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Top U.S. Officials Get Chilly Reception in Mexico
Two cabinet members arrived for talks here Wednesday to find a defiant Mexican government refusing to accept President Donald Trump’s tougher immigration and deportation policies. 515
Trump Rescinds Obama Transgender Bathroom Rules
The Trump administration formally withdrew Obama administration guidance enabling transgender individuals to use sex-segregated facilities, including bathrooms, of their choice. 1062
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Sees Tax Overhaul by August
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin laid out ambitious goals to secure a tax-code overhaul by August and to deliver economic growth at rates not seen in more than a decade in his first interview in his new job. 98
Carlos Ghosn Steps Back From Nissan CEO Role
Pressure is likely to grow on Nissan and Renault to merge and it isn’t clear if anyone can replicate the role he built as a globe-trotting leader of both companies.
How Hit Team Came Together to Kill Kim Jong Nam
New developments are bolstering suspicions that the killing last week of Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korea’s mercurial dictator, was a well-orchestrated plot directed from Pyongyang. 63
Sanders Loyalists Are Taking Over the Democratic Party One County Office at a Time
In the fight to define the Democratic party in the age of Trump, followers of Sen. Bernie Sanders want to transform it from the bottom up by taking control of low-level state and county committee posts. 1195
Barclays Swings to Profit as Sweeping Overhaul Nears End
Barclays swung to a full-year net profit as the bank’s management said it was just months away from finishing a restructuring program.
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Apple said Wednesday that the new campus Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once described as reminiscent of a "spaceship" will open in April. WSJ's Lee Hawkins explains. Photo: Associated Press
Apple to Open New Campus
Apple will open its new California campus in April. One of co-founder Steve Jobs’s final projects, the cost of Apple Park is expected to be in the range of $3 billion to $5 billion. 52
Peugeot Resumes Dividend as Profit Jumps
Peugeot, the French car maker in advanced talks to buy the European operations of General Motors, will pay its first dividend for six years after posting a sharp rise in net profit for 2016.
Glencore Returns to Profit on Commodities Boom
Glencore swung into the black last year on surging commodity prices, an eye-popping recovery for the Swiss mining giant, which a year earlier reported billions of dollars in losses.
VW Buybacks Fill Dealerships, but the Trick Is the Next Sale
Volkswagen has bought back or terminated the leases of 125,000 diesel vehicles in the company’s emissions-cheating scheme, helping spur showroom traffic in recent months.
Credit Suisse Probe Opens Old Wounds
Shortly after Credit Suisse pleaded guilty in May 2014 to aiding tax evasion, the Justice Department discovered an American professor was potentially hiding money overseas in accounts managed by the bank’s Israeli desk. His cooperation helped investigators build another case against the bank.
Startup Bank Turns to Ivanka Trump’s Brother-in-Law
Thrive Capital, a U.S. venture firm founded by Joshua Kushner, is looking to invest about $16 million in British startup bank Monzo.
Global Shares Follow Wall Street Lower
Global stocks were subdued following a modest pullback on Wall Street, even as concerns around the French election appeared to wane.
Japanese Retail Investors Trade Trillions Amid Trump Tumult
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tumultuous first few months may be stressing policy makers and whipsawing some markets, but Japan’s day traders are having a blast.
Some protesters set fire to teepees and other structures before they left the camp. Most demonstrators left the main campsite peacefully as the deadline to clear the site approached. Photo: Getty
Pipeline Protesters Arrested as Deadline Passes
A small group of protesters opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline were arrested as law-enforcement authorities began the evacuation of the main protest campsite so that cleanup efforts could continue. 172
Border Wall Faces Resistance From Texas Republicans
President Donald Trump’s vision of a sea-to-sea wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is running into an unexpected obstacle: opposition from Republicans in Texas, where most of the unfenced land is located.
California Raisins Sing the Blues
Farmers in California’s Central Valley are ripping up tens of thousands of acres of grape vines, as Americans’ appetite for the dried fruit has waned.
Mandatory Evacuations Remain for Thousands in San Jose, Calif.
Rising floodwaters sent at least 14,000 residents fleeing inundated homes in San Jose, Calif., and forced the shutdown of a major freeway.
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It's actually getting a bit easier to get through TSA lines at the airport, and passengers can thank social media. WSJ's Scott McCartney and Tanya Rivero discuss the agency's online resources and how they respond to travelers' needs and questions. Photo: Bloomberg
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The Best Way for Travelers to Get Answers From TSA
Scott McCartney finds the agency surprisingly adept at solving problems with PreCheck via social media and answering questions like, ‘Are live bees OK for carry-on?’
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Europe File
Eurozone Growth Bucks Political Unease
There is a strange disconnect in Europe at the moment, Simon Nixon writes, with the eurozone economy growing at its fastest rate in more than six years as Europe’s political class is in deep malaise.
U.N. Seeks Urgent Aid as Famine Worries Mount
The U.N. appealed for emergency funding Wednesday, warning it needed $4.4 billion by the end of March to avert a famine threatening millions of people in parts of Africa and in Yemen.
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An Insider’s Guide to Fez, Morocco
Four savvy Fez dwellers share their top discoveries—both new and very, very old—in this ancient cultural capital, including where to eat, sleep, shop and make your own traditional crafts.
A Look Back at Japanese Internment
How artists including Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams and Isamu Noguchi reacted to FDR’s incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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