Shutdown Pain Spreads Across America
08 Oct 2025
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A.M. Edition for Oct. 8. The federal shutdown enters its second week, with strain spreading across t...
Gold Hits New Record as Investors Worry About U.S. Economic Outlook
07 Oct 2025
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P.M. Edition for Oct. 7. Gold prices soared to $4,000 a troy ounce for the first time, topping off a...
Trump Signals Openness to Healthcare Talks to End Shutdown
07 Oct 2025
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A.M. Edition for Oct. 7. Trump suggests he is open to talks on healthcare, signaling that there may ...
How the Massive OpenAI and AMD Deal Challenges Nvidia’s Dominance
06 Oct 2025
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P.M. Edition for Oct. 6. OpenAI and Advanced Micro Devices announced a multibillion-dollar partnersh...
Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Kick Off in Egypt
06 Oct 2025
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A.M. Edition for Oct. 6. Peace talks to end the war in Gaza are underway in Cairo, Egypt. WSJ’s An...
How Drones Are Changing the Business of War
05 Oct 2025
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Drones have been in the headlines a lot lately. On Friday, we reported that Munich saw the latest in...
What’s News in Markets: EA’s Goodbye, TrumpRx, FICO Tweak
04 Oct 2025
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What do investors think of Electronic Arts saying game over to the public markets? And how did Pfize...
Senate Democrats Block Spending Bill, Extending Shutdown Into the Weekend
03 Oct 2025
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P.M. Edition for Oct. 3. Senate Democrats again rejected a stopgap spending bill. Plus, Hamas respon...
It’s Jobs Friday, But Without the Data
03 Oct 2025
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A.M. Edition for Oct. 3. The government shutdown means the Bureau of Labor Statistics isn’t issuin...
A Terrorist Attack at a British Synagogue Leaves Two Dead, Several Injured
02 Oct 2025
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P.M. Edition for Oct. 2. A terrorist incident in Manchester during the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur...
Trump Targets Colleges Again With Sweeping Funding Agreement
02 Oct 2025
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A.M. Edition for Oct. 2. The Trump administration has invited nine initial schools to join a ‘comp...
What Would It Take to Reopen the U.S. Government?
01 Oct 2025
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P.M. Edition for Oct. 1. As hundreds of thousands of government workers receive furlough notices, la...
Government Shuts Down as Funding Lapses
01 Oct 2025
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A.M. Edition for Oct. 01. The federal government has shut down for the first time in nearly seven ye...
With a Deal Unlikely, Government Shutdown Looms
30 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 30. With just a few hours to go and no last-minute deal emerging, the federal...
Boeing Gears Up to Take On Airbus
30 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 30. The federal government is careening toward a shutdown after congressional...
Trump Goes After China’s Tech Sector by Expanding Trade Blacklist
29 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 29. The Trump administration is cracking down on companies that it says pose ...
It’s Trump vs. Portland, Again
29 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 29. We take a closer look at how successful the Trump administration's deport...
Are Trump’s Lethal Attacks on Drug Boats Legal?
28 Sep 2025
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In the past month, the Trump administration has ordered a trio of military attacks against boats sus...
What’s News in Markets: CarMax Woes, Intel Soars, Tylenol Pressure
27 Sep 2025
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Why did CarMax’s earnings spook investors? And how has Intel stock gained 46% this month? Plus, wh...
Regulators Scale Back Obstacles for Boeing
26 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 26. Six years after two deadly crashes of its 737 MAX jets, Boeing has regain...
Trump Declares 100% Tariffs on Pharma Firms Not Building U.S. Plants
26 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 26. President Trump unveils new levies on branded or patented drugs from phar...
Musk’s xAI Joins the Race for a Foothold in the U.S. Government
25 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 25. Elon Musk’s xAI is the latest tech company to make its models available...
Drones Close Denmark’s Airspace for Second Time
25 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 25. Multiple drones flew over airports and a military base housing most of th...
Bankers Wanted: Why Wall Street’s Job Market is Red Hot
24 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 24. Hiring may be slowing for many industries, but the biggest banks on Wall ...
