The Wall Street Journal

From Patriots to Himars, these are the U.S. weapons systems Ukraine’s military relies on.

Tariffs that went into effect Tuesday are already making waves in the U.S. economy, with businesses rushing to figure out how to deal with them.

As tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China hit across the board, consumers are likely to see higher prices on items from avocados and cherry tomatoes to tequila and toys.

Heard on the Street: Stocks fell sharply Monday and again on Tuesday after President Trump said there was "no room left" for Canada or Mexico to avert steep tariffs.

Starbucks is replacing its top finance executive, plucking Nordstrom CFO Cathy Smith from the department-store chain, which is going private.

Readers who don’t want to spend $30 for a new hardcover nonfiction book can no longer count on the release of a lower-cost paperback edition. Traditionally, the paperback would hit the shelves about a year after the hardcover. Today, book publishers are printing fewer of them, closing a second-chance window for writers counting on a new cover or #marketing campaign to spark #sales. “When I began in the business you could expect retailers to look at hardcover sales and order twice that in paperback,” said Gail Ross, a literary agent at WME | William Morris Endeavor. “Now it’s just the opposite—half as much, at best.” New adult nonfiction paperback titles tumbled by 42% from 2019 to 2024, to just under 40,000, according to Bowker Books in Print. The number of adult hardcover nonfiction titles fell by 9% during that same period. The shift reflects changing reader habits, the popularity of audiobooks and ebooks, and the power a few major retailers hold over the #publishing industry. What's your view on the cutback in publishing paperback books? ?? Read more from Jeffrey Trachtenberg: https://lnkd.in/ew27RYsA?

In an interview with Fox News, Vice President JD Vance addressed the Oval Office clash between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he tried to “defuse” it.? ? The meeting, intended to be a display of unity descended into an on-camera clash, with Zelensky arguing that Moscow couldn’t be trusted to make peace, and Trump, along with Vance, indicting Zelensky’s handling of the war and failure to thank them for U.S. aid.?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls it “poison.” President Trump has multiple cans of it every day. Welcome to the 2025 soda wars. ??https://on.wsj.com/3XnLTIr

K-pop star Lisa from Blackpink reveals what she took from the set of the latest season of “The White Lotus” in an interview with WSJ. Magazine. ?? Read the full interview: https://on.wsj.com/41H4vpp

Ukrainian President Zelensky called the heated meeting with Trump last week “regrettable” and laid out his vision for a path to peace, aiming to repair his relationship with the U.S. president.