Luke Vargas

Yesterday, he signed an executive order telling agencies to find ways to stop the federal government from backing loans and providing other financial incentives for Wall Street.

We don't have the fine print yet, though.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant has 30 days to decide exactly which investors are affected and which types of homes are off-limits to them.

And heads up that we've got a special bonus episode of the pod coming later today.

In the latest What's News in Earnings, we'll dive into what's behind the booming Wall Street businesses, the country's biggest banks, and the risks that bankers are looking at this year.

Keep an eye out for that in your What's News feed at midday.

And finally, the productivity-boosting powers of AI are causing a growing divide in the workplace.

While CEOs are rallying behind the tech, saying that it saves them more than eight hours of work a week, a majority of workers are finding AI doesn't save them any time at all and is instead another complex tool they have to manage.

Journal reporter Lindsay Ellis says that between learning prompts and fixing errors, workers are feeling overwhelmed.

So how are you using AI in your work?

Let us know in the Spotify comments.

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

Today's show was produced by Daniel Bach and Hattie Moyer.

Our supervising producer was Sandra Kilhoff.

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

We'll be back tonight with a new show.

Until then, thanks for listening.

Hey, What's News listeners, it's Sunday, January 18th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News Sunday, the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to explain what's happening in our world.

On today's show, one year ago, Chinese-made AI model DeepSeek shocked the world.