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A company owned by Joel Zamel, an Israeli entrepreneur whose work has drawn the scrutiny of special counsel Robert Mueller, formed a strategic partnership with a data firm for President Donald Trump’s campaign in a joint bid to win business from the U.S. government and... Full Story

The FBI vastly inflated the number of encrypted mobile phones its investigators were unable to access, according to a Washington Post report Tuesday. In December, FBI Director Christopher Wray estimated the agency had about 7,800 phones that it was unable to access in the... Full Story

By Chris Edelson Outside the Box May 22, 2018, 8:43 p.m. EST

This ‘common man’ president in fact governs for the elite, writes Chris Edelson. Full Story

By Mark Hulbert Mark Hulbert May 22, 2018, 8:43 p.m. EST

Bulls shouldn’t get too excited about smaller stocks’ rally, writes Mark Hulbert. Full Story

By Kate O’Keeffe The Week in Charts May 22, 2018, 8:05 p.m. EST

Lawmakers are moving to thwart Trump administration efforts to ease restrictions on Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. and other sensitive technology, citing fears the positions would compromise national security in the latest twist in trade negotiations between... Full Story

By Peter Nicholas The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2018, 7:54 p.m. EST

Lawyers for President Donald Trump are increasingly skeptical of letting him give an interview with prosecutors running the Russia investigation, but are thinking through how to prepare him for the possible high-stakes session nonetheless. Full Story

By Max A. Cherney May 22, 2018, 7:47 p.m. EST

European Union law makers grilled Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg Tuesday, peppering him with complex questions on topics ranging from election interference to whether the company operates a monopoly. Full Story

May 22, 2018, 6:54 p.m. EST

Following a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, President Trump suggested that a planned summit between the U.S. and North Korea could be delayed. Gerald F. Seib explains why. Photo: Getty Images Full Story

By Quentin Fottrell The Moneyist May 22, 2018, 6:36 p.m. EST

This daughter is concerned her mother is being taken for all she is worth. Full Story

By Alessandra Malito May 22, 2018, 6:36 p.m. EST

The French Tennis Federation said this week it will not award a seed to the Olympic and Wimbledon champion. Full Story

By Benjamin Mullin The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2018, 6:34 p.m. EST

Univision Communications Inc. has tapped media veteran Vincent Sadusky as chief executive, succeeding Randy Falco at the troubled Spanish-language broadcaster, according to people familiar with the matter. Full Story

Yelp Inc. said late Tuesday that it has filed paperwork with the European Union's antitrust agency to reactivate a complaint against Google, which Yelp has long claimed favors its own services in searches versus potential competitors. Yelp senior vice president of public... Full Story

By Ryan Tracy The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2018, 6:08 p.m. EST

Congress took a big step Tuesday to relax a wave of crisis-era restrictions placed on financial firms, as the House approved a plan to ease rules for small and midsize banks. Full Story

By Francine McKenna Capitol Report May 22, 2018, 6:02 p.m. EST

Major banks — outside of money-center giants — gain a measure of relief as the House of Representatives votes 258 to 159 to pass a deregulation bill. Full Story

By Stephanie Armour The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2018, 6:01 p.m. EST

Patients with life-threatening conditions would get the right to try unproven drugs under legislation that passed Tuesday in the House and now goes to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. Full Story

The American Petroleum Institute reported Tuesday that U.S. crude supplies fell by 1.3 million barrels for the week ended May 18, according to sources. The API data, however, showed a rise of 980,000 barrels in gasoline stockpiles, while inventories of distillates... Full Story

By Soma Biswas The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2018, 5:49 p.m. EST

PetSmart Inc. has named J.K. Symancyk as its new chief executive as the specialty pet retailer looks to stem a decline in sales at its 1,600 stores. Full Story

By Jeff Reeves Jeff Reeves's Strength in Numbers May 22, 2018, 5:39 p.m. EST

Organic fare is selling at six times the pace of processed food, says Jeff Reeves. Full Story

May 22, 2018, 5:39 p.m. EST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questions from European Parliament’s most-senior members Tuesday about the social media company’s handling of fake news, elections and user data. Here are the highlights. Photo: Getty Images Full Story

By William Watts The Tell May 22, 2018, 5:38 p.m. EST

Rising oil prices are starting to become a drag on global growth, say economists at UBS, who take a look at what would happen if crude topped $100 a barrel. Full Story

Shares of Urban Outfitters Inc. fell more than 4% late Tuesday after the retailer reported first-quarter earnings and sales above Wall Street expectations. Urban Outfitters said it earned $41 million, or 38 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $12 million, or 1... Full Story

By Heidi Vogt The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2018, 5:29 p.m. EST

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Tuesday that keeping chemical contamination out of drinking water is “a national priority,” a week after the agency reportedly tried to block publication of a study on drinking water hazards. Full Story

By Philip van Doorn Deep Dive May 22, 2018, 5:26 p.m. EST

Your kids might soon be playing ‘Fortnite,’ and you might soon be profiting from the popular online video game. Full Story

PPG Industries Inc. said late Tuesday the New York Stock Exchange gave the paint maker six months from May 10 to file its quarterly report and regain compliance with the exchange. PPG earlier this year disclosed several accounting mistakes and earlier in May fired its... Full Story

A business partner of Michael Cohen has agreed to cooperate with the government as a witness, The New York Times reported, citing a person briefed on the matter. Evgeny Freidman, who is known as the Taxi King, will assist government prosecutors in state or federal... Full Story

By Emre Peker The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2018, 5:19 p.m. EST

