Alex Ossola

Many Americans are obsessed with eating more protein.

The government now recommends that you eat a whole lot more of it.

And restaurant chains like Chipotle and Starbucks are changing up their marketing and their menus to emphasize it.

New protein refreshers, only at Dunkin'.

The companies are hoping that extra protein can help bring in more diners.

Market research firm Black Box Intelligence says restaurant traffic fell 1.9% last year.

Kelly Clunan covers corporate news for the journal and is here to tell us how protein became the new industry watchword.

So, Kelly, I'm struck by the form that some of this protein stuff is taking.

There's protein foam, protein pockets.

What is the unifying element among these things?

So it sounds like some of the stuff that is on these menus is new, like the protein pizza dough, and some of it is sort of like a repackaged version of what already was there, like a cup full of chicken, right?

Charging a premium for protein could help reinvigorate sales, but is there any indication the new menu items are increasing visits to restaurants?

That was WSJ reporter Kelly Clunan.

Thanks, Kelly.

In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he supported the pause on strikes on energy infrastructure proposed by the U.S.

Russian strikes on Ukraine's power grid in recent weeks have left hundreds of thousands without power or consistent heat, while Ukraine has targeted Russia's oil refineries.

An energy truce would be the first tangible result from the U.S.-mediated push for peace in Ukraine.

And Cuba is losing a key oil supplier, Mexico, after pressure from President Trump.

Mexico had already paused its shipments there before the president yesterday issued an executive order for tariffs on any country that exports oil to Cuba.

Cuba is in danger of running out of fuel, threatening economic collapse.