Trump Threatens ABC Over Kimmel’s Return to Late-Night TV
24 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 24. In a punchy, and at times, emotional monologue, Kimmel took jabs at membe...
Trump at U.N.: Immigration, Climate Policies Are Destroying the West
23 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 23. President Trump’s hour-long speech to the United Nations General Assemb...
What Scientists Say About Autism and Tylenol Use
23 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 23. Tylenol-maker Kenvue is bracing for a wave of lawsuits, after President T...
U.S. Markets Reach New Records After $100 Billion Nvidia–OpenAI Deal
22 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 22. Nvidia announced that it was investing up to $100 billion in OpenAI, send...
Trump’s Visa Changes Could Hurt U.S. Economy
22 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 22. President Trump announced a move to dramatically reshape the U.S. immigr...
Why IBM's CEO Thinks His Company Can Crack Quantum Computing
21 Sep 2025
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This week we’re bringing you an episode of Bold Names, where co-hosts Christopher Mims and Tim Hig...
What’s News in Markets: Intel’s Win, Darden’s Struggles, FedEx on Tariffs
20 Sep 2025
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What drove Intel’s best day since 1987? And why is the owner of Olive Garden struggling? Plus, how...
Can Lower Fed Rates Help Fix the Government’s Debt Problem?
19 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 19. Since the U.S. government spends about $1 trillion annually on interest f...
House to Vote on GOP Bill to Avert a Shutdown
19 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 19. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking to avoid a government shutdown at t...
What’s Behind Nvidia’s $5 Billion Bet on Intel
18 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 18. Nvidia announced a $5 billion investment in beleaguered chip maker Intel....
Disney Suspends Kimmel Over Kirk Comments
18 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 18. The entertainment giant is pulling ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after Kimmel ...
How America Fell in Love With Cocaine Again
17 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 17. Cocaine use is rising in the U.S., in part because of an excess supply sm...
China, U.S. Near Deal on TikTok
17 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 17. WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng outlines what we know about TikTok’s proposed U....
Why Tariff Bills Are Catching Online Shoppers by Surprise
16 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 16. Last month, the Trump administration changed a rule that meant that packa...
Fed Kicks Off Most Important Meeting of the Year
16 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 16. The Federal Reserve is meeting amid unprecedented pressure from President...
How Trump’s Pick Stephen Miran Could Shake Up the Fed’s Next Meeting
15 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 15. Tonight the Senate will vote on whether to confirm economist Stephen Mira...
China Says Nvidia Broke Antitrust Law
15 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 15. China escalated its regulatory campaign against U.S. chip giant Nvidia, h...
Law and Politics: Trump’s Plan for the National Guard
14 Sep 2025
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President Trump is deploying the National Guard in a way that no president has done before. He and h...
What’s News in Markets: Robinhood Social, AI Oracle, Paramount Bid
13 Sep 2025
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Why did Robinhood go social? And how did AI help Oracle make up for its lackluster earnings results?...
Why Retail Investors Are Getting Larger Portions of IPO Shares
12 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 12. After Figma, Circle and Bullish were plagued by big price jumps on their ...
How Will OpenAI Fund Its Multibillion-Dollar Ambitions?
12 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 12. OpenAI has big plans, spending billions of dollars on everything from com...
The Manhunt Continues for Charlie Kirk’s Shooter
11 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 11. The FBI has shared images of a “person of interest” in the shooting o...
America Grapples With Rising Political Violence
11 Sep 2025
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WSJ editor Aaron Zitner, who interviewed Charlie Kirk last year, reflects on the conservative activi...
Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Killed at Event in Utah
10 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 10. President Trump said that conservative political activist and author Char...
NATO Planes Shoot Down Russian Drones Over Poland
10 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 10. Russian drones went further into NATO-territory than ever before during t...
Revised Job Data Show U.S. Labor Market Weaker Than Previously Reported
09 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 9. The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said today that the U....
White House Doubles Down on Jobs Data Criticism
09 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 9. White House advisers are preparing a report laying out alleged shortcoming...
Congress Receives Epstein’s 2003 Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature
08 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 8. Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2...