President Donald Trump is weighing trade measures to cut European Union steel and aluminum exports to the U.S. by about 10%, in a sign that the bloc’s concessions to secure tariff exemptions aren’t meeting White House demands, EU officials familiar with the talks said. Full Story

By Sally French Key Words May 22, 2018, 5:06 p.m. EST

Jeff Bezos named the people he looks up to, including his parents, and three CEOs: Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon and Bob Iger. Full Story

By Aaron Hankin CryptoWatch May 22, 2018, 5:04 p.m. EST

The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has ordered three cryptocurrency-related companies to stop operation in relation to fraudulent activity. Full Story

Rising oil prices are starting to become a drag on global growth, say economists at UBS, who take a look at what would happen if crude topped $100 a barrel. Full Story

By Leslie Albrecht May 22, 2018, 4:58 p.m. EST

Researchers have found a link between a substance in our water, soil and air and fewer babies being born. Full Story

By Aaron Hankin CryptoWatch May 22, 2018, 4:55 p.m. EST

Digital currencies continue to move lower Tuesday, with all major coins trading in the red. Full Story

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. shares plummeted 15% in the extended session Tuesday after the company missed earnings expectations. The casual dining company's stock closed down 4.5% to $57.95 during regular trading. The company reported fiscal first-quarter net income... Full Story

By Quentin Fottrell May 22, 2018, 4:45 p.m. EST

One New York couple asked a court to help them evict their 30-year-old son. Full Story

Treasury yields hold their ground on Tuesday as traders look ahead to the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting on Wednesday. Full Story

MetLife Inc. said late Tuesday its board of directors has approved a new $1.5 billion share buyback program. "We are on track to return approximately $5 billion of capital to our shareholders in 2018," Chief Executive Steven A. Kandarian said in a statement. The company... Full Story

By Wallace Witkowski The Ratings Game May 22, 2018, 4:42 p.m. EST

Micron Technology Inc. shares soared 7% on Tuesday, as analysts weighed in on the company’s investor day, and cheered the news that it’s planning a $10 billion share buyback as part of a broader capital returns program. Full Story

By Anora M. Gaudiano Market Snapshot May 22, 2018, 4:36 p.m. EST

U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday, with major indexes turning decisively negative in afternoon trading and ending near their lows of the day as uncertainty over trade policy and other geopolitical issues remained high. Full Story

By Barbara Chai May 22, 2018, 4:34 p.m. EST

Film financiers from the Los Angeles Media Fund discuss investments in films, from superhero franchises to indie hit ‘Get Out.’ Full Story

Shares of Container Store Group Inc. fell 13% late Tuesday after the retailer reported fiscal 2017 fourth-quarter adjusted per-share earnings that missed Wall Street expectations. Container Store said it lost $400,000, or 1 cent a share, in the quarter, versus a net... Full Story

Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares ticked slightly higher in the extended session Tuesday after the company's quarterly results topped Wall Street targets. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares rose 0.5% after hours, following a 0.6% decline to close the regular session at... Full Story

Lawmakers are moving to thwart Trump administration efforts to ease restrictions on Chinese telecom giant ZTE and other sensitive technology, citing fears the positions... Full Story

A strategy to seek modest changes in the Dodd-Frank banking law, agreed to in private by Sen. Mike Crapo and former Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn, paid dividends as... Full Story

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday held the first of three round-table discussions to address school gun violence; the conversation included identifying students who might... Full Story

The House passed a so-called Right to Try bill under which patients with life-threatening conditions could bypass FDA regulations and get unproven medicines more rapidly... Full Story

A Rohingya Muslim militant organization slaughtered dozens of Hindus in Myanmar last year amid violence that included the military’s bloody campaign that forced some 700... Full Story

President Trump said he would scotch a planned summit with Kim Jong Un unless the North Korean leader first agreed to a list of unspecified conditions. Full Story

Amy McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot and political novice, won a hotly contested Democratic House primary in Kentucky over a more experienced rival Tuesday, offering... Full Story

The nation’s largest public pension fund is wrestling with more turnover in the executive suite following the abrupt departure of its chief financial officer. Full Story

A company owned by Joel Zamel, an Israeli entrepreneur whose work has drawn the scrutiny of special counsel Robert Mueller, formed a strategic partnership with a data firm... Full Story

The Trump administration will move ahead with restrictions on funding access for family planning providers that offer abortion services, the Department of Health and Human... Full Story

House Speaker Paul Ryan reiterated his intention to stay on the job through the rest of the year, despite tension inside the GOP ranks, where centrist Republicans are... Full Story

Two years after it turned a Brooklyn intersection into so-called “zombieland,” the synthetic drug known as K2 has emerged again, causing 56 overdoses since Saturday, law... Full Story

Lawyers for President Trump are increasingly skeptical of letting him give an interview with prosecutors running the Russia investigation, but are thinking through how to... Full Story

A longtime business partner of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, according to people familiar with the matter. Full Story

A 20-year-old Bronx man has filed a lawsuit against the city, its child-welfare agency and several of the agency’s employees claiming he was repeatedly raped by a female... Full Story

New York lawmakers appointed Barbara Underwood attorney general, making her the first woman to hold the position and allowing her to serve through the end of the year. Full Story

A timeline that contradicts claims by Justice and the FBI. Full Story

Congress resolves its differences on access to experimental drugs. Full Story

Philadelphia sacrifices Catholic foster services to identity politics. Full Story

Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have sought to take advantage of a rare opportunity to leave the territory after Egypt opened its border crossing for a month. Full Story