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Is Cuba on the Brink of Collapse?
President Trump’s oil blockade is grinding Cuba’s economy to a standstill, spreading unrest and intensifying pressure on the Communist regime. On Mond...
How Gamblers Are Rigging College Basketball
Earlier this year, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment alleging a widespread cheating scandal in D1 college basketball. WSJ's Jared Diamond rep...
Big Banks vs. Big Crypto
Congress is moving to increase regulation over the crypto industry with the CLARITY Act. But the potential legislation has provoked a big clash betwee...
The Ticketmaster Breakup Trial Just Got Messier
Just one week into the blockbuster antitrust trial between the Justice Department and Live Nation, the two parties reached a tentative agreement. WSJ’...
Fertility Inc.: ‘Our Money Was Gone’
The Journal’s investigation into the wild west of the fertility industry continues, this time from an intended parent’s perspective. Ryan Knutson spea...
The Escalating Crisis at the Strait of Hormuz
The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a global economic disruption and created a major military and political challenge for the Trump Adm...
The Global Scramble for Patriot Missiles
Since the start of the war in Iran, the U.S. and regional allies have relied on American-made Patriot missile systems to counteract Iran’s airstrikes....
The Battle Over AI in Warfare
Anthropic is taking the Trump administration to court, after the Trump administration designated the AI company a security threat and tried to cancel...
Kristi Noem’s $200 Million Mistake
Kristi Noem brought a camera-ready leadership style to the Department of Homeland Security. Now, after a turbulent year leading the agency, Trump has...
Fertility Inc.: When the Surrogate Gets Left With the Bill
Reproductive technology is a modern miracle. It's made it possible for millions of people to become parents who might otherwise not have been able to....
Inside the Nasty Fight to Take Over Hollywood
After a months-long bidding war, Paramount Skydance has secured a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, snatching the media giant away from Netflix....
Will Gas Prices Go Up Because of the Iran War?
The conflict with Iran has raised energy prices and sent shock waves through markets. WSJ’s Rebecca Feng explains what’s happening in the Strait of Ho...
Trump’s Shifting Reasons for War With Iran
The U.S.’s war with Iran has entered its fourth day. The Trump administration has given several reasons for initiating attacks on Iran. All of them ar...
What's Next for Iran?
After a joint U.S. and Israeli military campaign against Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran has launched its own strikes in retur...
Camp Swamp Road Ep. 6: Your Side, Their Side and the Truth
If you want to start on episode one, or hear the full series up to this point, click on this playlist.
Jennifer Spivey Foley has her day...
U.S. and Israel Attack Iran
A special episode from our sister podcast, What’s News.
The U.S. and Israel launched a wave of strikes against Iran, targeting its leader...
The AI Economic Doomsday Report That Shook Wall Street
A viral blog post by a relatively unknown research firm sent the stock market on a wild ride this week. The post by Citrini Research tapped into a new...
How One Company Is Navigating a New Era of Tariff Uncertainty
Newell Brands, the Atlanta-based maker of dozens of household brands including Rubbermaid, Coleman and Yankee Candle, paid more than $170 million in t...
Inside Mexico's Decision to Take Down a Drug Lord
After Mexican authorities killed El Mencho, the country’s most powerful drug lord, his cartel responded with violence across the country. The operatio...
A Chinese Manufacturer Came to Ohio. Its Rivals Are Struggling to Compete.
President Trump has spent much of the past year trying to pump up international investment in U.S. factories. He's promised to bring back jobs that ha...
Anthropic’s Pentagon Problems
Anthropic is feuding with the U.S. military, despite their massive $200 million contract. The company says that its AI model, Claude, cannot be used f...
Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal. He's Got a Plan B.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s global tariffs are illegal. It is the first time the Supreme Court has definitively...
In A Landmark Trial, Zuckerberg Takes the Stand
Yesterday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in a first-of-its-kind trial with one central question: Are social media platforms causing mental health...
The Flu Shot Drama at the FDA
The Food and Drug Administration agreed to begin a review of biotech company Moderna’s application to make a new seasonal flu shot available. The deci...
Insiders Are Cashing In on Prediction Markets
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are booming, but they’re facing questions about users betting on information that is not publicly availa...
The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa
Boy Throb is a new boy band going viral on social media, but member Darshan Magdum is stuck in India. To get him to the U.S., the band needs to convin...
The Growing Fallout From the Epstein Files
The Justice Department recently released millions of additional documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. These files detailed Epstein’s expansive social...
California Billionaires Are Freaking Out Over a New Tax Proposal
An influential California labor union is gathering signatures for a proposed asset tax on billionaires. But some of California’s ultra-wealthy are thr...
China's Disappearing Generals
President Xi Jinping has solidified control over China's military after firing his top general Zhang Youxia in an unprecedented military purge that ha...
Walmart's Former CEO on the Company's Turnaround
Doug McMillon was Walmart's CEO for more than ten years, overseeing the company's return to retail success. WSJ's Sarah Nassauer sat down with him to...
AI Bots Have Social Media Now. It Got Weird Fast.
There’s a new social media platform for AI agents, but things are getting weird. It’s called Moltbook, and agents use it to apparently talk about thin...
Elon Musk’s $1.25 Trillion Megamerger
This week, SpaceX and xAI, two companies controlled by Elon Musk, merged into a $1.25 trillion company. The deal combines a successful rocket and sate...
Republican Megadonor Ken Griffin on Trump's Economy
Billionaire investor and CEO Ken Griffin runs one of the world’s most successful hedge funds, Citadel. He’s also a Republican who has been outspokenly...
Vibe Coding Could Change Everything
Vibe coding, the process of turning a text prompt into actual software, has taken the AI world by storm. And it has investors in everything from softw...
The Dollar Is Weaker. Is That a Good Thing?
Over the last year, the dollar has been declining in value. And last week, President Donald Trump said he wasn’t concerned about the recent slide. WSJ...
How Kraft Lost Its Mac and Cheese Crown
Kraft macaroni and cheese has been a household staple for decades. But owing to shifting consumer tastes towards healthier options and a tumultuous co...
Who Is the New Fed Chair?
President Trump will be nominating former Fed official Kevin Warsh to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. WSJ’s Nick Timiraos profiles the pi...
A Wall Street Legend and His Penthouse Sex Dungeon
Howard Rubin is a Wall Street legend, famous in the 1980s and ‘90s for being a risk-loving star trader. He also allegedly was involved in secret sex t...
Can $60 Billion Boost Disney's Theme Park Magic?
Disney’s largest source of revenue is its theme parks and cruises. The people responsible for designing those attractions are the secretive Imagineers...
Her Client Was Deepfaked. She Says xAI Is to Blame.
Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer who had a child with Elon Musk, sued Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, alleging that its chatbot...