Is Trump Winning His Trade War?
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last few months, President Donald Trump has struck numerous trade deals with countries and ...
Why Coke Isn't Getting Rid of High-Fructose Corn Syrup
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When President Donald Trump posted that he'd been in talks with Coca-Cola, and that the sodamaker wo...
The Chinese Coffee Giant Taking on Starbucks
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A delicious corporate rivalry is brewing! After an accounting fraud scandal nearly derailed its rise...
How Volkswagen's Electric Bus Lost Its Charge
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After decades, Volkswagen brought its iconic VW bus back to the U.S., this time as a fully electric ...
A Pharmaceutical Executive on Trump’s Tariff Strategy
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would impose up to a 200% tariff on im...
What Killed 'The Late Show'?
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, CBS cancelled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The network said that ending the ...
Are Diamonds Even a Luxury Anymore?
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global diamond company De Beers spent decades convincing couples that true love required a diamond. ...
The Wall Street Craze Jamie Dimon Can’t Resist. Even If It Blows Up.
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Dimon, the cautious head of JPMorgan Chase, has consistently warned that private credit, the h...
A Fight Over Buc-ee’s and for the Soul of the American West
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Buc-ee's — the chain of road stops with a beaver mascot and a die-hard fanbase — is looking to e...
One American Company Taking on China's Rare-Earth Dominance
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tiny rare-earth magnets are used for building phones, electric cars, and submarines, but nearly all ...
Trump’s Letter to Jeffrey Epstein
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2003, Jeffrey Epstein got a gift for his 50th birthday, a leather-bound album containing letters,...
How 1 Million Robots Are Taking Over Amazon Warehouses
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon warehouses are more automated than ever. The company, a key bellwether for the U.S. labor mar...
Why Trump Is Ready to Send Missiles to Ukraine
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After talks with NATO allies, President Donald Trump gave Russia 50 days to broker peace with Ukrain...
The Uncertain Future of Renewable Energy
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the passage of President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” renewable energy companies are br...
Why Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Went Rogue
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Grok went rogue. The AI chatbot – which users can interact with on X – posted antisem...
Can Superman Save Warner?
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The man of steel is back in a new $225 million reboot. Riding on this weekend’s release is the hop...
Who Will Be the Next Fed Chair? Maybe Kevin
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For years, President Trump has feuded with the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell over interest...
The Healthcare Costs of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s megabill cuts over $1 trillion in healthcare spending over the next decade, main...
Why Trump Pushed His Tariff Deadline
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When President Trump paused most of his “Liberation Day” tariffs for 90 days last spring, the ad...
AI Is Coming for Entry-Level Jobs
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is shaking up business in a big way, and recent college graduates are feelin...
Why Meta Is Offering $100 Million for AI Geniuses
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the battle for AI supremacy, Meta’s models have lagged. Now CEO Mark Zuckerberg is racing to hi...
How Trump's Megabill Squeaked Through the Senate
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a marathon 27-hour session, Senate Republicans passed their version of President Trump's “bi...
Swipe, Spend, Repeat: The Perks Arms Race in Your Wallet
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
JPMorgan Chase recently announced that it was raising the annual fee on its popular Sapphire Reserve...
The Supreme Court’s Season Finale, Explained
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SCOTUS wrapped up a busy session, giving states room to restrict transgender medical care for minor...
Rick Steves Is Tired of Hearing 'Have a Safe Trip'
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To renowned travel guru Rick Steves, “fear is for people who don’t get out very much.” T...
Is NYC’s Mayoral Race All About Rent?
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has won over legions of rent-strapped young voters with a platf...
"I'm Thinking I'm 100% Legal." Then ICE Raided His Company.
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Rohwer owns Glenn Valley Foods and lends his name to the company’s signature product: Gary’...
Why the New Pope Is Taking on AI
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, is making artificial intelligence a signature iss...
NCAA President on a New Era for College Sports
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Mendoza speaks to NCAA president Charlie Baker about the landmark settlement that is usherin...
Iran Retaliates After U.S. Strike. How Could This End?
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Iran fired missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar. Officials said Iran also fired on Iraq....
Severed Fingers and Wrench Attacks: A New Era in Crypto Crime
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The most well-known cryptocurrency thefts involve online hacks or phishing attempts via text message...
Why Latino Consumers Are Spending Less
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deportation fears and economic uncertainty is driving changes in shopping behavior in Latino communi...
Iran May Be Running Out of Options
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After five days of escalating conflict with Israel, Iran’s government may be running out of moves....
D.C. Mayor Talks DOGE, Trump and Budget
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This year, Washington D.C. has faced thousands of federal jobs cuts due to President Trump’s...
Iran and the U.S. Were Set To Negotiate. Then Israel Attacked.
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. officials planned to meet with an Iranian delegation this weekend to discuss curbs on Iran’s ...
The Conservative Trying to Shift America Rightward... One Movie at a Time
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leonard Leo is a conservative lawyer and co-chairman of the Federalist Society who played a signific...
Inside UnitedHealth’s Dramatic Faltering
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UnitedHealth is the largest healthcare company in the U.S. But over the last 18 months, a string of ...
Inside ICE’s Aggressive Approach to Arresting Migrants
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To fulfill a key campaign promise, the Trump administration has been pushing ICE to arrest more migr...
Are Trump and Musk Done for Good?
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The storybook bromance between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk seems to have come to an end. WS...
Medicare, Inc. Part 2: Taxpayers Paid for Care Denied by Insurers
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the sickest Medicare Advantage patients ran into problems getting end-of-life care. Ultimate...
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Medicare Advantage was designed to save the government money. But a Wall Street Journal investigatio...
Deportations Could Upend This Parachute Factory
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special immigration status helped Mills Manufacturing, which makes parachutes for the U.S. militar...
The Struggle to Get Aid Into Gaza
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Israeli-backed system meant to deliver aid and food into Gaza launched last week to scenes of cha...
The Everyday American Who Hustled for North Korea
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christina Chapman presented herself as just another influencer on TikTok. In reality, she operated a...
Stop Making Cents: The End of the Penny
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Minting one penny costs the United States nearly four cents. After 233 years, the Treasury Departmen...
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on Longevity in Hollywood
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are the Oscar winning director and producer behind some of Hollywo...
Trump's Plan B After Trade Court Setback
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, an obscure trade court dropped a bombshell ruling: President Trump did not have the autho...
NPR’s CEO on the Fight Over Public Media
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In May, President Trump signed an executive order cutting off federal funding for public broadcaster...
For Millions of Student-Loan Borrowers It's Time to Pay
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is starting to put millions of defaulted student-loan borrowers into collec...
The Battle Within Meta Over Chatbot Safety
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meta has gone all in on chatbots. The bots are capable of giving advice, answering questions and pla...
Readers Can’t Get Enough of BookTok. Publishers Are Cashing In.
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're off for Memorial Day but with summer reading season just beginning, we wanted to share this ep...
Lady Gaga, Low-Rise Jeans, and the Next Recession
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Economists have long analyzed data to predict the next recession. They’ve also turned to more offb...
Eggs Are Still Expensive. Is This Company to Blame?
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some consumers and lawmakers upset over high egg prices believe they’ve found a villain: Cal-Maine...
