The Wall Street Journal
Williams Sees Room for ‘Near-Term’ Rate Cut
A top Federal Reserve official said another interest-rate reduction “in the near term” could be warranted to bring rates closer to a neutral setting that neither spurs nor slows growth, leading investors to boost expectations of a December rate cut.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
How Taco Bell Knows Exactly What You Want to Eat at 2 a.m.
Liz Matthews is considered the GOAT of new product ideas, testing hundreds to develop viral hits like Doritos Locos Tacos and Baja Blast
6 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Summers's Power Delayed Fallout Over Epstein Ties
Former Treasury secretary’s clout long insulated him from repercussions
8 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
WHAT TO GIVE: MUSIC
STEVEN BLIER was 13 when he discovered his calling as an accompanist. His memoir, \"From Ear to Ear\" (Norton, 280 pages, $29.99), recounts his lifelong \"love affair with song.\" As a headstrong piano student, he made rapid if idiosyncratic progress.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Songs of the Earth
The Poems of Seamus Heaney
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Pushes a Hamas-Free 'Green Zone'
American engineers are planning new communities for Israeli-run Gaza areas
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Visit Lifts the Saudi Prince
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman emerged from a recent White House visit as, in President Trump’s view, the undisputed leader of the Arab world.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Sanctions Roil Oil Markets
Restrictions reshape global supply lines and test Moscow’s ability to sell crude
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Why China Still Can't Tolerate Christians and Other Believers
Recent arrests highlight Beijing’s deep ideological hostility to religious life, which flourishes even in the face of repression.
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Sharing Data About Friendliness Helps Young People Make Friends
Don't be shy: Others are more open than you think.
2 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
She Won Over Toyoda-san To Land First U.S. Factory
The only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky was a rising star until her husband was convicted of extortion, ending her political career.
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Following a Wandering Star
JOHN LENNON'S observation that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus earned him full immersion in fire and brimstone, though he might have also been accused of understatement. Timothy Leary, the Harvard professor and LSD apostle, took a more expansive view, insisting that the Fab Four were “mutants” and “prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God” to create “a young race of laughing freemen.”
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
A Pathologically Restless Man
True Nature
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
A Tale of the Holiday Table
DESPITE ITS MANY PLEASURES, Thanksgiving is often challenged by at least one problem guest.
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Warrior and Witness
IN 431 B.C., Athens and Sparta went to war. Nearly 50 years earlier, in 480 B.C., the two cities had united to lead the Hellenic alliance that repelled a Persian invasion. In the mostly peaceful decades that followed, Athens became a wealthy empire.
5 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
A Profitable Pose
'And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but / The truth in masquerade.' -LORD BYRON
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Are Stocks a Better Bet Than Social Security?
Don't let social media’s latest hot take on investing lead you astray on timing your retirement benefits
3 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Why America Is a ‘Creedal Nation’
Democracy is a powerful and dangerous force, as America and the European democracies are discovering. Elites on both sides of the Atlantic haven’t done a very good job of handling it.
8 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
The Man With the Gavel at Sotheby's
Oliver Barker auctioned Gustav Klimt and Frida Kahlo paintings this past week at record-setting prices
5 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Inside the World of AI Song-Making: Big Hits And a Seven-Figure Deal
At least 10 songs made with music-generating technology have charted recently.
4 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Ubisoft Shares Climb as Partnerships Lift Company's Sales
Ubisoft Entertainment shares climbed after trading resumed following a weeklong suspension, as the videogame maker posted higher sales for its fiscal second quarter due to — stronger-than-expected partnerships and a robust back catalog.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Paramount Wins Bid For Soccer In Europe
Paramount Skydance won most media rights to show soccer’s UEFA Champions League in the U.K. and Germany, securing prized live-sports properties in an auction that raised 10 billion euros, equivalent to $11.53 billion.
1 min |
November 22, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
The Tumbleweed Takeover
How a noxious foreign invader snuck its way into the soil of the Great Plains and became a botanic nightmare for nearly a dozen western states.
5 min |
November 22, 2025
Los Angeles Times
In shakeup, ax falls on Lakers execs Joey and Jesse Buss
Buss said in a statement to ESPN, which first broke the story.
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
U.S., Russia draft a peace plan with concessions by Ukraine
The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that calls for major concessions from Kyiv, according to a person familiar with the matter, including granting some demands the Kremlin has made repeatedly since the full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago.
4 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Feds monitoring, detaining drivers
A secretive Border Patrol program is focused on 'suspicious' travel patterns in U.S.
7 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Five reasons the GOP is finally bucking Trump
PRESIDENT TRUMP's tight grip on the GOP, long assumed to be an inevitable feature of American life (like gravity or the McRib’s seasonal return), has started to loosen.
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Tax credit draws TV shows back to California
More than a dozen TV shows were awarded production incentives for filming in California, including several that are relocating from other states, such as action series “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and a reboot of “Baywatch.”
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
‘Great Escaper’ pairs actors who move us to remember
PBS film starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson tells a real-life veteran story.
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Fast food struggles with a loss of low-income patrons
In the early 2000s — amid slowing sales growth and tumbling stock prices — McDonald's orchestrated a major turnaround with the introduction of its Dollar Menu.
5 min |