Linda McMahon Trump Brings His Own Prize to Japan's Sumo ChampionshipThe Wall Street Journal. - Vivian SalamaTOKYO—Japan’s ancient sporting tradition is getting an infusion of the Trump brand Sunday when President Trump becomes the first American leader to present a trophy to the winner of a sumo wrestling tournament
World News Venezuela Negotiators Agree to New Round of TalksThe Wall Street Journal. - Kejal VyasBoth sides of Venezuela’s political divide agreed to hold a new round of negotiations, Norway’s foreign ministry said Saturday, as Oslo looks to mediate a solution to the South American nation’s political
Purdue Pharma In Newly Released Deposition, OxyContin Owner Defends Response to Reports of AbuseThe Wall Street Journal. - Sara RandazzoRichard Sackler, an owner of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, received an email from a friend in 2002 detailing what the friend called some “items of interest.” The friend, an anesthesiologist, mentioned
Fiat Chrysler Fiat Chrysler, Renault in Talks for Wide-Ranging Tie-UpThe Wall Street Journal. - Liz Hoffman, Christina Rogers, Cara LombardoFiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Renault SA are in talks for a wide-ranging tie-up that could include joining large portions of their businesses, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that
World News Hamburger Hill Veterans Find Peace on BattlefieldThe Wall Street Journal. - Andrew TangelIn May 1969, Chuck Vander Luitgaren was one of hundreds of American soldiers who fought in the Battle of Hamburger Hill, one of the major engagements of the Vietnam War. This week, after half a century,
Iran Iran Prepared to Defend Itself After U.S. Sends Troops to RegionThe Wall Street Journal. - Benoit Faucon, Sune Engel RasmussenIran would be prepared to respond to a possible confrontation with the U.S. after the Trump administration dispatched troops to the region and arranged the sale of billions of dollars in weapons to its
Business Judge Bars Bud Light From Suggesting Rival Beers Contain Corn SyrupThe Wall Street Journal. - Nat IvesA judge on Friday temporarily barred Bud Light from suggesting in its advertising that rival beers Coors Light and Miller Lite contain corn syrup. The decision granted parts of a preliminary injunction
Michigan Legislature Judicial Gerrymander RebukeThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardMaybe the Supreme Court is getting tired of lower courts that try to usurp its authority. Behold the High Court’s unanimous stay on Friday of two appellate-court decisions that jumped an imminent Supreme
World News As Europe Votes, Moderates See a Lesson in Austrian ScandalThe Wall Street Journal. - Bojan PancevskiVIENNA—The intrigue that split up Austria’s coalition government this week has already grown into a cautionary tale told by political moderates about the risks of associating with ascendant far-right In
U.S. Politics Labor Unions Take Their Time in Choosing Candidates to EndorseThe Wall Street Journal. - Ken Thomas, Michelle HackmanWASHINGTON—National labor unions are taking their time sizing up 2020 candidates after some members criticized their leaders’ 2016 endorsement decisions as rushed. The American Federation of Teachers holding
It Wouldn't Be a Family Reunion Without This Herd of MustangsThe Wall Street Journal. - A.J. BaimeDaniel Speed, 58, a rocket technician from Rockledge, Fla., on his family’s Ford Mustangs, as told to A.J. Baime. When my seven brothers and sisters and I were growing up in Valdosta, Ga., in the early
Measles Ready for Summer Camp? Measles Shots Now Required for ManyThe Wall Street Journal. - Melanie Grayce WestThis summer, the most important part of the camp checklist for many New Yorkers is proof of measles immunization. Parents have been warned that their children could be turned away if they don’t have it.
