, was being...
AUGUST 1, 2025
China SCO. - Alexander Kazakov
TIANJIN, China — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of deepening ties when New Delhi’s relations with Washington are strained over the purchase of Russian oil.
The two leaders held talks after attending the key session of the Shanghai...
AUGUST 30, 2025
You can enroll in the Extended Security Updates program, and there's a way to do it for free. NurPhoto via Getty Images
Microsoft is about to pull the plug on Windows 10. Support for the decade-old operating system is scheduled to end on October 14, and users are encouraged to upgrade to Windows 11.
However, we're less than two months...
AUGUST 30, 2025
Micheál Martin speaks with Donald Trump during the taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day visit to the White House in March - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America
Open the welcome book at Shannon Airport – thick with the pleasantries of visiting dignitaries – and you’ll find a rare pairing, a few lines apart.
“To all our friends at Shannon, with gratitude...
AUGUST 30, 2025
Plastic water bottle left in a hot car. - Linnea Bullion/ For TWP
The question
Is it true that you should not drink from plastic water bottles left in a hot car?
The science
Microplastics — plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters — are in our food, water, clothing, personal care products, cosmetics and environment.
And plastic water bottles.
Under certain circumstances, these bottles, particularly...
AUGUST 30, 2025
President Trump Holds Cabinet Meeting. - Aaron Schwartz / CNP / Bloomberg via Getty Images / Aaron Schwartz - Pool via CNP
A federal appeals court said Friday that many of the sweeping tariffs imposed by President Trump on dozens of countries earlier this year are not legally permissible.
The ruling will not immediately block the tariffs, but it marks a significant...
AUGUST 30, 2025
Consumers, shippers and small businesses domestic and abroad are in flux as an exemption that allowed low-cost goods to enter the United States duty-free came to an end.
For nearly a century, the de minimis rule allowed merchandise worth $800 or less to bypass import tax. But it expired at 12:01 a.m. Friday, meaning such shipments are now...
