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Trump Tried to Influence Law Enforcement but Aides Refused to Carry Out Orders, Report Says
The special counsel found that President Trump engaged in "multiple acts" that could have exerted influence on law enforcement investigations, but that his
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Trump engaged in "multiple acts" to try to influence law enforcement, but his efforts were "mostly unsuccessful" because his aides refused to carry out the orders, according to the Mueller report
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Employers Add 196,000 Jobs in March, More Than Expected
The unemployment rate held steady at 3.8%, just above a 49-year low, while average hourly wages for private-sector workers climbed 3.2% from a year earlier.
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The U.S. economy added 196,000 jobs in March, while the unemployment rate held at 3.8%
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Your Child's Brain on Videogames
As many parents know, turning off a child's gaming console in the middle of gameplay is a surefire way to trigger a tantrum. WSJ Family & Tech columnist Julie Jargon explains why.
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It’s hard for kids to put down the game controllers, but that doesn’t make them addicts. Our columnist @juliejargon explains what’s happening in their brains.
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Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm
Apple’s third-generation butterfly keyboard was supposed to fix all the previous defects but buyers are still having problems
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Apple says "we are sorry" for the third faulty MacBook keyboard in a row
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Vote for the WSJ House of the Week: March 28
Will it be a home atop a hill in Bronxville, N.Y., a mountaintop oasis in Maui or a 100-acre estate in the Virginia countryside?
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Will it be a home atop a hill in Bronxville, N.Y.? A mountaintop oasis in Maui? Or a 100-acre estate in the Virginia countryside? Vote for the WSJ house of the week
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What Happened, According to Mueller
A timeline of events alleged by special counsel Robert Mueller
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A timeline of alleged events, according to documents from the Robert Mueller probe
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Tracking Brexit’s Ripples
The U.K.’s decision to leave the EU has shown up in lower stock valuations and higher borrowing costs for banks, insurers and riskier firms.
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'Predator on the Reservation': A Documentary Film by Frontline and WSJ
For more than two decades, government pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber raised suspicions that he was a pedophile. The Wall Street Journal and Frontline investigate how the Indian Health Service doctor was transferred from reservation to...
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The Wall Street Journal and @frontlinepbs uncovered the decades-long failure to stop a government doctor who sexually abused Native American boys. Watch the full-length documentary here
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Reactions: Democrat Says Trump Came 'Dangerously Close' to Being Booed on Investigations Line
President Trump came “dangerously close” to getting booed by Democrats in his speech when he said there can't be peace and legislation if there is war and
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"It was inappropriate. It was Nixonian," Rep. Gerry Connolly (D., Va.) said of President Trump's reference to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation during the State of the Union address
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What to Read This Week
The evolution of human aggression. Plus the Democratic schism of 1980, Józef Czapski in life and writing, and more.
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Humans are peaceful compared to some of our closest primate relatives. Did we domesticate ourselves? More in this weekend's book review.
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Facebook, Twitter Turn to Right-Leaning Groups to Help Referee Political Speech
Advisers on touchy issues include Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and, on the left, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Their involvement behind the scenes, designed to tamp down a furor over social...
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Banned from Twitter? It may be because outside political groups pushed for your removal.
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James Harden Is the Outlier of the NBA
The league’s reigning most valuable player has elevated his game this season. These charts explain how.
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There has never been an NBA player like James Harden. These charts explain why.
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There has never been an NBA player like James Harden. These charts explain why.
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How Aging Japan Defied Demographics and Revived Its Economy
Japan encouraged the elderly and women to work and broke a longstanding taboo against immigration, offering lessons for other advanced economies facing similar problems. The country is now enjoying its second-longest economic expansion since World...
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Japan's fast-aging population hasn't doomed the country to economic stagnation. It is now enjoying its second-longest economic expansion since World War II. Here's how they did it.
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Building a Subway in One of the World's Most Crowded Cities
India's financial capital, Mumbai, has taken on its biggest-ever infrastructure project to build a subway in a city where more than seven million commuters cram onto its creaky suburban railways. Video: Karan Deep Singh/WSJ
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Commuting in Mumbai can be dangerous. Can a new subway line ease the squeeze?
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High Insulin Prices Drive Diabetics to Take Extreme Measures
The price of insulin has skyrocketed over the last few decades, making it increasingly difficult for diabetics to afford. WSJ’s Jason Bellini takes a look at some of the unconventional steps Americans are taking to access the lifesaving drug.
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“It is our oxygen. It's our water. It's as essential as those things.” Amid soaring prices, diabetics seek alternative ways to get insulin.
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China: Emergence of a Trade Leviathan
China has demolished its rivals to produce much of what Americans consume. The country's rise, and the Trump Administration’s decision to confront it head on, has put the economic powers on a collision course.
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China demolished its rivals to produce much of what Americans consume. Explore how that happened with these animated charts
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A Flood of Questionable Cryptocurrency Offerings
Search for hundreds of projects showing signs of plagiarism, identity theft and promises of improbable returns
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Hundreds of cryptocurrency startups used deceptive and even fraudulent tactics to lure in investors
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Prized ‘Rare Earth’ Minerals Feel Scorch of Tariffs
The only mine in the U.S. that produces “rare earth” minerals— needed to make smartphones, electronics and military gear—is bolstered by national-security policy but slammed in Trump’s trade fight with China.
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The one U.S. mine that could erode China's dominance in "rare earth" minerals production gets entangled in tariffs
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George H.W. Bush, 41st U.S. President, Dead at Age 94
George H.W. Bush, America’s 41st president and father of 43rd President George W. Bush, has died at the age of 94. President Bush presided over the peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union, the unification of Germany, and a decisive victory in the...
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WSJ's @GeraldFSeib remembers George H.W. Bush as the personification of the greatest generation.
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Trump Tower Moscow? It Was the End of a Long, Failed Push to Invest in Russia
President Trump’s failed 2016 effort to build a Trump Tower in Moscow marked the culmination of 30 years of interest by Mr. Trump in establishing a foothold in Russia and nearby Ukraine. Here is a look at Mr. Trump’s business record regarding Russia.
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The 2016 project that would have given Putin a $50 million penthouse marked the culmination of 30 years of interest by Trump in establishing a foothold in Russia. Here is a look at Trump’s business record regarding Russia.
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