Korean Citizens Head Home as Trump Threatens More Raids
08 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 8. South Korea’s foreign minister is on his way to Washington D.C. to help ...
Why This Economist Says Government Economic Surveys Can’t Be Replaced
07 Sep 2025
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This week we’re bringing you an episode of our podcast WSJ’s Take On the Week, where co-hosts Gu...
What’s News in Markets: Kraft Heinz Split, Macy’s Turnaround, Musk’s Pay
06 Sep 2025
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What do investors think of Kraft Heinz’s plan to split its business in two? And how is Macy’s tu...
Hiring Slowdown Spells a Weakening Labor Market
05 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 5. The latest jobs report fell far short of expectations—raising new questi...
All Eyes on Today’s U.S. Jobs Data
05 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 5. Analysts expect further weakening in the labor market. As WSJ economics re...
RFK Jr. Faces Combative Questioning Over CDC Turmoil, Vaccines
04 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 4. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a skeptical Senate committee ...
Trump Admin Pushes for Quick Supreme Court Tariff Decision
04 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 4. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says delaying a ruling until June 2026 - ...
Why Rising Global Bond Yields Are Worrying Investors
03 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 3rd. Global bond yields are climbing; yields on U.K. 30-year gilts this week ...
Google’s Big Win and Why it’s Good News for Apple
03 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 3. After a 2024 ruling that Google operated a search monopoly, a U.S. distric...
Why Kraft Heinz Is Breaking Up
02 Sep 2025
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P.M. Edition for Sept. 2. Kraft Heinz plans to separate its business into two companies, unwinding a...
Trump Family Raises $5 Billion Fortune With New Cryptocurrency
02 Sep 2025
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 2. The launch of WLFI has produced a major windfall for Trump’s family with...
Why Bosses Have Had It With Office Activists
29 Aug 2025
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 29. This week, Microsoft became the latest company to crack down on political ...
Alibaba Develops a New AI Chip to Fill Nvidia Void
29 Aug 2025
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A.M. Edition for Aug 29. Alibaba’s new chip will be made in China and seeks to offer an alternativ...
How Chinese Money Launderers Are Moving Billions Through U.S. Banks
28 Aug 2025
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 28. The Treasury Department has put out a report about a Chinese money launder...
Nvidia’s Outlook Comes Under the Microscope
28 Aug 2025
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A.M. Edition for Aug 28. Nvidia posts another record quarter, but Journal Heard on the Street column...
Trump’s Move to Fire Fed Governor Sets Up New Legal Test of Presidential Power
27 Aug 2025
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 27. Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook has vowed to fight President Trump’s ...
What Trump’s India Tariffs Mean for Global Trade
27 Aug 2025
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A.M. Edition for Aug 27. As steep duties on a range of Indian products come into effect, the WSJ’s...
How ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Has Shaken the U.S. Food Industry
26 Aug 2025
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 26. Big food companies were already reeling from shifting consumer preferences...
Trump Pushes the Fed Into Uncharted Territory
26 Aug 2025
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A.M. Edition for Aug 26. President Trump says he’s removing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, es...
What the Immigration Slowdown Means for the U.S. Labor Market
25 Aug 2025
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 25. This year, net immigration to the U.S. could be negative for the first tim...
The Tech Rally Appears to Be Fading
25 Aug 2025
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A.M. Edition for Aug 25. The prospect of September interest rate cuts gave markets a boost late last...
How the Rising Cost of College Is Changing Families’ Calculus
24 Aug 2025
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Rounding out our week looking at the finances of parenting, we’re looking at one of the biggest co...
What’s News in Markets: Home Depot Rallies, Target Misses, Meta Pauses
23 Aug 2025
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How did Home Depot bounce back in spite of a mixed bag of a quarterly report? And what caused a lead...
DOJ Releases Ghislaine Maxwell Interview Transcript
22 Aug 2025
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 22. The Justice Department has released interview transcripts of Jeffrey Epste...
Fed Signals a Key Policy U-Turn
22 Aug 2025
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A.M. Edition for Aug 22. Jerome Powell is set to speak at the Jackson Hole symposium this morning, w...
