What 6 Americans Thought of Trump’s Speech

In an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump denounced Biden-era policies, mocked Democrats and lauded his administration’s early hailstorm of executive actions. He was, he said, “just getting started.” How did his speech go over? The New York Times talked with six voters — many of whom voted for … Read more

Tariffs Add a New Shock to Food Supply Chains

Victoria Gutierrez has been thinking about avocados a lot lately. President Trump was warning that hefty tariffs on food and other supplies from Mexico, Canada and China were coming. So Ms. Gutierrez, the chief merchandising officer for Sysco, the global food distributor, and a task force inside the company began sifting through the thousands of … Read more

The Wizard of Vinyl Is in Kansas

“What I’m all about,” he said, “is saving the world from bad sound.” Introduced in 1948, vinyl LPs seemed destined for extinction by the early 2000s, if not before, as the music industry went digital. But over the last decade or so, the format has been reborn, embraced by fans as a physical totem in … Read more

Mexico Gave Trump Much of What He Wanted. Tariffs Came Anyway.

Facing the threat of tariffs from President Trump after he took office, Mexico bent over backward to comply with his demands. Almost immediately, the government moved to secure its northern border, severely stanching migration to the United States. Then it hunted cartel leaders in a dangerous fentanyl stronghold. And just last week, in a once-in-a-generation … Read more