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The US in Brief: J.D. Vance takes aim at Minnesota

Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter

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Poised and confused: the will-he-won’t-he of Iran strikes

Also on the daily podcast: the next chapter of our America-at-250 series, and some advice on what to watch (and what not to)

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The fake-meat industry is in trouble

Business is slowing down. Time to tempt new palates

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SOS for India’s Pink City

A threat from UNESCO might prod Jaipur into saving its heritage

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America’s trade chaos is just beginning

Tariff wrangling will stretch through the rest of Donald Trump’s term, and beyond

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Protectionists dislike trade and migration. And capital flows?

The amount of money crossing borders has flattened off—but not because of capital controls

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Why Chinese people spend so much on food

A 21st-century test of a 19th-century observation

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America’s dangerous pursuit of critical-mineral dominance

With a more focused approach, it could break China’s chokehold

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America’s new era of state-sponsored mining

Desperate to break China’s grip on critical minerals, the Trump administration is splashing cash around the world

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Why it sometimes pays to be inefficient

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

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The right response to private-market dangers

Was a Blue Owl fund mismanaged, or did it reveal fundamental problems about the industry?

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America’s welfare state is more European than you think

State-level policies are making up for stingy federal provision