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Photos: Chinese leader Xi Jinping staged a grand welcome for President Trump in Beijing this week for the first U.S. presidential visit to China in nearly nine years on.wsj.com/438F4wF

Senators to Suspend Their Pay During Government Shutdowns on.wsj.com/3RcSRja

More than 100 U.S. ambassador posts remain vacant under Trump, raising concerns about America’s diplomatic reach abroad. on.wsj.com/3R8RDFJ

The Republican conundrum: Even as Trump’s congressional allies wrestle with keeping him focused on the economy, they can’t agree on a strategy to address voters’ concerns on.wsj.com/48XxQz3

The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the Fed’s new chair on Wednesday in a party-line vote that reflected how tensions with the White House have dragged the Fed deeper into the political fray on.wsj.com/3R6Iai5

In charts: The shale-drilling boom that began two decades ago not only flooded U.S. markets with oil and gas, it transformed the country into the world’s largest energy exporter on.wsj.com/4dHd5dy

The number of people who died from drug overdoses dropped again in 2025, a promising trend as the U.S. emerges from a national fentanyl crisis that accelerated these fatalities on.wsj.com/434FLHj

American enclaves sprouted across Germany in areas occupied by U.S. forces after World War II, shaping the society around them for several generations on.wsj.com/4tzel7w

Highways, railroads and ports in Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Oman have been transformed into an emergency logistics lifeline during the Iran war, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz on.wsj.com/4u6WN3v

Nike is getting outrun by domestic brands like Anta in the critical China market, which has turned hypercompetitive and increasingly nationalistic. on.wsj.com/3P2m2VA

Inflation is overtaking Americans’ pay gains, largely because of the cost of filling up at the gas station on.wsj.com/4dDir9D

Millions of borrowers are defaulting on their student loans, and they are nearly 40 years old on average, nearly 2½ years older than the profile of a student-loan defaulter before the pandemic on.wsj.com/4eHV5AO

Consumer prices rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier, a clear impact of higher gas prices since the start of the war with Iran on.wsj.com/4u7tttS

An effort from Democrats to redraw maps in more states comes as two court rulings shatter the party’s optimism for beating Republicans in a gerrymandering battle on.wsj.com/49ql4cs

Sweden is one of the few countries to cut government spending. Thank capitalism. on.wsj.com/4ddUk1r

The United Arab Emirates has carried out military strikes on Iran, people familiar with the matter said, casting the Gulf monarchy as an active combatant in a war in which it has been Iran’s biggest target on.wsj.com/4nqXMZV

Existing-home sales in April edged up 0.2%, well below economist expectations and extending the housing market’s long slump on.wsj.com/3PABOXM

China’s Xi is steering hundreds of billions of dollars into dazzling technology and military muscle, but consumer confidence is gutted and the job market is bleak. on.wsj.com/4df81vt

Thousands of wait-listed college applicants are still holding out hope of getting into their dream school—even though the odds are longer than ever on.wsj.com/3RfScNP

Republicans are playing defense in Ohio and a growing number of other red states, where Democrats are counting on voter backlash to power them to victory this fall in their fight to retake the Senate. on.wsj.com/3QWmx44