U.S. Job Growth Eases, but Is Too Strong to Suit Investors

The gain of 263,000 was shy of recent monthly totals but still robust. Stocks fell on fears of a harder, longer Fed campaign to fight inflation.

In Record Numbers, Venezuelans Risk a Deadly Trek to Reach the U.S. Border

Two crises are converging at the perilous land bridge known as the Darién Gap: the economic and humanitarian disaster underway in South America, and the bitter fight over immigration policy in Washington.

Biden Administration Clamps Down on China’s Access to Chip Technology

The White House issued sweeping restrictions on selling semiconductors and chip-making equipment to China, an attempt to curb the country’s access to critical technologies.