Ozempic Is a Hit. So Why Is the Drugmaker’s CEO Out?
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Blockbuster drugs. Rising profits. Strong sales. And yet, Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind th...
Can the GOP Unite Around Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’?
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump visited Capitol Hill today to urge passage of his multitrillion dollar tax an...
The Giant Bust Rocking the Art Market
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was supposed to be the highlight of New York’s spring auction week: Sculptor Alberto Giacometti...
How ‘The Joker’ Rigged the Texas Lottery
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A global team of betting whizzes hatched a scheme to take down the Texas Lottery. The plan was led b...
An Air Traffic Controller Speaks Out About Newark Airport
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Air traffic controllers for Newark Liberty International Airport have recently experienced several f...
A Life-or-Death Insurance Denial
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Billions of health insurance claims are processed every year, and around 19% of them are denied. Ver...
Inside the Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, to the surprise of global investors, the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day trade deal. Th...
MAHA Influencers Go to Washington
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Casey Means to be surgeon general. Means is a wellne...
Why Sam Altman Wants to Scan Your Eyeball
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI innovator and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sees a big problem on the horizon: As AI becomes more and mor...
Made in America? Shoe Companies Already Tried That.
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump sees tariffs as a way to bring more manufacturing to the United States. But N...
The Financial Mess Facing the Vatican
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just days before his death, Pope Francis wrestled with an enormous problem: the Vatican’s dire fin...
Is the Economy… OK?
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For months, questions have been swirling about the economy. And last week, we finally got some answe...
There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 60 years in charge, Warren Buffett is stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway later this ye...
A Tariff Loophole Just Closed. What That Means for Online Shopping.
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A little-known trade provision is ending, and it will likely upend business for e-commerce companies...
Trump 2.0: The First 100 Days
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our capstone episode, Kate Linebaugh and Molly Ball break down Trump's first 100 days in office w...
In Crypto’s Darkest Corner, A Suicide Became a Meme Coin
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before committing suicide live on X, Arnold Haro had a request: "If I die, I hope you guys turn this...
Behind the Scenes at Davos, Claims of a Toxic Boss
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Davos conference brings together the world’s elites to try to make the world a better place. B...
Canada’s New Leader Is Ready To Take on Trump
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Carney, a former banker, won Canada’s national election on Monday. Carney ran on an anti-Trum...
A Syrian Father’s Journey to Find His Son
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Suleiman al-Youssef’s son, Shadi, has been missing since the beginning of the Syrian civil war. Af...
Neom, Pt 2: The Emperor’s New Clothes
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Wirth and Tony Harris moved halfway across the world to help build Neom: Crown Prince Mohammed ...
Neom, Pt 1: Skiing in the Desert
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Saudi Arabia’s ambitious, young leader, Mohammed bin Salman, unveiled Neom: a futuristic ...
Trump 2.0: Where Is The Economy Headed?
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s deportations, tariffs, federal layoffs and funding suspensions have generated no...
Taking Stock of the ‘Sell America’ Trade
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Something strange happened in the US financial system earlier this week: the stock market, the bond ...
Inside the Harvard vs. Trump Battle
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump has been on an escalating campaign to reorder elite higher education. The adm...
How Frog Embryos Landed a Scientist in ICE Detention
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova landed at Boston Logan Airport with samples of ...
Pope Francis Has Died. What’s Next for the Catholic Church?
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday morning, Pope Francis died at 88. The first South American to hold the office, he was know...
How the 'Napa Valley of Cannabis' Dried Up
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Colorado became one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, a community called ...
Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly?
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Zuckerberg is in court defending Meta against a Federal Trade Commission case that alleges the ...
How Elon Musk Pulled X Back From the Brink
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After years of trying to revive his flailing social media company, Elon Musk has pulled off a turnar...
The Billionaire Caught Between Trump and China
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Hong Kong-based company CK Hutchinson, led by billionaire Li Ka-shing, recently announced a deal...
A Quick Fix for Hair Loss Is Making Some Men Sick
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Telehealth companies make hair loss drugs easy to get. They also don’t have to disclose side effec...
Can Pepsi Make a Comeback?
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After decades of fighting Coca-Cola to be the nation’s favorite soda, Pepsi dropped to third place...
Trump 2.0: Tariff Turnaround
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Linebaugh and Molly Ball go behind the scenes of the administration’s tariff pause. We dive d...
China Unleashes a Trade War Arsenal
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early days of President Trump’s second term, China was ready to negotiate on trade. Then c...
The Head of the EPA on the Future of the Agency
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump has a new vision for the Environmental Protection Agency that significantly rolls ba...
The Tariff Trade Off: Jobs vs. Higher Prices
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump is ramping up his long-planned tariff war, promising to restore “Boomtown USA.” ...
Wall Street Speaks Out Against Tariffs
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, U.S. stocks lost $6.6 trillion in value during a two-day washout after President Trump an...
The Fight Over Fluoride
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, the majority of Americans have been drinking tap water with added fluoride to improve o...
Trump 2.0: Trade Wars and Deportation Battles
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball unpack the administration’s onslaught of new tariffs and break down wh...
Trump’s Tariffs Force a New Era in Global Trade
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday, in the Rose Garden, President Trump sent out a clear message: the era of globalization is...
The Fraud Trial That Became JPMorgan's Headache
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Javice sold her financial aid startup Frank to JPMorgan Chase for $175 million. But soon aft...
He Revived Barbie. Now He’s Turning Around Gap
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gap Inc. was once the king of mall-brand fashion. In recent years though, its Gap, Old Navy, B...
Why Utah Is Regulating Mom Influencers
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, a popular Utah influencer with six children went to prison for child abuse. Now the state...
Inside the Hunt for Putin’s Sleeper Agents
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A family of deep-cover Russian spies hiding in the heart of Europe. A Slovenian spycatcher with a da...
Trump 2.0: Group Chat Fallout
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A journalist was added to a text thread with high-level Trump administration officials revealing pla...
Three Federal Workers Hit by DOGE
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s unprecedented effort to shrink the federal labor force is impeding work at gover...
Trump's Attack on Big Law
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The White House is waging a pressure campaign against some of the country’s most prominent law fir...
Arrivederci, Donatella Versace
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly three decades as creative director, Donatella Versace is stepping down from her role at...
Trump's College Crackdown
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Columbia University gave in to President Trump’s demands after he revoked roughly $400 million in ...
The New Hit Depression Treatment? A Ketamine-Derived Nasal Spray
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After it was approved in 2019, Spravato, a depression treatment derived from the club drug ketamine,...
Trump 2.0: A Showdown With the Judiciary
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A battle has been brewing between President Trump and the judicial system as courts delay some of th...
Greenland Has Tons of Minerals. So Where Are All the Miners?
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Greenland could satisfy the world’s hunger for minerals, if miners could just start digging. WSJ’...
A New Phase in Trump's Immigration Fight
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Immigrants who took advantage of a Biden-era program to enter the U.S. are now being targeted by the...
The Battle to Be the King of Retail: Walmart vs. Amazon
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Walmart has been America’s largest retailer by revenue for over three decades. But that title migh...
The Download That Led to a Massive Hack at Disney
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Van Andel’s ordinary life unraveled when he accidentally downloaded a trojan horse that ga...
