New federal judiciary data show that President Donald Trump’s stepped-up immigration enforcement has become a major driver of rising caseloads in U.S. federal courts, reversing a prior-year lull and reshaping what judges…
Federal Reserve officials are starting to assess how an expanding U.S.-Iran conflict could affect the American economy—and investors are already reacting by pushing expectations for interest-rate cuts further into the future. The…
The U.S. Treasury Department is ending all use of Anthropic products—including its Claude AI platform—after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop working with the company. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced…
President Donald Trump’s decision to launch strikes against Iran—coordinated with Israel—represents the most consequential foreign-policy gamble of his second term, one that could either reinforce U.S. deterrence or spiral into a regional…
President Donald Trump is traveling to Corpus Christi, Texas, to promote his economic and energy agenda at a moment when his political influence is being tested by competitive Republican primary races and…
A Wall Street Journal analysis argues that Donald Trump has moved quickly to dominate the “culture wars” in his second term—using highly visible institutions and public symbols to project power—and that the…
After winning Olympic gold in Milano-Cortina, the U.S. women’s ice hockey team found itself at the center of a culture-and-politics crossover that quickly spilled beyond sports. The team declined an invitation to…
Families of victims from the January 2025 midair collision near Washington, D.C., joined lawmakers in urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a major aviation safety measure intended to prevent a…
President Donald Trump says his administration has instructed major technology companies to build their own power plants to supply electricity for their fast-growing data center fleets, arguing the move is needed to…
The Wall Street Journal’s year-one snapshot of President Trump’s second-term economy paints a picture of uneven performance: some headline indicators look stable or even strong, but several underlying pressures—especially jobs, housing, and…
