Consumers didn’t end 2020 with a bang, Commerce Department retail sales figures show. But the unusual dynamics of a year defined by the pandemic — which gave rise to trends such as shoppers buying Christmas gifts earlier and shifting their spending from experiences to goods — meant a December pullback didn’t stop the retail industry from enjoying a solid holiday ...

As details emerge about the Janaury 6 attack on the Capitol, it’s become clear that some of the rioters were planning far worse acts of violence, and national-security officials at all levels of government were utterly unprepared. Congress should conduct an urgent and thorough investigation to determine what went wrong and how to stop it from happening again. The immediate ...

Bloomberg Two of India’s richest men have landed in an unlikely controversy over farming laws, becoming targets of protesters who allege the tycoons have benefited from their close links to PM Narendra Modi. For weeks, tens of thousands of farmers have camped outside the nation’s capital, demanding the withdrawal of recently passed legislation they say, without evidence, was designed to ...