The High Pressure Tactics Gloria Allred Uses On Her Own Clients
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gloria Allred’s lifelong crusade against men accused of sexual misconduct has made her a high prof...
Trump 2.0: The Uncertainty Economy
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve has been focused on cooling inflation and achieving a so-called soft landing. Pr...
Trump Family Has Explored Deal with Binance
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, crypto exchange Binance and its CEO and founder, Changpeng Zhao, pleaded guilty to violatin...
What's Going On With the Economy?
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said he wasn’t going to rule out a recession in the U.S.'...
Tesla Has a Problem: Elon Musk
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk’s politics have eroded Tesla’s appeal among some core buyers of electric vehicles. Som...
The Collapse of Walgreens
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not much has gone right for Walgreens. Facing tough headwinds, the brand has been playing catch up t...
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again movement is leading an effort to stop people fro...
Trump 2.0: ‘Just Getting Started’
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump delivered a celebratory speech to Congress, declaring that he had swiftly notched se...
The Botched Software Update That Cost $600 Million
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sonos, the high-end speaker company, continues to reel from its disastrous app update last May. The ...
The Trade War With China Is On
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the last month, the Trump Administration has levied 20% tariffs on imports from China. We speak t...
Trump's Tariffs Cause Chaos in Auto Industry
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada took effect first thing Tuesday. The...
The Killing Spree Tied to a Silicon Valley Intellectual Movement
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Zizians, a cult-like group of militant vegans, has been connected to six killings across the cou...
Inside DOGE's Campaign of Secrecy
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first few minutes of the Trump presidency, Elon Musk’s programmers made a surprise incursio...
Trump 2.0: A Big, Beautiful Bill
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives narrowly passed a budget resolution this week that serves ...
Will Paramount Settle With Trump?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paramount Global is wrestling with whether to settle President Trump’s lawsuit against its CBS uni...
Why Gold Bars Are Flying Over the Atlantic
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you landed on a flight from Europe to New York recently, you might have been an unwitting partici...
An Eggspensive Dilemma
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the U.S. fights a persistent bird flu outbreak, the cost of eggs has skyrocketed. The owner of a ...
Why Trump Wants Ukrainian Minerals
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is pushing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to hand over mineral righ...
Germany's Economy Is Broken. There's No Plan B.
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, Germany has relied on manufacturing and exports – a model that made it the world’s ...
Trump 2.0: Shaking Up Europe
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump Administration turns its focus to Europe as President Trump signals a willingness to coope...
Why Influencers Say Honey Is Stealing Their Money
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A controversy among YouTube influencers has led to a series of lawsuits accusing browser extensions ...
State Farm Cut Policies. Then the Fires Hit.
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, most home insurers were fleeing areas of California with high risk for wildfires. B...
The Life and Death of a Boeing Whistleblower
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Barnett worked at Boeing for nearly 30 years. Before he left the company, he filed a whistleblo...
The 20,000 Steps to a Walmart Manager's Six-Figure Salary
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re off for Presidents Day, but we wanted to reshare this episode.Walmart is offering higher pay...
The U.S. Spent Billions Fighting AIDS. What Now?
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump suspended most U.S. foreign aid, causing vast confu...
Trump 2.0: The Musk-Trump Bromance
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a busy month in D.C. for Elon Musk. WSJ’s Tim Higgins joins Ryan Knutson and Molly Bal...
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dating app companies are seeing a decline in demand, so they’re looking to recruit a new matchmake...
‘Love Is Blind’ Is Back. Not All the Drama Is On-Screen.
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix’s hit reality show “Love is Blind” returns this Friday with its eighth season. But beh...
R.I.P. CFPB?
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration's newly installed acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Russell...
Women's Soccer Is Getting a Big Upgrade
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Denver was named the winner of a new women’s pro soccer franchise last month, in part because it p...
How Parlays Became the Biggest Bet in Sports
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve watched any professional sports this year, chances are you’ve seen ad after ad pushing...
Trump 2.0: Less Foreign Aid, More Tariffs
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WSJ’s Joel Schectman joins Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball to explore the dismantling of USAID and wh...
Inside USAID as Elon Musk and DOGE Ripped It Apart
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump wants the world's richest man, Elon Musk, to shrink the federal government th...
The Snowballing Problems at Vail Resorts
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vail Resorts is the king of the mountain. But recently, the ski company has been facing issues with ...
RFK Jr.'s Nomination Just Got a Shot in the Arm
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cleared a major hurdle to becoming the nation's chief health officer. W...
Trump’s Tariff Whiplash
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The White House announced wide-ranging tariffs against the U.S.'s biggest trading partners: Mexico, ...
A Plane Crash, Warning Signs and an Investigation
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The collision of American Airlines flight 5342 and an Army helicopter is the deadliest aviation disa...
Trump 2.0: A Whiplash on Federal Spending
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball round up the week’s news including nomination hearings, inspectors gen...
Meta Settles With Trump for $25 Million
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2021, President Donald Trump sued Meta after his accounts were suspended in the wake of the Janua...
How DeepSeek Sank The Stock Market
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the Chinese company DeepSeek debuted a new AI model -- and overturned years of convention...
The Unraveling of OpenAI and Microsoft's Bromance
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the world’s most prominent names in technology are pledging billions to build artificial-i...
Is DEI Done?
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump has wasted no time in dismantling DEI programs in the federal government and ...
The Epic Mess at TGI Fridays
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An iconic chain that became known for its fun cocktails and family dining, TGI Fridays has seen a sh...
Trump 2.0: A Fast Start to a Second Term
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball are back! This time to unpack the new administration's first 100 days. T...
Love Trump? Now You Can Buy His Meme Coin.
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The crypto industry has hailed President Trump as a savior. But shortly before his inauguration, Tru...
Trump's Immigration Overhaul
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shortly after taking office on Monday, President Trump signed several immigration executive orders. ...
Wait… Was That the TikTok Ban?
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump tried to ban TikTok during his first term, but now he’s being hailed as the app’...
Trump Declares a ‘Golden Age’ for America
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Donald Trump was sworn in as president for a second time. WSJ’s Natalie Andrews discusses T...
Ben Shapiro and Preet Bharara on the ‘Podcast Election’
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a special video edition of The Journal, WSJ's Ryan Knutson sits down with Ben Shapiro of ...
Corporate America's Embrace of Trump 2.0
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CEOs of major companies are preparing for a second Trump administration, taking trips to Mar-a-Lago ...
A Fragile Cease-Fire Deal in Gaza
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, mediators announced a deal between Israel and Hamas to pause the fighting in the Gaza ...
The Nazi Ties to Credit Suisse
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After harrowing probes in the 1990s, Swiss banks thought they’d come to terms with their WWII-era ...
What's the Worst AI Can Do? This Team Is Finding Out.
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How close is artificial intelligence to building a catastrophic bioweapon or causing other superhuma...
Their L.A. Neighborhood Burned. Two Residents Find What’s Left.
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles has been decimated by some of the worst fires in U...
The TikTok Ban Goes to the Supreme Court
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments challenging the federal law that requires TikTok, whic...
The End of Facebook’s Content Moderation Era
09 Jan 2025
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that Facebook, Instagram and Threads would dramatically...
