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Alex Ossola

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WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

And former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for money laundering and abuse of power in connection with the looting of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

1MDB is one of the largest financial crimes of the century and dates back to 2009.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

More than $4.5 billion was allegedly taken from the fund, with money used to buy art and put toward the Hollywood film The Wolf of Wall Street.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

The fallout has continued more than a decade later, with JP Morgan agreeing in August to pay $330 million to settle claims that it facilitated transactions.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

Jho Low, a financier alleged to have masterminded the scheme, remains at large.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

Today, the Malaysian court rejected the argument from Najib's defense that the money Najib handled was sent from Saudi Arabia's royal family, not from the sovereign wealth fund.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

He's in prison for an earlier conviction related to the 1MDB scandal, and his legal team said it would appeal this decision.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

Stock trading was thin the day after Christmas, and major U.S.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

indexes were mostly flat in midday trading.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

In commodities, silver and gold futures hit their latest records.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

Both tend to gain as safe havens when investors are worried about inflation.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

Coming up, what was on the MAHA agenda this year, and what does it mean for the year ahead?

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

That's after the break.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

We're taking a look at health policy during President Trump's second term, like the changes to vaccine policy under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

and how Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again movement could affect Republican prospects in next year's midterm election.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

I'm joined now by WSJ National Politics reporter Sabrina Siddiqui.

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

Sabrina, what have been some of the biggest health care changes under the Trump administration?

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

What has been Kennedy's approach to vaccine policy and how have we been seeing that play out?

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

When the CDC changes its recommendations for vaccines, does that mean that people actually lose access, like health insurers won't cover it anymore?

WSJ What’s News
Trump Says U.S. Strikes in Nigeria Were to Protect Christians

shifting slightly from vaccines, one of the more controversial points that was made by the Trump administration was saying that there's a connection between taking Tylenol during pregnancy and autism in the child that's born later.