Why More U.S. Companies Are Pulling Back on Hiring
21 Aug 2025
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 21. More U.S. companies plan to slow hiring in the second half of the year. Wa...
What’s News in Markets: Novo Tumbles, Meta Soars, Apple Sells
02 Aug 2025
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Is Novo Nordisk losing its lead in the weight-loss market? And what caused Meta’s shares to jump? ...
Trump Orders Firing of Statistics Head After Weak July Jobs Report
01 Aug 2025
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 1. The jobs report, which showed sharply lower revised numbers for May and Jun...
What’s News in Earnings: How Logistics Operators Are Navigating Trade War Turmoil
01 Aug 2025
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Bonus Episode for Aug. 1. Logistics companies that deliver the goods you use everyday are grappling ...
Markets Fall on Trump’s Tariff Bonanza
01 Aug 2025
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A.M. Edition for Aug 1. As the deadline for many countries to clinch trade agreements expires, Presi...
As Trade Deal Deadline Looms, Could Trump’s Tariffs Be Deemed Unlawful?
31 Jul 2025
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P.M. Edition for July 31. As President Trump’s deadline approaches for countries to establish trad...
Flurry of Trade Deals Boosts Markets
31 Jul 2025
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A.M. Edition for July 31. Ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for reciprocal tariffs to kick in, the U.S....
Two Officials Dissent as Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged
30 Jul 2025
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P.M. Edition for July 30. As was widely expected, the Federal Reserve held rates steady for a fifth ...
Tsunami Waves Reach U.S. After Powerful Russia Quake
30 Jul 2025
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A.M. Edition for July 30. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Russia’s Pacific coast, triggering t...
Why It’s Taken Until Now for the U.S.’s First Coast-to-Coast Rail Operator
29 Jul 2025
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P.M. Edition for July 29. The merger deal between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern would create a ...
Famine Unfolding in Gaza, Experts Say
29 Jul 2025
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A.M. Edition for July 29. At least sixteen children under five have died of hunger-related causes si...
What to Make of the U.S.-EU Deal That Averted Trade War
28 Jul 2025
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P.M. Edition for July 28. Business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic welcomed a trade deal betwe...
U.S., EU Strike Biggest Trade Deal So Far
28 Jul 2025
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A.M. Edition for July 28. The agreement avoids a damaging trade war with the U.S.’s largest tradin...
Is the U.S. Ready for a Nuclear Energy Boom?
27 Jul 2025
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Startups are aiming for an audacious reboot of America’s nuclear energy program. With massive ener...
What’s News in Markets: Meme Stock Frenzy, Chipotle Stumbles, Toyota Rises
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Which companies’ shares are under the sway of meme traders this summer? And why did Chipotle’s s...
Corporate America Is Picking Up the Tab for Trump’s Tariffs
25 Jul 2025
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P.M. Edition for July 25. American corporations have paid much of the additional $55 billion in tari...
U.S. Leaves Cease-Fire Talks, as Starvation Grips Gaza
25 Jul 2025
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A.M. Edition for July 25. The latest setback in the Trump administration’s drive to end the war be...
Trump Visits Fed HQ, Putting Pressure on Powell
24 Jul 2025
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P.M. Edition for July 24. President Donald Trump took a rare step visiting the Federal Reserve. The ...
Markets Jump on Hopes of a New E.U. Trade Deal
24 Jul 2025
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A.M. Edition for July 24. Japan’s TOPIX hits a new record high and European markets surge on trade...
President Trump Was Told in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files
23 Jul 2025
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P.M. Edition for July 23. Attorney General Pam Bondi also told the president that the Justice Depart...
U.S. and Japan Reach Trade Deal
23 Jul 2025
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A.M. Edition for July 23. President Trump says that he will set tariffs on the country at 15%. The W...
Musk Taps Into Private Credit to Fund AI Ambitions
22 Jul 2025
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P.M. Edition for July 22. To keep his company competitive in a wild and costly AI battle, Elon Musk ...
U.S.’ $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Launch
22 Jul 2025
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A.M. Edition for July 22. Six months in, Stargate has so far failed to complete a single deal for a ...