Will Honda Be Nissan's Ride or Die?
08 Jan 2025
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Once fierce rivals, Japanese car giants Honda and Nissan recently announced their plans to merge in ...
Why Justin Trudeau Stepped Down
07 Jan 2025
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would resign. He is the latest global progressive lea...
Netflix’s Culture Led to Extraordinary Parental Leave. That’s Over.
06 Jan 2025
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Netflix was known for its “no rules” culture that executives say attracted the best talent. But ...
How to Make a $12.98 T-Shirt... in the U.S.
03 Jan 2025
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After decades of manufacturing in the United States moving overseas, there are calls to bring it bac...
The Underground Battle for Colombia's Richest Gold Mine
02 Jan 2025
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Gunmen of the Gulf Clan, a drug-trafficking militia in Colombia, are seizing tunnels inside one of t...
The Missing Minister: The Vanishing of Qin Gang
30 Dec 2024
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Last year, China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, suddenly disappeared. Qin was a rising star in Chin...
Happy Holidays! An Interview with the Christmas Queen
24 Dec 2024
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Mariah Carey released "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 1994 to moderate success. Today, the song...
James Bond Is Missing. He's Trapped in a Fight With Amazon.
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James Bond is one of Hollywood's most famous characters. So when Amazon bought the rights to distrib...
Even Doctors Are Frustrated With Health Insurance
19 Dec 2024
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The killing of a top health insurance executive outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel this month trigger...
Readers Can’t Get Enough of BookTok. Publishers Are Cashing In.
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BookTok, the corner of TikTok that’s all about books, has shaken up the publishing world. Over the...
Why GM Is Giving Up on Cruise Robotaxis
17 Dec 2024
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After nearly a decade and $10 billion in development, General Motors is ending its robotaxi program....
The Chip Business Is Booming. Why Isn’t Intel?
16 Dec 2024
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Intel—the company whose chips were “inside” your ‘90s desktops—has fallen behind in recent...
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire
13 Dec 2024
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Since the war in Ukraine began, strange attacks have been happening across Europe, including a plot ...
The Biggest Supermarket Merger That Wasn’t
12 Dec 2024
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This week, a federal judge blocked a proposed $20-billion merger between the U.S.’s two largest su...
Bitcoin Hit $100k. What's Next?
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the price of Bitcoin reached $100,000 per coin, an all-time-high as President-elect Donal...
The Suspect in the UnitedHealth Killing
10 Dec 2024
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After a manhunt lasting nearly a week, authorities have arrested and charged a suspect in the killin...
Assad's Regime Falls. What's Next For Syria?
09 Dec 2024
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After decades of brutal dictatorship in Syria, the regime of Bashar al-Assad fell in a matter of day...
The $6 Million Banana’s Appeal
06 Dec 2024
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Last month, Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian,” a piece of conceptual art that consists of a banan...
How Target Got Off Target
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Target used to be a cheap and chic place to shop, but now the retailer is in a sales funk, losing ma...
DOGE: The Plan to Downsize the Government
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed radically downsizing the federal government, and two of hi...
How One Business Owner Is Getting Ahead of Trump's Tariffs
03 Dec 2024
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As President-elect Donald Trump lays out his plan for increasing tariffs on goods made in China and ...
Your Flight Delay Is Probably New York's Fault
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To ease flight delays and staffing shortages in the New York City area, the FAA shifted oversight of...
Canned or Homemade? America’s Biggest Cranberry Company Wins Either Way
28 Nov 2024
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Happy Thanksgiving! This episode was originally published in November 2023. Ocean Spray’s farmers ...
What the Ceasefire in Lebanon Means for the Middle East
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel and Lebanon have reached a ceasefire agreement that ends more than a year of fighting between...
Inside Trump's Pick for Treasury Secretary
26 Nov 2024
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After two weeks of uncertainty, Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent, a longtime Wall Street investo...
Why Hollywood Is Betting Big on ‘Wicked’
25 Nov 2024
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The movie musical “Wicked” collected a blockbuster $114 million in its opening weekend. Over the...
Gaetz, Bondi and Trump's Department of Justice
22 Nov 2024
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After recognizing his nomination was facing an uphill battle, former Republican congressman Matt Gae...
The Biggest Trade in Sports Wasn't an Athlete — It Was a TV Show
21 Nov 2024
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When TNT lost the rights to broadcast NBA games this year, fans worried that the network’s long-ru...
How Spirit Airlines Landed in Bankruptcy
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, Spirit Airlines soared with a low-cost, no-frills business model. This week, it came in f...
The Fight for 7-Eleven
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, Canadian convenience store company Alimentation Couche-Tard put in a bid to acqui...
The Mysterious Fees Inflating Your Grocery Bill
18 Nov 2024
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Grocery bills are going up for a lot of reasons. One has to do with how food gets on grocery store s...
The Onion Is Buying Infowars. No Joke.
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Onion, the satirical news outlet, wants to buy Infowars, the platform conspiracy theorist Alex J...
How the U.S. Fell Behind China on Climate Diplomacy
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders from around the world are meeting in Azerbaijan for the U.N.’s COP29 climate conference. W...
Does Warren Buffett Know Something We Don’t?
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The famous investor and muti-billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is doing something unusual: selli...
Abortion Was A Winning Issue – Just Not for Kamala Harris
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After abortion access wins in 2022, Democrats made a bet that voters backing abortion on states’ b...
The Scramble Is on to Fill Trump’s Cabinet
08 Nov 2024
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The incoming Trump administration has just named its White House chief of staff and more appointment...
Red, White and Who? Why Trump Won and Where Democrats Go Next
08 Nov 2024
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The race is over! Molly Ball and Ryan Knutson dive into the election results to understand what the ...
What a Republican Congress Could Mean for Trump
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former president Donald Trump is now president-elect. But that wasn’t the only win this week for t...
How Donald Trump Pulled Off a Historic Comeback
06 Nov 2024
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Republican former president Donald Trump defeats Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, reclaiming...
Red, White and Who? It's Trump.
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After flipping Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Donald Trump will become the 47th President of t...
What We're Watching for Tonight
05 Nov 2024
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Election night is here, and the U.S.–and the world–is watching as the votes come in. WSJ's Polit...
Harris, Trump and the Inflation Election
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tomorrow is Election Day, and both Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump ha...
Child Care Is on the Ballot in One Texas County
01 Nov 2024
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For decades, activists and lawmakers have tried to change the way child care works in the U.S. But t...
Red, White and Who? An Electoral College Blowout?
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Humphreys and Molly Ball share dispatches from two major campaign events with Ryan Knutson. M...
How Waymo Won Over San Francisco
31 Oct 2024
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After a rocky start, self-driving car company Waymo seems to have won over riders in San Francisco. ...
Why One Family Rejected Boeing's Latest Offer
30 Oct 2024
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For four generations, the Merwin family has worked in Boeing’s factories in Washington state. But ...
Former Election Security Head on America’s Biggest Threats
29 Oct 2024
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During the Trump administration, Chris Krebs was the top cybersecurity official at the Department of...
Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations with Vladimir Putin
28 Oct 2024
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For the past two years, tech billionaire Elon Musk has been having regular contact with Russian Pres...
