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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
08 Jul 2024
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?
05 Jul 2024
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?
03 Jul 2024
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
02 Jul 2024
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
01 Jul 2024
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
28 Jun 2024
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
27 Jun 2024
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
26 Jun 2024
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
25 Jun 2024
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?
24 Jun 2024
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’
21 Jun 2024
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
20 Jun 2024
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
18 Jun 2024
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
17 Jun 2024
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
14 Jun 2024
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
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Joshua Wright was a star in the world of antitrust, from his time at the Federal Trade Commission to...