The Botched Software Update That Cost $600 Million
06 Mar 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lawmakers in the House of Representatives narrowly passed a budget resolution this week that serves ...
Will Paramount Settle With Trump?
27 Feb 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Netflix’s hit reality show “Love is Blind” returns this Friday with its eighth season. But beh...
R.I.P. CFPB?
11 Feb 2025
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The Trump administration's newly installed acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Russell...
Women's Soccer Is Getting a Big Upgrade
10 Feb 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Some of the world’s most prominent names in technology are pledging billions to build artificial-i...
Is DEI Done?
27 Jan 2025
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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
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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
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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
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The crypto industry has hailed President Trump as a savior. But shortly before his inauguration, Tru...
Trump's Immigration Overhaul
22 Jan 2025
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Shortly after taking office on Monday, President Trump signed several immigration executive orders. ...
Wait… Was That the TikTok Ban?
21 Jan 2025
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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
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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
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In a special video edition of The Journal, WSJ's Ryan Knutson sits down with Ben Shapiro of The Ben ...
Corporate America's Embrace of Trump 2.0
17 Jan 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
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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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
Hans Zimmer, Academy Award-winning composer, and Golnar Khosrowshahi, CEO of Reservoir Media, discus...
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
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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...