The Minneapolis shooting shares characteristics with others the Journal reviewed: Agents box in a vehicle, try to remove an individual, block attempts to flee, then fire. Most law-enforcement organizations reserve boxing in a vehicle for high-risk felony stops. www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

America’s unemployment rate is low. But so is its job growth. That means many Americans are locked out of stable, full-time jobs, and many are struggling. “We just want work,” said Glenn Jones, who is on a waiting list for to drive for DoorDash. “Any work.” www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

China is practicing doing to Taiwan what the U.S. just did to Venezuela: imposing a blockade. Given Taiwan’s dominance producing the world’s most advanced semiconductors, that is a risk magnitudes more urgent than anything going on in America’s backyard, Greg Ip writes. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Venezuela's interior minister says 100 people died in U.S. attack reut.rs/3L8Fqye

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning to unveil an executive order aimed at making it easier for some businesses destroyed by last year’s Palisades fire to rebuild www.wsj.com/us-news/news...

A critical variable is whether this leads to democracy, as opposed to a grab for Venezuela’s oil resources. If the latter, then other Latin American countries will become increasingly wary of the U.S. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Also, their names translate roughly to Godgiven Hair and Vladimir Godfather. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Voters elected Trump because of the economy. Yesterday he told them we’ll be running Venezuela. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump has spoken of drugs, gangs and oil as reasons for deposing Venezuela's president. One thing he conspicuously hasn't mentioned: returning the country to democracy. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

'We Are Going to Run the Country': Trump Speaks on U.S. Capture of Venezuela's Maduro www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Watch France & Mexico. Mx: "Latin America & the Caribbean is a zone of peace, built on the basis of mutual respect, the peaceful settlement of disputes and the prohibition of the use and threat of force, so any military action seriously jeopardizes regional stability." www.axios.com/2026/01/03/m...

Go west, young man, and then stop halfway if you ever want to own a single-family home. www.wsj.com/economy/hous...

The SEC under Trump brought four enforcement actions in nine months against public companies. In the prior three months, under the Biden administration, it brought 52 enforcement actions against public companies. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Author of LAFD Palisades fire report declined to endorse final version, called it ‘highly unprofessional’ www.latimes.com/california/s...

A bear, a crawlspace and uncomfortable human smells. This story has it all. www.latimes.com/california/s...

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...

Swaths of the Permian Basin appear to be on the cusp of geological malfunction. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

It rained in Los Angeles. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Is DHS going to pay for the door that they exploded off the house of a guy who turned himself in and was immediately released? www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

With a deepening budget deficit, California is pressing pause on one of Gavin Newsom’s signature initiatives: Free healthcare for undocumented immigrants. The effort has provided ragebait for national conservatives and comprehensive coverage for 1.7 million people. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The situation underscores a broader truth about modern wealth. Some of the biggest fortunes are tied up in illiquid stakes or leveraged assets, or based on valuations that rely on private-market optimism. They often aren’t accessible as cash and can quickly disappear. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

A Chinese citizen who fled the country after gathering evidence of alleged human-rights violations against the nation’s Uyghur population is at risk of being returned there after being detained by ICE, his supporters said www.wsj.com/world/china/...

A person close to Trump said the president will want Paramount and Netflix to compete for his approval of a deal. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Three seconds can be an eternity in sports, where the betting odds can swing dramatically after a single score or injury. A spokesperson for Crypto.com said that the three-second delay “supports liquidity and fairness.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

After January’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires, community members toured the first rebuilt home in Pacific Palisades this weekend. “It’s a beautiful house,’” said one survivor. “But you don’t have any neighbors.”  www.wsj.com/us-news/near...

Ninety-one of the new billionaires inherited their wealth. “We’ve been talking about the great wealth transfer now for over a decade now, and you’re starting to see it come to fruition,” Mathews said. “I’d say we’re in the second inning of a nine-inning baseball game.” www.wsj.com/economy/bill...

