Alex Osola

And we're exclusively reporting that Washington is considering a complete withdrawal of the roughly 1,000 American troops from Syria.

The move would end an American operation in the country that began in 2014.

Their primary mission is to prevent the resurgence of Islamic State, or ISIS.

But a near collapse of Kurdish allies in the region has led the Pentagon to question the benefits of keeping U.S.

troops in Syria.

And the Syrian government has ordered the Kurdish-led militia to disband.

The Pentagon declined to comment.

That's the horror-slash-drama film Sinners, a sleeper hit that came out last April.

It's just broken the record for the most Oscar nominations received by a single movie, with 16, breaking the previous record of 14 held jointly by All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land.

Its nominations include a new category for achievement in casting, as well as Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director.

Other Best Picture nominees include One Battle After Another, which got 13 total nominations, as well as Marty Supreme, Frankenstein, and Sentimental Value, which each got nine nominations.

Shamefully, I've seen zero of this year's Best Picture nominees, but I think I know what I'll be watching this weekend, but probably not all 10.

If you want to see the full list of nominees, we'll leave a link to the story on WSJ.com in our show notes.

And that's what's news for this Thursday afternoon.

Today's show was produced by Pierre Bien-Aimé with supervising producer Tali Arbel.

I'm Alex Osola for The Wall Street Journal.

We'll be back with a new show tomorrow morning.

Thanks for listening.

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