US grocery battle heats up with German retailers seen as ‘disruptive’ force

Supermarkets are putting on a brave face but a new German entrant opening its first U.S. stores Thursday is about to shake up the already highly competitive domestic grocery industry.Lidl, one of the world’s largest retailers, plans to open 10 small-format U.S....

John Harwood’s reflections on a lifetime of seeing American political violence

More than many Baby Boomers, I became aware of politics through the prism of violence. I was a 7-year-old second-grader in suburban Washington when the principal sent us home after President John F. Kennedy was shot. My mom was crying. My dad, a political reporter,...