Hans Zimmer Isn’t Scared of AI
25 Oct 2024
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Hans Zimmer, Academy Award-winning composer, and Golnar Khosrowshahi, CEO of Reservoir Media, discus...
Red, White and Who? The Undecided Voters Who Could Decide the Election
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Five undecided voters in swing states speak to Rachel Humphreys about how they're feeling as electio...
Sex-Trafficking Charges for Former Abercrombie CEO
24 Oct 2024
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Mike Jeffries, former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, was arrested and charged with running an internati...
Stop the Steal 2.0
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Across the country, elections officials are bracing for a potentially contentious election day. At t...
The Mysterious Drones Flying Over U.S. Military Bases
22 Oct 2024
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For 17 days last year, unidentified drones swarmed an area in Virginia that is home to a military ba...
Why People Are Thinking Twice About Living in Florida
21 Oct 2024
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Clouds are gathering over the Sunshine State’s housing market. Especially along the state’s Gulf...
The Missing Minister, Episode 1: The Vanishing of Qin Gang
18 Oct 2024
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Last year, China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, suddenly disappeared. Qin was a rising star in Chin...
The Missing Minister, Episode 2: The Affair
18 Oct 2024
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In the second episode of our investigation, we examine the life and career of Fu Xiaotian: the promi...
The Missing Minister, Episode 3: The Downfall
18 Oct 2024
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In our final episode, we get a break in the case of the missing minister: According to our sources, ...
Red, White and Who? The Desperation Stage
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With millions of votes already cast, the race is on for each campaign to get their supporters to the...
Lilly Ledbetter: The Woman Who Fought the Pay Gap
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay trailblazer, died on Saturday. WSJ’s Joseph De Avila reports on how Led...
How One Teenager Became a Legendary Hacker
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Investigators say that Arion Kurtaj’s life in cybercrime began at age 11, and ultimately led to hi...
Listeria, Liverwurst and the Family Feud at Boar's Head
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the summer, an outbreak of listeria in Boar’s Head products killed 10 people and sickened doz...
The Money Laundering Behind TD Bank’s $3 Billion Fine
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TD Bank’s U.S. entity pleaded guilty and agreed to pay more than $3 billion in penalties, acknowle...
Red, White and Who? Foreign Policy and the Rise of Donald Trump Jr.
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball explore what we know about both candidates’ approach to foreign policy...
Why Trump and Harris Aren’t Talking About the $1.8 Trillion Deficit
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. budget deficit topped $1.8 trillion in the last fiscal year. Meanwhile, both candidates for...
Uncovering Elon Musk's Secret Political Donations
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk's financial support for Republican causes has been much more extensive and started earlier...
The Chinese Hackers Spying on U.S. Internet Traffic
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WSJ reporting has revealed a major cyberattack from a group tied to the Chinese government. Hackers ...
Is Asheville No Longer a ‘Climate Haven?’
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Asheville, North Carolina, was thriving until floodwaters and heavy wind from Hurricane Helene rippe...
Why Microsoft Wants Three Mile Island's Nuclear Power
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, Microsoft and Constellation Energy announced a deal to restart Pennsylvania’s Three Mi...
Red, White and Who? Veep! Veep! All Eyes On Vance and Walz
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The vice-presidential candidates took center stage at a debate this week. Ryan Knutson talks with Mo...
The Missteps That Led Nike Off Course
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Under CEO John Donahoe, Nike pulled away from retailers and ramped up production of its classic snea...
The Risk of an All-Out War in the Middle East
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Israel is now fighting on multiple fronts, after clashing with Hezbollah in Lebanon and sustaining I...
The Big Changes Tearing OpenAI Apart
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In less than two years, OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—has gone from a little-known nonprofit...
The Justice Department Takes On Visa
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Justice is taking Visa, the largest card network in the U.S., to court, accusing t...
How Eric Adams Became New York City’s First Indicted Mayor
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The mayor of America’s largest city likes to say he’s been “rejected, arrested and then electe...
Red, White and Who? It’s Always the Economy!
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After two big economic speeches this week, Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball discuss the candidates’ dif...
China, an Alabama Business and a 20-Year Battle
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Milton Magnus, an Alabama businessman who runs one of the last makers of wire hangers in the U.S., h...
Inside the Trump Crypto Bromance
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former president Donald Trump wants to be the crypto president. With stops at a bitcoin conference a...
Red Lobster's New CEO Plots Its Comeback
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Red Lobster emerged from bankruptcy. At the helm of the restaurant chain is its new CEO,...
The Return of Religious Films to Hollywood
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Christian filmmakers have surprised Hollywood with a series of box office hits and now investors are...
The Fed Finally Cut Rates. What Does That Mean?
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week, after a two year battle with inflation. David Uber...
Red, White and Who? Why Ohio Could Decide the Senate
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Knutson talks with Molly Ball and Rachel Humphreys about their recent trip to Ohio, where they ...
Exploding Pagers and the Risk of a Spreading War
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday afternoon, thousands of pagers issued to Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon exploded at the ...
A Cocaine Kingpin and the Rise of Drug Violence in Europe
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Organized crime used to be considered a remote threat in much of Western Europe, but ruthless violen...
Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama Goes to Court
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, a trial got under way to determine whether Rupert Murdoch can change a trust holding the ...
Why 33,000 Boeing Workers Walked Off the Job
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tens of thousands of Boeing’s unionized workers are on strike after they rejected a new contract l...
Fraudulent Online Returns Cost Retailers Billions
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scammers are exploiting retailers’ online return programs like never before, fueled by websites an...
Red, White and Who? A Swing-State Debate
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a tense debate, Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball unpack a busy election week and examine what’s n...
The Fight Over U.S. Steel and the Community Caught in the Middle
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden, Vice President Harris and former President Trump have all signaled their opposition...
Testosterone Clinics Sell Virility. Side Effects Sometimes Included.
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Testosterone therapy is booming, touting a boost at the gym and in the bedroom, but the potential si...
Your New Hire May Be a North Korean Spy
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
North Korean cybercriminals have developed a new way to access networks in corporate America: gettin...
How Betting on U.S. Politics Is Getting Big
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WSJ’s Alexander Osipovich explores the world of political betting. We meet a trader making big mon...
Hot, Dry and Booming: A Texas Climate Case Study
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle, Texas is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. It is also facing heat and dr...
Red, White and Who? How Abortion Plays For Trump and Harris
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who will win the race to the White House? A new series from The Journal podcast explores the issues ...
A Fed Insider on the Looming Rate Cut
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month, for the first time in over two years, the U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut...
The Rise of the Tween Shopper
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tweens, or kids aged 8 to 12, have learned to shop online. Brands are taking note. WSJ’s Chavie Li...
What's Behind the Arrest of the Telegram CEO?
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pavel Durov, the CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France last month. He was charge...
For Kamala Harris, a Big Interview and a Narrow Lead
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala Harris is trying to step out of President Biden’s shadow without distancing herself from th...
Private Equity Finally Can Get a Piece of the NFL
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The world’s most lucrative sports league is allowing private equity to buy into teams. WSJ’s And...
Why China Is Risking a Trade War
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Faced with stagnating economic growth, Chinese leader Xi Jinping decided to go all in on manufacturi...