Mario Draghi Haggling Begins Over Who Will Succeed ECB's Mario DraghiThe Wall Street Journal. - Tom FairlessThe continent’s leaders are preparing for weeks of politically-charged haggling to determine who runs its top institutions including, most critically for investors, Mario Draghi’s successor as European
Gina Haspel Under CIA Chief Haspel, an Intelligence Service Returns to the ShadowsThe Wall Street Journal. - Warren P. StrobelWASHINGTON—At a gala dinner in February to raise funds for the families of Central Intelligence Agency officers killed in the line of duty, CIA Director Gina Haspel surprised her audience by delving into
Investing The Swiss Surfer Behind $2 Billion Payments StartupThe Wall Street Journal. - Peter RudegeairThe newest face of the payments frenzy that has investors cheering and bank bosses scrambling is a 37-year-old Swiss surfer who dropped out of college to ride waves up and down the California coast. Guillaume
Business 'Generation Jobless' Looks Back on How Financial Crisis Shaped CareersThe Wall Street Journal. - Chip Cutter, Lauren WeberJohn Dodge never planned a career in insurance. The financial meltdown 10 years ago pushed him into it. Mr. Dodge was a senior at Louisiana State University in 2009, majoring in marketing and hoping to
War Civil War Battlefields Lose Ground as Tourist DrawsThe Wall Street Journal. - Cameron McWhirterOnce a tourism staple for many Southern states and a few Northern ones, destinations related to the 1860s war are drawing fewer visitors. Historians point to recent fights over Confederate monuments and
Huawei Huawei's Yearslong Rise Is Littered With Accusations of Theft and Dubious EthicsThe Wall Street Journal. - Chuin-Wei Yap, Dan Strumpf, Dustin Volz, Kate O’Keeffe, Aruna ViswanathaOn a summer evening in 2004, as the Supercomm tech conference in Chicago wound down, a middle-aged Chinese visitor began wending his way through the nearly abandoned booths, popping open million-dollar
Technology Wall Street Isn't Buying What Silicon Valley Is SellingThe Wall Street Journal. - Eliot BrownSilicon Valley is pumping out giant startups with expansive visions, but Wall Street isn’t sold. It isn’t just Uber Technologies Inc. whose public performance has looked grim compared with its private
North Korea Bolton Says North Korea Missile Tests Broke U.N. BanThe Wall Street Journal. - Alastair GaleTOKYO—North Korea violated United Nations’ restrictions by testing ballistic missiles recently, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said, breaking with an effort by the Trump administration to down
Investing First American Financial Exposed Customers' DataThe Wall Street Journal. - Geoffrey RogowReal estate title insurance company First American Financial Corp. may have given unauthorized access to customers’ financial information. The firm said it learned of a design defect on Friday in one its
U.S. Politics Trump's Border-Wall Plans Blocked by Federal JudgeThe Wall Street Journal. - Brent Kendall, Louise RadnofskyA federal judge late Friday dealt a blow to the White House’s plans to build a wall along the southern U.S. border, blocking Trump administration officials from moving forward on construction projects
U.S. Politics Migrant Concerns Lead to Official's OusterThe Wall Street Journal. - Louise Radnofsky, Alicia A. CaldwellPresident Trump has ousted L. Francis Cissna as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and is tapping former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to replace him, White House officials
Uber Uber's First Hired Employee, Ryan Graves, Is Leaving the BoardThe Wall Street Journal. - Scott AustinRyan Graves, Uber Technologies Inc.’s first hired employee and one of its longest standing directors, is leaving the board two weeks after the company’s initial public offering cemented his status as paper
Julian Assange Assange, Espionage and the PressThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardAfter Julian Assange was indicted Thursday under the 1917 Espionage Act, the news was played as an escalation in President Trump’s war on the press—a “direct assault” on the First Amendment. There’s reason
John Walker Lindh Remembering Mike SpannThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardMany Americans were shocked to learn that John Walker Lindh stepped out of an Indiana prison a free man on Thursday, after 17 years behind bars. Dubbed the “American Taliban,” Lindh spent his teenage in
Brexit Party The Tories After Theresa MayThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardPrime Minister Theresa May finally gave up her dogged hold on power, announcing Friday that she’ll leave 10 Downing Street on June 7 after failing to deliver Britain’s departure from the European Union.
Prabowo Subianto Riots in JakartaThe Wall Street Journal. - The Editorial BoardThe strength of Indonesian democracy was on display last month in elections that gave President Joko Widodo a second five-year term. But that vibrancy became a target this week when riotous thugs threw
Abortion Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi's 'Heartbeat' Abortion LawThe Wall Street Journal. - Jacob Gershman, Jake HollandA federal judge on Friday blocked Mississippi from enforcing a new state law that would have effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, finding the statute in clear violation of Supreme
Business United Airlines Deepens Commitment to Colombia's AviancaThe Wall Street Journal. - Alison SiderUnited Continental Holdings Inc. said it is prepared to lend money to Avianca Holdings SA, part of a deal that would sideline the Colombian air carrier’s biggest shareholder and could help solidify the
