Executives at Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, see some signs of stress among shoppers.

A trade group that represents low-cost carriers including Frontier Airlines is seeking $2.5 billion from the Trump administration to offset some fuel costs.

New International Monetary Fund projections showed a global economy that was stopped in its tracks by the U.S. war in Iran.

A strike on the Bapco oil refinery in Bahrain in early March. A U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz may give Iran a reason to restart attacks on energy assets throughout the Persian Gulf.

A liquefied natural gas terminal in Germany. Most of that L.N.G. comes from the United States, underscoring Europe’s vulnerability to American supplies.

The Super Bowl in Silicon Valley “is tech billionaires who got picked last in gym class paying $50,000 to pretend they’re friends with the guys who got picked first,” a venture capitalist said.

Electric vehicles at a Volkswagen plant in Dresden, Germany. The company is an extreme example of how difficult it has been for foreign automakers to cope in the U.S. car market.

President Trump at the White House on Friday.

The high cost of living in New York City is a source of anxiety for many residents.

Víctor Feliu at his chocolate company in Mexico. The changing rules for sending goods to the United States have forced him to pause his U.S. shipments.

A popular audio player, Toniebox. Toy sales in the United States are up, despite new tariffs, which contributed to, on average, a 4 percent increase in retail prices, according to Circana, a marketing research firm.

Duke University is known as a relatively conservative place, compared with some other schools. It has still been a focus of Trump officials who say it has allowed diversity policies they say break the law.

Katrina Golden, at her coffee and cake shop, Lil Mama’s Sweets & Treats, inside the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Ga.

Shoppers at a mall in Miami Beach, Fla.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Medicare and Medicaid administrator, in May. The Trump administration has twice delayed Biden-era rules to slash payments for expensive skin bandages.