Undeserved As mean a bad education and deprive the world of students’ potential.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-needs-tough-grading-educaiton-learning-students-98fa87d5
Tax increases without spending cuts have bond vigilantes circling.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/u-k-economy-bonds-imf-bailout-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-3c6e0de0
Officials quietly revived a Biden-era policy stopping Kyiv from striking Russia with American weapons.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/by-tying-ukraines-hands-the-pentagon-undermines-trump-00b761b3
In a new frontier for warfare, Ukraine is using technology to allow groups of drones to communicate and make decisions independent of their operator.https://www.wsj.com/world/ai-powered-drone-swarms-have-now-entered-the-battlefield-2cab0f05
The extra levy meant to punish New Delhi for buying cheap Russian crude isn’t going as expected.https://www.wsj.com/world/india/the-black-market-for-oil-blunts-trumps-india-tariffs-61d4f7d8
Lacking a reliable aircraft, the North Korean leader took the slow train to Beijing for a gathering of global leaders—right after touring a missile facility.https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/kim-jong-uns-missiles-fly-he-doesnt-588d0f46
Eight decades after the end of World War II, China’s Communist Party is still battling for recognition of its role in securing victory and its claims to the territorial spoils.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-xi-world-war-ii-536daeca
As a Gaza City offensive looms and tens of thousands of troops are called up, commanders are finding it harder to get people to report for duty.https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/the-israeli-army-is-struggling-to-get-reservists-to-show-up-eb647eea
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expanding his strikes on Ukrainian cities and pressing for further military gains in defiance of President Trump’s deadlines to enter serious peace talks.https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-intensifies-strikes-in-ukraine-defying-trumps-shifting-deadlines-for-peace-af9746c9
While Xi flexes at his Tianjin summit, the U.S. president aims to prevail on trade.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-defining-issue-china-e783c766
Trump hasn’t been able to stop Xi Jinping’s support for Putin.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/russia-china-aid-vladimir-putin-ukraine-donald-trump-peace-negotiations-5beda9fa
Disparate factions are sparring over some of RFK Jr.’s biggest priorities. A top FDA scientist is hired, ousted, then hired again.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/maha-kennedy-vaccines-hhs-cdc-f5c0a6a8
Avoiding a U.S. government shutdown and advancing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine are among the thorny challenges on the president’s agenda.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-september-is-filled-with-tough-deadlines-a128a23e
Kyiv sees a well-equipped army as a stronger deterrent to Moscow than any Western pledges to defend it. It is working to attract billions to buy more arms.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/europe/ukraine-weapons-security.html
Eurasian leaders eagerly met the Russian leader at a summit this week, as President Trump has helped ease his isolation over the war in Ukraine.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-diplomacy.html
Plus, the Bad Bunny economic boost.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/podcasts/the-headlines/putin-xi-modi-trumps-tariffs.html
David Warrington, the top lawyer inside the West Wing, focuses on “the art of the possible,” as one Trump adviser said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/politics/white-house-counsel-david-warrington.html
Beijing has run out of patience with companies slashing prices, and is urging restraint. But fierce competition is also producing a surge of innovation.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/business/china-electric-vehicles-overcapacity.html
The president and his advisers have suggested they will fight a federal appeals court’s ruling that found many of the administration’s tariffs to be illegal.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/politics/trump-tariffs-appeals-court-ruling-economy.html
Bizerba, a German company that makes industrial slicers for Subway, is thinking about shifting production to the United States, if it can overcome the challenges.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/europe/germany-tariffs-bizerba-us-move.html