Ed Pinto and Tobias Peter propose a better way to satisfy housing needs than the 50-year mortgage.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-make-starter-homes-great-again-mortgage-50-year-1936ab70
John Ellis replies to two critics.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-academy-fails-the-first-step-of-recovery-receivership-john-ellis-cc6d0a37
The Financial Accounting Standard 123R requires firms to charge stock options against earnings—to ill effect.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-accounting-rule-stifling-profit-sharing-company-wealth-6682f6bb
…but Reagan is still the GOAT.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-a-tax-cutter-221ee41a
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pepperand-salt-020b9c21
The president moved to lower duties on beef, coffee and dozens of other goods, as he looks for ways to address Americans’ concerns about the cost of living.https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trump-implements-major-rollback-of-food-tariffs-f575c75d
Widely anticipated labor data starts catch-up on backlogged economic reports after shutdown ended.https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/september-jobs-report-coming-thursday-after-government-reopens-f15d5f54
A large-scale trade war has been averted, but uncertainty remains high about government policies that can affect the financial system, the European Central Bank vice president said.https://www.wsj.com/articles/threats-to-eurozone-financial-stability-remain-elevated-says-ecbs-de-guindos-ee4e440e
Aside from reducing tariffs, President Trump faces limits in his ability to bring down prices.https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/trump-cost-of-living-prices-8e08798d
Real gross domestic product shrank 0.4% on a quarter-over-quarter basis, further complicating the timeline of the central bank’s next interest-rate hike.https://www.wsj.com/economy/japans-economy-contracts-for-first-time-in-six-quarters-4ef4a0a6
A recent WSJ-NORC poll found many Americans are comfortable pessimists: financially comfortable themselves but concerned about the economy’s future. See where you fit in.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/economic-outlook-sentiment-poll-quiz-99d71df8
New disclosures show that Kugler made several stock transactions that violated Fed policies and prompted an ethics probe.https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/kugler-resignation-from-fed-board-followed-disclosures-of-improper-stock-trades-336bf52c
Plus, the costly quest for kids, antidepressant misconceptions and the rise and fall of the 40-hour workweek, in this edition of the WSJ Weekend Reads newsletter.https://www.wsj.com/economy/americans-are-addicted-to-cheap-stuff-e30da4d4
The President granted two hundred and thirty-eight pardons and commutations in his first term; less than a year into his second, he has issued nearly two thousand.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/the-meaning-of-trumps-presidential-pardons
The magazine’s first pop-music critic was never afraid to be overtaken by unexpected delight, even if it came at the expense of some preëxisting skepticism.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/takes/hanif-abdurraqib-on-ellen-willis-elvis-review
As af Klint’s fame has grown, so have the questions—about what she believed, whom she worked with, and who should be allowed to speak in her name.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/the-strange-afterlife-of-hilma-af-klint-paintings-posthumous-star
Even in cases like Luigi Mangione’s, the intentions of assassins are dwarfed by the meanings we project onto them.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/the-mystery-of-the-political-assassin
The team lately seems to have found that elusive balance of confidence and calm, accountability and community. Where did it come from?https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-new-new-england-patriots
On Sunday, a foot patrol of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was targeted by an Israeli army Merkava tank from an Israeli position in Lebanese territory.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/11/1166378
Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half years after the full-scale invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/11/1166360