Lending Elon Musk Money Was A Very Bad Bet
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he borrowed $13 billion dollars from several banks to complet...
Etsy: Big Commerce or Crafters' Community?
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For almost 20 years, Etsy has been a popular website for handmade and specialized goods on the inter...
Hope, Unity (and Some Nerves) at the DNC
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination. I...
Outcry at Bank of America Over Dangerous Workloads
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In May, an associate at Bank of America died unexpectedly after working long hours on a big acquisit...
The Inside Story of Starbucks’s CEO Drama
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Starbucks ousted its CEO Laxman Narasimhan and replaced him with Brian Niccol, the curren...
At the DNC, Democrats Are Divided Over Gaza
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Democratic National Convention is underway in Chicago, where the party aims to unite behind its ...
The Economy: Trump vs. Harris
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the two presidential candidates put forward some specific policy proposals about the econ...
Is the Trump Campaign Going Off Track?
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WSJ’s Molly Ball breaks down the past week for the Trump campaign as the former president continue...
She Was Google’s First Landlord. And She Changed the Internet.
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki died last week at the age of 56. WSJ’s Miles Kruppa shares how W...
One Man’s Campaign Against DEI
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the past three months, Robby Starbuck has fueled social-media attacks that have led to two compan...
China Is Finally Doing Something About the Fentanyl Crisis
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After years of pressure from the U.S., China is imposing new restrictions on chemicals used in the p...
Boeing's Long Flight Delay – in Space
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In June, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station. But...
Will Tracking Cocoa Beans Help Save the Rainforest?
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The world’s rainforests have shrunk dramatically in recent decades due to the expansion of land fo...
$25 Billion to Zero: Bill Ackman’s Bungled IPO
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Ackman has pressed pause on the initial public offering of a new fund aimed at everyday investo...
Judge Rules ‘Google Is a Monopolist’
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a historic decision this week, a federal judge ruled that Google acted to illegally maintain a mo...
What the Stock Market Panic Says About the Economy
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Slow job growth in the U.S. and interest rate cuts in Japan triggered a global stock market sell off...
Who is Filing Thousands of Disability Lawsuits Against Businesses?
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, businesses are supposed to make their websites accessible...
'Phony' and 'Weird.' Trump and Harris Size Each Other Up
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign gets underway, Democrats and Republicans are rushing to d...
The Historic U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Russia freed wrongfully convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and more than a doze...
Alexa is in Millions of Homes and Amazon is Losing Billions
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After ten years of sales, 500 million Amazon smart devices have found their way into homes around th...
The Paris Olympics’ $1.5 Billion Poop Problem
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Olympics officials in Paris postponed the men’s triathlon because of elevated E. coli level...
The Slaves Sending You Scam Texts
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought about who is behind your scam texts? WSJ reporter Feliz Solomon spent months i...
The Week That Changed the Presidential Race
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 presidential election has taken a major turn after Biden dropped out of the race. WSJ’s M...
The Quest to Save American-Made Antibiotics
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
USAntibiotics's plant in Tennessee is one of the last plants in the United States that makes amoxici...
Kamala Harris, In Context
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats are rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris as she takes over President Biden’s cam...
The Glitch That Crashed Millions of Computers
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last Friday, 8.5 million computers around the world stopped working. All kinds of businesses were im...
Biden Taps Out. Harris Taps In.
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, President Joe Biden ended his bid for re-election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harr...
Takeaways from the RNC: Trump Is in Control
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Republican National Convention came to a close Thursday night with a speech by presidential nomi...
Elon Musk and Silicon Valley Turn Towards Trump
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk has said he is committing around $45 million a month to a pro-Trump super PAC, according t...
Russia Tries a WSJ Reporter in a Secret Court
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich has been held in Russia for more than a year on an espionage accusatio...
Trump Courts the Union Vote
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last night at the Republican National Convention, Sean O’Brien, the president of the International...
The Secret Service’s Failure to Protect Trump
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Saturday, a shooter attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Now, the Secret Servi...
Teens Are Falling Victim to AI Fake Nudes
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last fall, nude photos of a 14-year-old student started spreading around her high school. But they w...
The Resurrection of Abercrombie & Fitch
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Abercrombie & Fitch was the hottest teen clothing brand. Kids wou...
Gold Bars, Cash and a Mercedes: A U.S. Senator's Corruption Trial
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After his first corruption case ended in a mistrial in 2017, Sen. Bob Menendez had a message for his...
Boeing Agrees to Felony Plea. Now Its Future Is Up in the Air.
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a stunning concession, Boeing agreed Sunday to plead guilty to misleading air-safety regulators a...
Coinbase’s CEO on the Future of Crypto
Mon, 08 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
After high-profile collapses and government crackdowns, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is one of the l...
McDonald’s Wants To Offer Quality And Value. Can It Do Both?
Fri, 05 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Joe Erlinger, President of McDonald’s USA, sits down with Kate Linebaugh to talk about how the com...
Will Biden Stay in the Race?
Wed, 03 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Pressure is mounting on President Joe Biden to step back as candidate for president. A new WSJ poll ...
A Troubled Plan to Ship Migrants to Rwanda
Tue, 02 Jul 2024 19:43:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
After a steep increase in migration, the United Kingdom turned to a controversial plan: sending migr...
Trump Has Broad Immunity
Mon, 01 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to prosecutors hoping to convict Donald Trump on charges he sou...
Farm-to-Table Pioneer on Why We Still Need Better Food
Fri, 28 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Alice Waters helped the farm-to-table movement go mainstream in the U.S. through her restaurant Chez...
All Eyes on Biden, Trump – and CNN
Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:46:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Tonight, two presidents, one current and one former, are set to debate live on CNN. The stakes are h...
How Ukraine Built a Weapon to Control the Black Sea
Wed, 26 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ukraine has sunk or damaged about two dozen Russian ships using a technical innovation: naval drones...
The Unusual Economics of the Bilt Credit Card
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:57:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Rent has long been an expense people wanted to pay on credit cards. In 2022, Wells Fargo launched a ...
Southwest Changed Flying. Can It Change Itself?
Mon, 24 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
An activist investor says Southwest Airlines is stuck in the past. Elliott Investment Management say...
Zyn pouches, ‘Zynfluencers’ and ‘the Zyndemic’
Fri, 21 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For about a decade, Zyn, a brand of nicotine pouch, was a niche product used by former smokers. But ...
Sam Altman's Opaque Investment Empire
Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has a day job and a side gig. Only one of them makes him rich. WSJ's Berber Ji...
How ‘Conflict Gum’ Is Helping Fuel Sudan’s Civil War
Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:08:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Gum arabic is a widely used but little-known ingredient found in products like soda, gum, makeup and...
The Brutal Calculation of Hamas’s Leader
Mon, 17 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Yahya Sinwar is the Hamas leader inside Gaza who allegedly plotted the October 7th attacks. Accordin...
Tesla’s Multibillion-Dollar Pay Package for Elon Musk
Fri, 14 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Tesla shareholders voted to reapprove Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package, signaling suppo...
The Hidden Life of Google’s Secret Weapon
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:18:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Joshua Wright was a star in the world of antitrust, from his time at the Federal Trade Commission to...
Elon Musk’s Unusual Relationships With Women at SpaceX
Wed, 12 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The billionaire founder showed several female employees at SpaceX an unusual amount of attention or ...
