Luke Vargas

A 50% levy would remain in place for goods made almost entirely of the metals.

And finally, a good factory job or steady office role used to be seen as the ticket to the American middle class.

But as automation, globalized manufacturing, and now AI have threatened both blue and white-collar career paths, the journal's Gene Whalen reports that nursing has emerged as a new reliable alternative as more and better paying roles keep opening up.

The median annual salary across all jobs in the U.S.

right now is $49,000.

For a registered nurse, it's almost $94,000 and $132,000 for those with advanced training.

And that's it for What's News for this Thursday morning.

Today's show was produced by Hattie Moyer.

Our supervising producer was Daniel Bach.

And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We will be back tonight with a new show.

Until then, thanks for listening.

Here is your morning brief for Wednesday, April 1st.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We are exclusively reporting that the United Arab Emirates is preparing to help the U.S.

open the Strait of Hormuz by force.

Well, in Washington, President Trump is turning up the pressure on the Supreme Court as it prepares to hear arguments on limiting U.S.

Is the Iran war escalating or winding down?

We'll get the latest as a third U.S.

aircraft carrier heads to the region.