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And hedge fund Elliott Investment Management is considering taking Barnes & Noble and the UK book chain Waterstones public.

That's according to people familiar with the matter.

The IPO could come as early as the second half of next year, but Elliott hasn't committed to an offering in 2026.

Coming up, the president is reclassifying marijuana and what the attack in Sydney says about the threat posed by ISIS.

That and more after the break.

More than six years after the collapse of Islamic State's Middle East caliphate, the group continues to inspire violence.

The most recent example?

The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney last week that killed 15 people.

Australian authorities say ISIS influenced Sajid and Naveed Akram, a father and son, who they said carried out the terrorist attack.

The Wall Street Journal security correspondent Benoit Faucon has the story.

Benoit, you report that ISIS continues to recruit and radicalize people online.

How is it doing so?

The attackers in Australia were linked to Islamic State.

Do authorities consider them ISIS lone wolves?

And what are other recent examples of similar style attacks?

And how does that differ from how the group used to operate?

Has there been any response from ISIS to the Sydney attack?

That was The Wall Street Journal's Benoit Facon.

Benoit, thank you.

In Washington, President Trump signed an executive order today directing the federal government to reclassify cannabis.