If Sen. Ben Sasse is right — he has not recently been wrong about anything important — the nation’s most-discussed political problem is entangled with the least-understood public health problem. The political problem is furious partisanship. The public health problem is loneliness. Sasse’s new book argues that Americans are richer, more informed and ‘connected’ than ever — and unhappier, more ...

Bloomberg US stocks fell along with the dollar as political tensions added to a growing list of investor concerns. Gold rose and Treasuries edged higher. The S&P 500 Index deepened its decline following its biggest weekly retreat since March as President Donald Trump threatened to impose another round of tariffs on China. European and Asian shares dropped after a weekend ...

Bloomberg European equities reversed an early retreat and turned flat as US stock index futures pared losses ahead of the stock market open in New York. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index briefly turned positive on the day after losing as much as 0.7% in the morning. Telecoms outperformed, with Deutsche Telekom AG up 2.3 percent and BT Group Plc up ...