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
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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
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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
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After a steep increase in migration, the United Kingdom turned to a controversial plan: sending migr...
Trump Has Broad Immunity
Mon, 01 Jul
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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
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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
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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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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...