New York’s U-Turn on a Plan to Reduce Traffic
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 20:03:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The nation’s first congestion-pricing plan was set to take effect at the end of June. But last wee...
Shein: Fast Fashion, Slow IPO
Mon, 10 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The fast-fashion giant hoped to have a splashy U.S. public offering this year. WSJ's Shen Lu explain...
Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 4: The Disruptors
Sun, 09 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The rising popularity of GLP-1 drugs could cause all kinds of ripple effects. According to one esti...
‘It Came out of Nowhere’: The Rise of Dr Pepper
Fri, 07 Jun
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There is a new contender in the cola wars, and it isn’t a cola. It’s Dr Pepper. WSJ’s Jennifer...
Why Biden Is Cracking Down on Asylum at the Border
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 20:42:00 -0000
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President Biden unveiled a last-ditch effort to lower illegal crossings at the southern border this ...
Behind Closed Doors, Biden’s Age is Showing
Wed, 05 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For much of his career, Biden built a reputation as a master negotiator. He’s known for his detail...
A Conversation with Alphabet’s Captain of Moonshots
Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Astro Teller, the CEO of Aphabet’s X, runs a lab dedicated to solving some of the world’s most p...
Mexico Has a New President. Will She Be Different?
Mon, 03 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, will become Mexico’s first female president. S...
Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 3: Brad
Sun, 02 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Bradley Olson has tried a lot of different diets over his 20-year weight-loss journey, including pop...
The Origin Story of Trump's Guilty Verdict
Fri, 31 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
A New York jury has found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 charges. WSJ reporter Joe Palaz...
The Big Short: China Edition
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For years, China’s real estate market was booming. Developers, home buyers and Western banks rushe...
The Trustbuster Taking on Ticketmaster
Wed, 29 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter heads the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. H...
$2.8 Billion for College Athletes and a New World for the NCAA
Tue, 28 May 2024 20:49:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For over a century, the NCAA has refused to pay athletes. After a recent settlement, that’s going ...
Introducing Science Vs - Ozempic: Is It Scarier Than We Thought?
Sun, 26 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Trillion Dollar Shot, our new series about drugs like Ozempic, will be back next week. Until then, w...
The First Person to Get Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip
Fri, 24 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is on a mission to enable humans to communicate with computers using their t...
Could Paris Hilton Create the 'Next Disney?'
Thu, 23 May 2024 20:04:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Paris Hilton and her husband, VC investor Carter Reum, talk about "strict" parenting, the importance...
Years After Surfside Collapse, Florida Condos Are In Crisis
Wed, 22 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Florida condominium buildings are undergoing inspections after the state set new requirements for ho...
Why Israel and Hamas Could Be Headed Into a Forever War
Tue, 21 May 2024 20:08:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Seven months into the war, Hamas is far from defeated. The Islamist militant group is using guerrill...
Did ‘Roaring Kitty’ Just Spark a Meme Stock Sequel?
Mon, 20 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Meme stocks took off last week after an unexpected tweet appeared from “Roaring Kitty,” a social...
Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 2: Bank Breakers
Sun, 19 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
As demand for the new class of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs skyrockets, one thing has stood in the way of...
The Race to Save an Iconic Train From Falling Into the Ocean
Fri, 17 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Pacific Surfliner train in Southern California runs along some of the most beautiful coastlines ...
The Life of One of Wall Street’s Greatest Investors
Thu, 16 May 2024 20:24:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jim Simons pioneered a revolution in financial trading, embracing a computer-oriented, quantitative ...
Live from Seattle: A Weird Economy + Election = ??
Wed, 15 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
If the upcoming presidential election could be summed up by a song, what would it be? And will voter...
North Korea’s Propaganda Mastermind
Tue, 14 May 2024 20:03:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For six decades, one man has been largely responsible for creating North Korea’s propaganda machin...
How FTX Found Billions to Repay Customers
Mon, 13 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When FTX collapsed into bankruptcy in 2022, many customers never thought they'd see their money agai...
Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 1: Birth of a Blockbuster
Mon, 13 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Before Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, there was Lotte Bjerre Knudsen. In the 1990s, the yo...
A Lawyer Says He Doesn't Need Help for Psychosis. His Family Disagrees.
Fri, 10 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
WSJ’s Julie Wernau wanted to test a hypothesis: are there more mentally ill homeless people now, c...
Can Chinese Customers Rescue Starbucks?
Thu, 09 May 2024 20:54:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Starbucks has a problem: Sales at U.S. stores have fallen sharply and now the company is looking to ...
The Suitcases Full of Cash Flowing Through Airports
Wed, 08 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
London and Dubai's international airports have become conduits for billions of dollars of illicit fu...
Why Is Tesla Pulling Back on EV Charging?
Tue, 07 May 2024 20:11:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Tesla announced last week that it’s laying off the team responsible for the biggest electric-vehic...
The 20,000 Steps to a Walmart Manager's Six-Figure Salary
Mon, 06 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Walmart is offering higher pay, bonuses and more stock options this year to retain and attract manag...
Guns and Death Threats in Canada’s Baby-Eel Fisheries
Fri, 03 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The high price of baby eels has triggered an upsurge in illegal fishing and criminal activity in Can...
The NBA's Media Rights Are Up for Grabs. Billions Are at Stake.
Thu, 02 May 2024 21:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The National Basketball Association is in advanced stages of a new round of media-rights deals. WSJ’...
Mayhem at Paramount as Merger Looms
Wed, 01 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On Monday, Bob Bakish stepped down as CEO of Paramount, one of America’s most iconic media compani...
Trump Allies Draft Plans to Rein in the Fed
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Donald Trump's allies have drafted plans to curb the Federal Reserve’s independence, should Trump ...
Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals
Mon, 29 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For almost a decade, Amazon staff went undercover on Walmart, eBay and other marketplaces selling pr...
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on What's Next for the Economy
Fri, 26 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jamie Dimon discusses his concerns about the future of the economy, the effect of overseas wars and ...
Pro-Palestinian Protests and Arrests at U.S. Colleges
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:38:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
With a fresh round of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping campuses nationwide, university administrato...
How Gambling Scandals Are Rocking Sports Leagues
Wed, 24 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Less than six years after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for legal sports gambling, U.S. sport...
Inside the White House's Scramble to Avert a Bigger Middle East War
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:07:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Over the course of 19 days, U.S. officials raced to contain escalating tensions between Israel and I...
Donald Trump’s First Criminal Trial Is Underway
Mon, 22 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Former President Donald Trump is expected to spend the next six weeks in a Manhattan courtroom, defe...
How Cyber Thieves Are Disrupting U.S. Goods
Fri, 19 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Reports of freight fraud are on the rise, vexing trucking companies and regulators. And victims say ...
Think It’s Expensive to Buy a Home? Try Owning One.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:19:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It’s not just the cost of buying a home that’s going up. It’s also the hidden costs — like t...
Why the Fed Is Steering Away From Rate Cuts
Wed, 17 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called into question whether the Fed will be able to ...
Many Cities Fear the ‘Doom Loop.’ St. Louis is in One.
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:26:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Cities such as San Francisco and Chicago are trying to save their downtown office districts from spi...
