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Trump's spontaneous comments catch his allies off guard, baseball's sluggers fight back against the shift, and fun facts about the Kentucky Derby.

The U.S., hoping to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, is pressuring Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to end payments to families with relatives imprisoned in Israeli jails and to families of those killed while attacking Israelis.

Hamas named Ismail Haniyeh as head of the Islamist movement’s political arm, a long-expected leadership change that puts the Palestinian at the helm of the group that is facing increasing isolation from its regional supporters.

French authorities attempted to contain the fallout from a computer hack of Emmanuel Macron’s political party, less than a day before the country votes in a presidential election.

A Trump blunder has helped the soft-on-North-Korea candidate.

We meet two French voters who both lost loved ones in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks. One thinks presidential candidate Marine Le Pen will make France safer. The other says there are “no magic solutions” for terrorism, and plans to vote for Emmanuel Macron. WSJ’s Jason Bellini and Nick Kostov report. Photo: Matt McDonald

Volkswagen is among a growing number of firms experimenting with quantum computing to push their businesses forward.

Doctors say the idea that bubbles help is mostly in our heads, though real ginger can soothe and caffeine kicks digestion into gear. But, sugar isn’t helpful, so better to try a tea with saffron or turmeric.

Eliud Kipchoge, the reigning Olympic marathon champion, finished the company-controlled race in two hours, 25 seconds—more than two minutes better than the current world best.

Marine Le Pen must capture large blocs of voters who supported candidates eliminated in the first round of France’s presidential elections to stand a chance of winning the May 7 runoff against Emmanuel Macron.

The political party of presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said its computer systems were hacked, after thousands of emails and electronic documents purporting to come from the campaign were posted anonymously on the internet.

Companies targeted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are more frequently choosing to fight enforcement actions rather than settle, as Republican control of the White House has put the agency’s future in doubt.

The largest U.S. companies are booking their strongest quarterly profits in five years, as firms reap the benefits of years of belt tightening and finally see a pickup in demand. But part of the improvement has come from keeping a lid on spending, and many CEOs remain reluctant to change that.

Volkswagen’s TDI diesel cars are back on sale in the U.S. after being yanked from the market 18 months ago over emissions issues, sparking a race among buyers for the extremely limited supply.

Designer Kati Curtis deployed removable wallpaper, low-effort kitchen updates and layout workarounds when renewing a 19th-century New York apartment.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would consider retaliatory measures in response to the U.S. imposing a 20% tariff of lumber imports from its northern neighbor.

United Technologies head Gregory Hayes on how Trump kept the Carrier plant open—and the high-paid factory jobs he’s having trouble filling.

The House bill points toward a day when Americans won’t overspend on medical care.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug in more than two decades for the treatment of ALS, the paralyzing and fatal malady often called Lou Gehrig’s disease.

A former top official of Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht SA testified that he was asked in 2014 to bribe the then-head of Mexican state oil firm Petróleos Mexicanos, according to a document filed with Brazil’s Supreme Court as part of a broader corruption probe.

Wages are rising but there’s still a growing worker shortage.

Why should the tax code subsidize home buyers over renters?

‘This is a growing industry,’ says a Teamsters lobbyist, ‘and we’d like it to grow unionized.’

My mentally ill great-uncle spent 72 years in custody. Today he’d be isolated in a prison cell—or maybe homeless and dangerous.

The nature of truth is a difficult philosophical problem, but the president hasn’t made it any harder.