WSJ Minute Briefing
Episodes
Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions Until Ukraine Peace Agreement Is Reached
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus, the U.S. added 151,000 jobs last month. And Canada’s decades-long litigation with Big-Tobacco ends. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Sign up for the ...
Walgreens Seals $10 Billion Deal to Go Private
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: President Trump signs an executive order to create a strategic bitcoin reserve. And another Starship spacecraft explodes during the latest Space...
Nasdaq Enters a Correction as Trade Stress Slams U.S. Stocks
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investors have been unnerved by frequent swings in President Trump’s tariff policies. Plus: shares of chipmaker Marvell Technology sank despite narr...
Trade Policy Uncertainty Rattles Markets
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus, U.S. trade deficit grew 34% in January. Macy’s expects sales to fall again this year. And the European Central Bank cuts its key interest rate...
Veterans Affairs Aiming to Cut 70,000 Jobs
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The Trump administration drafts an executive order aimed at abolishing the Education Department. And European leaders discuss boosting their def...
U.S. Stocks Rise After Trump Gives Automakers a Tariff Reprieve
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The White House says some automakers will get a 30-day break from the new tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico this week. Plus: Novo Nordisk launches ...
Trump Pauses Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s bid to pause foreign aid payouts. And the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership gets antitrus...
Trump Doubles Down on Tariff Agenda
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: The Senate votes to repeal a Biden-era crypto tax rule. And Goldman Sachs will target vice presidents in its next round of layoffs. Luke Vargas ...
U.S. Stocks Fall After President Trump Imposes Tariffs on Canada and Mexico
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new 25% tax on imports from North American neighbors went into effect this morning. Plus: stock in individual companies seen as vulnerable to tari...
Markets Rattled After U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Canada and Mexico announce plans for countermeasures and China set retaliatory tariffs on U.S. farm goods. And a consortium of investors led by ...
U.S. to Pause All Military Aid to Ukraine
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Ottawa and Beijing respond after President Trump’s tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China take effect. And Walgreens nears a deal to g...
U.S. Stocks Tumble After President Trump Confirms North American Tariffs
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trump said 25% import taxes on goods from Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday. Plus: investors turned to gold, silver and copper amid con...
U.S. Manufacturing Activity Expands for Second Straight Month
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Kroger’s CEO resigns following a board investigation into his personal conduct. President Trump and TSMC are expected to announce a $100 billi...
Consulting Bosses Defend U.S. Government Contracts
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Chinese buyers get around U.S. export controls to order Nvidia’s latest AI chips. And, Shell explores the potential sale of its European and U...
A Late-Friday Stock Rally Wasn’t Enough to Dig Out of February’s Hole
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Markets see-sawed after a new forecast suggests U.S. GDP could decline this quarter, alongside a tense meeting between President Trump and Ukraine’s...
Trump to Make English Official U.S. Language
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the White House in an attempt to reset his relationship with President Trump. And the Fed’s pref...
FAA Wants to Hire More Air-Traffic Controllers
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: KPMG is set to become the first Big Four firm to open a law practice in the U.S. And, Trump officials struggle to keep pace with the president’...
Stocks Fall After President Trump Latest Tariff Threats
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investors continue to digest the new administration's plans on tariffs and federal spending cuts. Plus: Nvidia shares continue to fall after the compa...
Trump Announces Another 10% Tariff on China
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus, Amazon shows off its first chip for quantum computing. And a mysterious disease linked to bats has already killed 60 people in the Democratic Re...
Microsoft Calls on Trump to Relax AI Chip Export Rules
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: President Trump revokes a Biden-era license allowing Chevron to produce oil in Venezuela. And, European shares fall on Trump’s EU tariff threa...
Stocks Struggle to Shake Off Slump Amid Fresh Tariff Threats
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump said he is considering 25% tariffs on goods from the European Union. Plus: stock in Outback Steakhouse’s parent company fell to its ...
U.S. New-Home Sales Slumped in January
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus, drugmaker Eli Lilly plans to invest $27 billion in new U.S. plants. Ukrainian President Zelensky says many details of the minerals deal with the...
House Republicans Pass Budget Plan
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus: Budweiser brewer AB InBev scores market-share gains in the U.S. And, copper prices rise as White House officials mull imposing tariffs on the me...
Economic Worries and Tariff Fears Dragged on Markets Again
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s proposed tariff policies also contributed to the largest monthly decline in U.S. consumer sentiment in three years. Plus: Home Dep...
U.S. Consumer Confidence Drops in February
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus, Taiwan detains ship and Chinese crew after undersea cable was severed. And Eli Lilly offers higher doses of its obesity-drug Zepbound through it...