Hiring by American businesses dropped last month, according to an estimate from payroll processor ADP www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

UPDATED: Through August 2025, tariff revenues since January 2025 totaled $149 billion, contributing just 8% of the projected 2025 federal deficit. Learn more from our tariff revenue tracker here: www.piie.com/research/pii...

Entering Afghan homes means being offered large meals. One family had prepared a whole feast for a Time Warner cable worker, Orange County's refugee director said. “They didn't understand why that person couldn’t stay to dine with them,” he said. laist.com/news/orange-...

President Trump is pushing for an intensified “reverse migration” agenda, seeking to broaden a crackdown on millions of immigrants from poorer countries in the U.S. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The high-seas cowboys who speed tons of cocaine to American consumers are now getting blown out of the water under Trump’s orders by the U.S. military. They say it won’t stop them. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Dealmakers and executives initially worried that the Trump administration’s populist bent could mean opposition to big mergers, particularly in tech. But corporate tie-ups are surging under Trump 2.0, thanks to looser antitrust enforcement. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S. are set to lose legal protections and work permits in February, after the Trump administration said it was taking a final step to end a program that allows them to remain in the country legally www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

“Adult political considerations and adult political objectives ultimately drive policy,” Ohio State education researcher Vladimir Kogan says. “It’s not that people don’t care about kids, but those considerations are of secondary importance.” nymag.com/intelligence...

“I’m fucked,” Larry Summers told Jeffrey Epstein in a 2018 email. www.wsj.com/us-news/larr...

California is home to more billionaires than any other state. Voters may have a chance next year to hit them with a 5% wealth tax. My story with @laurajnelson.bsky.social: www.wsj.com/business/cal...

Lobbyists are required to register with the government and disclose their funding. But influencers operate in a gray zone. “If Laura [tweets]…just because the U.S. government sees it and then decides to change their position, it doesn’t mean that’s lobbying.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Prince Andrew has said on various occasions in recent years that he regrets his association with Jeffrey Epstein. But in 2016 Jeffrey Epstein suggested he regretted his association with Prince Andrew.

All of BLS has been furloughed since October 1st. That means no one was collecting data in Oct. You can’t just walk into a Costco in mid-November and find out what the price of a good was in October. That’s why an October CPI isn’t possible.

I’m old enough to remember standing in line at a rec center gym on a spring day in 2021 to get my first Covid-19 shot. It was very emotional, a feeling of triumph over the terrifying and isolating force of the pandemic. Now we have to sign a dumb attestation that says insurance may not cover it.

Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

I sat down for lunch today at a hole-in-the-wall Thai place and noticed something unusual on television: a high-speed car chase, broadcast live on the local news. Little did I know, I'd stumbled upon a classic Los Angeles pastime. lamag.com/crimeinla/ho...

The crypto M.O., but for eugenics. www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

Before you play Wall Street’s new game, make sure you understand that it doesn’t follow the old rules. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Consumer sentiment has dropped below the lows it hit in the spring, after President Trump first rolled out steep new global tariffs. www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

Electric trucks were supposed to be Detroit’s answer to Tesla. Ford executives are now discussing whether to scrap the electric version of its F-150 pickup, which has seen weak demand and lost money. www.wsj.com/business/aut...

Employers said they cut more than a million jobs so far this year, a sharp rise in job losses compared with the same period last year, according to a new report www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Election Day 2025: Zohran Mamdani Wins New York Mayor's Race www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

With compensation of $30.2 million, Alphabet president of global affairs J. Kent Walker Jr. is the highest paid in-house lawyer among S&P500 firms. He's followed by Broadcom’s Mark Brazeal ($29 million) and Apple's Katherine Adams. news.bloomberglaw.com/mergers-and-...

Banks have become less likely to lend to companies exposed to international trade than they were at the beginning of the year, according to the Fed's quarterly survey of senior loan officers. www.federalreserve.gov/data/documen...