The Russian Military is Using Elon Musk’s Starlink
Mon, 15 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
SpaceX’s satellite-internet devices are ending up in the hands of American adversaries and accused...
Can the WNBA Cash in on the Caitlin Clark Effect?
Fri, 12 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Caitlin Clark has lifted women’s college basketball to new heights, setting records on and off the...
How Employer-Funded Child Care Can Work
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:19:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Providing child care for employees may not seem like a savvy business choice, but some companies swe...
What Arizona's Abortion Ban Means for the 2024 Election
Wed, 10 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This week, the Arizona Supreme Court revived an abortion ban enacted in 1864, decades before the sta...
Biden’s New Plan to Cancel Student Debt
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Biden administration is proposing a sweeping initiative to slash student debt for nearly 30 mill...
Why No Labels’ Presidential Campaign Failed to Launch
Mon, 08 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
No Labels, the centrist group which was trying to field a third-party presidential candidate, is aba...
Janet Yellen Has a Warning for China
Fri, 05 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in China trying to discourage government officials and business l...
The Failures Inside Boeing's 737 Factory
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:58:00 -0000
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In January, a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 MAX plane during an Alaska Airlines flight. Informal ...
A Deadly Strike on Aid Workers in Gaza
Wed, 03 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen ...
The Battle Over Disney’s Board
Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:35:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Disney's business has been struggling in recent years, and there's a fight over how to fix it. On on...
Ryanair: Cheap, Cramped and Making Its CEO a Fortune
Mon, 01 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Michael O’Leary has been running Ryanair for the past 30 years — the longest tenure of any major...
Six Days of Chaos at MGM’s Casinos
Fri, 29 Mar
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A gang of young criminals. A more than $30 million ransom. Casinos in disarray. WSJ’s Robert McMil...
25 Years in Prison from “The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy”
Fri, 29 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys attend Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing hearing and parse throu...
Donald Trump’s Meme Stock Moment
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:57:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Not long ago, Donald Trump’s social-media company, Truth Social, seemed like it was on life suppor...
The Baltimore Bridge Catastrophe
Wed, 27 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Early Tuesday morning, a 1,000-foot container ship lost power and plowed into the Francis Scott Key ...
What Will Sam’s Sentence Be? from "The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy"
Wed, 27 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys dive into a mountain of court filings to understand the argumen...
Will Getting Rid of Bosses Fix the Workplace?
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:46:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Bayer is throwing out the corporate playbook to try a radical experiment: getting rid of a huge swat...
Sam's Life in a Brooklyn Jail from "The Trial of Crypto's Golden Boy"
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We’re back for Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing. After the crypto golden boy was found guilty on a...
Why the U.S. Government Is Suing Apple
Mon, 25 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Department of Justice announced a landmark lawsuit against Apple, alleging that it has built a m...
Trump Needs $450 Million He Doesn’t Have
Fri, 22 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Donald Trump’s finances are under stress. He faces a $454 million judgment against him in a civil-...
Is Fighting Misinformation Censorship? The Supreme Court Will Decide.
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:51:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This week, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Biden administration unlawfully pressured te...
Can Reddit’s IPO Survive Its Own Users?
Wed, 20 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The social-media platform Reddit is making its stock-market debut Thursday and is offering a chunk o...
Why Women Are Leaving Goldman Sachs
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:03:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When David Solomon became CEO of Goldman Sachs just over five years ago, he made promoting women to ...
How Two Binance Employees Ended Up Detained in Nigeria
Mon, 18 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Two Binance employees, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are being held by Nigerian authoritie...
How a Psychiatrist Lost $400,000 on Gambling Apps
Fri, 15 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In November 2022, Kavita Fischer downloaded a casino app from DraftKings, one of the top online bett...
The Cyberattack That’s Roiling Healthcare
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hospitals, pharmacies and medical groups have been reeling in the wake of last month’s ransomware ...
House Passes Bill to Ban TikTok
Wed, 13 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today the House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would ban TikTok from operating in the U...
Rail Unions Normally Hate CEOs. Now They Are Trying to Save One.
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:57:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
About a year after a major train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, an activist investor is trying ...
Chinese-Made Cranes at U.S. Ports: A New Trojan Horse?
Mon, 11 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Nearly 80% of ship-to-shore cranes at U.S. ports are made by ZPMC, a Chinese state-owned company. In...
Why an Ivy League Basketball Team Voted to Unionize
Fri, 08 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This week the Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize, setting up a fight with the schoo...
How Sam Altman’s Bromance With Elon Musk Turned Toxic
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:21:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sam Altman once called Elon Musk, one of his OpenAI co-founders, his hero. Now Musk is suing Altman,...
Biden vs. Trump: The Rematch Nobody Wants
Wed, 06 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley suspended her bid for the Republican presidential nominat...
Who Wants Non-Alcoholic Beer? Everyone, Apparently.
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:04:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 2017 Bill Shufelt was desperate. He’d quit his job at a hedge fund to start a business that sou...
From Ukrainian Teen to Russian Propaganda Star
Mon, 04 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Russian troops invaded his hometown in 2022, Ukrainian teenager Denys Kostev filmed TikTok vide...
Can Warner Bros. Uncancel J.K. Rowling?
Fri, 01 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has come under fire in recent years for comments she’s made about...
Why the FTC is Challenging a $25 Billion Supermarket Merger
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:26:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block a $25 billion merger between two supermarket giants: ...
The Downfall of Vice
Wed, 28 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Vice Media was a digital-media pioneer, built on provocative journalism and the promise of reaching ...
Inside One Publisher’s Fight Against Book Bans
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:56:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
School districts and state legislatures have been ramping up efforts to ban certain books from schoo...
The Deepfake Election Has Arrived
Mon, 26 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Days before the presidential primary in New Hampshire, thousands of people received a call from some...
Influencer Arielle Charnas’s Fashion Fail
Fri, 23 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Arielle Charnas is a fashion blogger turned influencer with over 1 million Instagram followers. In 2...
The Deal That Could Change Credit Cards
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:50:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Capital One announced plans to buy Discover Financial Services in a $35 billion deal that marries tw...
Fentanyl Is Bad. ‘Tranq’ Might Be Worse.
Wed, 21 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The animal tranquilizer xylazine, also known as “tranq,” is finding its way into opioid supplies...
‘It Felt Surreal’: A Cancer Diagnosis at 26
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 21:05:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Meilin Keen was diagnosed with stomach cancer at 26. She’s part of a growing demographic of people...
Alexei Navalny, Putin’s Loudest Critic, Dies in a Russian Prison
Fri, 16 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For years, anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny has been an outspoken critic and political foe of...
The Deal to Hide Bad Actors in the Funeral Industry
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:38:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Unethical funeral homes have exploited grieving customers for decades. What consumers may not know i...
Sam Altman’s $7 Trillion ‘Moonshot’
Wed, 14 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman kicked off an AI revolution with the viral ChatGPT. Now, Altman has se...
The Spectacular Fall of 23andMe
Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:20:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Five years ago, 23andMe was one of the buzziest startups in the world. Now, 23andMe’s stock is wor...
Why Three Media Giants Are Betting on Sports Streaming
Mon, 12 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
While the National Football League was getting ready for yesterday’s Super Bowl, major news was an...