President Trump’s conflicting business policies are creating economic uncertainty. via @WSJ

As New Orleans prepares to host the Super Bowl this weekend, the Big Easy is banking on the NFL’s biggest game reviving its sagging economy and helping it recover from the New Year’s terrorist attack via @WSJ

If 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

Some were promising figure skaters. Others were teachers or old friends on a hunting trip. They all perished in an instant, part of the worst U.S. air disaster in years. via @WSJ

Los Angeles firefighters are confronting nature’s perfect firetrap in spots like Topanga Canyon via @WSJ

‘It was our retirement. It was our investment. It was our equity. It was everything.’ Teachers, plumbers and nurses bought into L.A.’s affluent neighborhoods decades ago. The bulk of their fortunes are tied up in homes that are now ash. via @WSJ

Tens of billions in federal money to support more than a dozen new U.S. battery plants are at risk, as Donald Trump and some Republicans in Congress threaten to eliminate federal funding for EVs via @WSJ

More than 1.6 million unemployed workers have been job hunting for at least six months—a number that has ballooned by more than 50% in the past two years via @WSJ

Research into what’s causing more cancers in young people is leading doctors to scrutinize what we eat and drink via @WSJ @Brabbott42

Skilled labor shortages have become dire at the shipyards that build warships via @WSJ

Economic mobility for Black Americans has improved; for whites it’s grown worse. The loss of manufacturing jobs in one Illinois county points to a key factor. via @WSJ

Under Donald Trump, the GOP has drawn working-class voters away from the Democratic Party. That presents Trump with the challenge of how, if at all, to reflect that new reality in his labor policies via @WSJ

In Miami, long-settled Venezuelans have a bone to pick with new migrants via @WSJ @acampoflores

Pittsburgh is known for steel, football and being the oft-claimed birthplace of ketchup. Now it presides at the vortex of America’s presidential election. via @WSJ

In a crucial swing state, Donald Trump and his supporters are spreading doubts about the integrity of the presidential election before a single ballot has been counted—alarming officials via @WSJ

The U.S. economy grew at a slightly slower pace this summer, although consumer spending remained strong via @WSJ

New X users with interests in topics such as crafts are being blanketed with political content and fed posts leaning toward Trump and sowing doubt about the integrity of the election via @WSJ

In fast-growing Phoenix, higher rents have pushed more people to their financial limits. Landlord-friendly laws mean evictions can be speedy. via @WSJ

Both presidential candidates have big spending plans, but economists say Trump’s proposals carry the greater risk of stoking price increases via @WSJ

Three participants in the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, look back on the day. One repents, one retreats and one is defiant. via @WSJ @scottmcalvert @jbarrchicago