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Democratic senators on Tuesday challenged Donald Trump to back a $1 trillion infrastructure spending plan, noting he had backed a package of similar size on the campaign trail and sensing a wedge to divide him from spending-adverse Republicans in Congress.

Congressional Republicans offered President Donald Trump little support Tuesday for repeating his unsubstantiated claim that millions of illegal immigrants cost him the popular vote in November. GOP leaders didn’t back Mr. Trump’s assertion, but nor did they chastise the president for telling senior lawmakers in a meeting Monday night that he would have won more […]

When it comes to putting solar panels on your house, supporting renewable energy may be more of a bipartisan issue than widely believed.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is again in the crosshairs of European antitrust regulators -- this time for privacy issues. Here are five things to know about the case:

Cracking down on Tehran’s destabilizing behavior in the Middle East is an early chance for cooperation.

The president suspended a mortgage rule aimed at those buying their first homes.

U.C. Berkeley Law School Professor John Yoo on the pros and cons of the Trump administration's preferred nominees. Photo credit: Associated Press.

BakerHostetler Partner David Rivkin on a top judicial reform priority for the Trump administration. Photo credit: Associated Press.

Donald Trump focuses on trade and jobs, Trump administration aims to reverse Obama's climate agenda and is this the worst NFL postseason ever.

Duke University Law Professor Barak Richman on fallout from a federal judge’s decision to block a proposed Aetna-Humana merger. Photo credit: Associated Press.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton on President Trump’s decision to keep the current FBI Director. Photo credit: AFP/ Getty.

Using humor at the office can boost your status, but only the right kind of humor.

President Donald Trump told bosses of the Detroit three car makers that he would work to ease environmental regulations, cut corporate taxes and push for economic policies favorable to U.S. manufacturing, in an effort to mend fences with an industry that he spent months criticizing.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is in the crosshairs of European antitrust regulators again, this time over users' privacy.

Microsoft named LinkedIn’s Kevin Scott chief technology officer reporting directly to Satya Nadella, continuing the chief executive’s strategy of bringing outside perspective into the software giant’s highest ranks.

When it comes to making tea, you may be doing it all wrong. Stephen Twining, a 10th-generation Twinings heir, and who drinks at least nine cups of tea per day, demonstrates the proper way to prepare tea on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: iStock

When it comes to making tea, you may be doing it all wrong. Stephen Twining, a 10th-generation Twinings heir, and who drinks at least nine cups of tea per day, demonstrates the proper way to prepare tea on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: iStock

Humor can make an employee be perceived as confident and competent, but humor in the workplace can be a double-edge sword. WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger and Tanya Rivero discuss how employees can use humor to their benefit. Photo: iStock

Brexit & Beyond: Europe in Flux is The Wall Street Journal’s round-up of news and analysis of how Brexit will affect global business, economies and finance. You can sign up here. MUST READS Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the government can’t trigger Brexit without an act of Parliament. The case has been one of the […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren peppered Rep. Tom Price, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, with questions about whether he helped a health-care company that he owned stock in. WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports. Photo: Getty

"La La Land" captured a record-tying14 Academy Award nominations, but will it be the big winner on Oscar night? Chris Farley analyzes the nominations, including significant surprises and snubs. Photo: Lionsgate

Go ahead and pile on the deliciousness. Amenable to most any topping, Turkish pide combines the adaptability of pizza with the ease of a crostata.

Alphabet’s search giant is facing new scrutiny of its privacy policies that could compound the company’s regulatory challenges. An altered policy allows it to build more robust user profiles to accurately target advertising.

The dozen business leaders who met with President Donald Trump on Monday morning run huge U.S. companies but that doesn't mean most of their workers or sales are in the U.S. Five of the companies employed half or more of their workers outside the U.S. in their last reported fiscal year, including glass-maker Corning Inc., Ford Motor Co., Dell Technologies Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Dow Chemical Co.

Environmentalism doesn’t constitute a religion, a federal judge ruled. The relationship between green activism and faith is a fertile field of academic study. Depending on who’s drawing them, the parallels of ecology and spirituality have served as a point of critique of the science behind the secular movement or a testament to its sacred mission. […]