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Why One Family Rejected Boeing's Latest Offer

Publication Date: 2024-10-30

For four generations, the Merwin family has worked in Boeing’s factories in Washington state. But for the last six weeks, Tony Merwin and his son Patr...

Former Election Security Head on America’s Biggest Threats

Publication Date: 2024-10-29

During the Trump administration, Chris Krebs was the top cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security. He spoke with WSJ’s Rolfe Wink...

Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations with Vladimir Putin

Publication Date: 2024-10-28

For the past two years, tech billionaire Elon Musk has been having regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. WSJ’s Thomas Grove reports o...

Hans Zimmer Isn’t Scared of AI

Publication Date: 2024-10-25

Hans Zimmer, Academy Award-winning composer, and Golnar Khosrowshahi, CEO of Reservoir Media, discuss AI in the music industry, why human creation is ...

Red, White and Who? The Undecided Voters Who Could Decide the Election

Publication Date: 2024-10-25

Five undecided voters in swing states speak to Rachel Humphreys about how they're feeling as election day looms. Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball unpack th...

Sex-Trafficking Charges for Former Abercrombie CEO

Publication Date: 2024-10-24

Mike Jeffries, former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, was arrested and charged with running an international sex-trafficking ring. WSJ’s Khadeeja Safdar d...

Stop the Steal 2.0

Publication Date: 2024-10-23

Across the country, elections officials are bracing for a potentially contentious election day. At the same time, a network of conservative election i...

The Mysterious Drones Flying Over U.S. Military Bases

Publication Date: 2024-10-22

For 17 days last year, unidentified drones swarmed an area in Virginia that is home to a military base and other sensitive intelligence sites. WSJ’s G...

Why People Are Thinking Twice About Living in Florida

Publication Date: 2024-10-21

Clouds are gathering over the Sunshine State’s housing market. Especially along the state’s Gulf Coast, housing inventory is up and buyer interest is ...

The Missing Minister, Episode 1: The Vanishing of Qin Gang

Publication Date: 2024-10-18

Last year, China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, suddenly disappeared. Qin was a rising star in Chinese politics and a protegé of China’s strongman lead...

The Missing Minister, Episode 2: The Affair

Publication Date: 2024-10-18

In the second episode of our investigation, we examine the life and career of Fu Xiaotian: the prominent Chinese TV host who had an affair with Qin Ga...

The Missing Minister, Episode 3: The Downfall

Publication Date: 2024-10-18

In our final episode, we get a break in the case of the missing minister: According to our sources, Chinese officials were told that Qin disappeared d...

Red, White and Who? The Desperation Stage

Publication Date: 2024-10-18

With millions of votes already cast, the race is on for each campaign to get their supporters to the polls. Ryan Knutson talks with Molly Ball about t...

Lilly Ledbetter: The Woman Who Fought the Pay Gap

Publication Date: 2024-10-17

Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay trailblazer, died on Saturday. WSJ’s Joseph De Avila reports on how Ledbetter faced pay discrimination at her job and sued ...

How One Teenager Became a Legendary Hacker

Publication Date: 2024-10-16

Investigators say that Arion Kurtaj’s life in cybercrime began at age 11, and ultimately led to his participation in the hacks of major companies like...

Listeria, Liverwurst and the Family Feud at Boar's Head

Publication Date: 2024-10-15

Over the summer, an outbreak of listeria in Boar’s Head products killed 10 people and sickened dozens more. In the months after the crisis, the family...

The Money Laundering Behind TD Bank’s $3 Billion Fine

Publication Date: 2024-10-11

TD Bank’s U.S. entity pleaded guilty and agreed to pay more than $3 billion in penalties, acknowledging it failed to properly monitor money laundering...

Red, White and Who? Foreign Policy and the Rise of Donald Trump Jr.

Publication Date: 2024-10-11

Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball explore what we know about both candidates’ approach to foreign policy. Plus, Molly shares what she learned about the futu...

Why Trump and Harris Aren’t Talking About the $1.8 Trillion Deficit

Publication Date: 2024-10-10

The U.S. budget deficit topped $1.8 trillion in the last fiscal year. Meanwhile, both candidates for president are proposing plans that would increase...

Uncovering Elon Musk's Secret Political Donations

Publication Date: 2024-10-09

Elon Musk's financial support for Republican causes has been much more extensive and started earlier than previously known. WSJ’s Dana Mattioli report...

The Chinese Hackers Spying on U.S. Internet Traffic

Publication Date: 2024-10-08

WSJ reporting has revealed a major cyberattack from a group tied to the Chinese government. Hackers penetrated the networks of several broadband provi...

Is Asheville No Longer a ‘Climate Haven?’

Publication Date: 2024-10-07

Asheville, North Carolina, was thriving until floodwaters and heavy wind from Hurricane Helene ripped through the region and destroyed large parts of ...

Why Microsoft Wants Three Mile Island's Nuclear Power

Publication Date: 2024-10-04

Last month, Microsoft and Constellation Energy announced a deal to restart Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of the country’s worst nuclear p...

Red, White and Who? Veep! Veep! All Eyes On Vance and Walz

Publication Date: 2024-10-04

The vice-presidential candidates took center stage at a debate this week. Ryan Knutson talks with Molly Ball about the important takeaways, and Rachel...

The Missteps That Led Nike Off Course

Publication Date: 2024-10-03

Under CEO John Donahoe, Nike pulled away from retailers and ramped up production of its classic sneaker lines. Now sales have plummeted, the company h...

The Risk of an All-Out War in the Middle East

Publication Date: 2024-10-02

Israel is now fighting on multiple fronts, after clashing with Hezbollah in Lebanon and sustaining Iranian strikes yesterday. WSJ’s Michael Amon expla...

The Big Changes Tearing OpenAI Apart

Publication Date: 2024-10-01

In less than two years, OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—has gone from a little-known nonprofit lab to a world-famous organization at the forefront o...

The Justice Department Takes On Visa

Publication Date: 2024-09-30

The Department of Justice is taking Visa, the largest card network in the U.S., to court, accusing the company of illegally monopolizing the debit car...

How Eric Adams Became New York City’s First Indicted Mayor

Publication Date: 2024-09-27

The mayor of America’s largest city likes to say he’s been “rejected, arrested and then elected.” Now, he’s been indicted. WSJ’s Jimmy Vielkind unpack...

Red, White and Who? It’s Always the Economy!

Publication Date: 2024-09-27

After two big economic speeches this week, Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball discuss the candidates’ different economic strategies. Plus, voting has begun! ...

China, an Alabama Business and a 20-Year Battle

Publication Date: 2024-09-26

Milton Magnus, an Alabama businessman who runs one of the last makers of wire hangers in the U.S., has waged a decades-long tariff battle against Chin...

Inside the Trump Crypto Bromance

Publication Date: 2024-09-25

Former president Donald Trump wants to be the crypto president. With stops at a bitcoin conference and a bitcoin-themed bar, Trump is tapping into an ...

Red Lobster's New CEO Plots Its Comeback

Publication Date: 2024-09-24

This month, Red Lobster emerged from bankruptcy. At the helm of the restaurant chain is its new CEO, 35-year-old Damola Adamolekun. Ryan Knutson talks...

The Return of Religious Films to Hollywood

Publication Date: 2024-09-23

Christian filmmakers have surprised Hollywood with a series of box office hits and now investors are pouring in millions. WSJ’s John Jurgensen explain...

The Fed Finally Cut Rates. What Does That Mean?

Publication Date: 2024-09-20

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week, after a two year battle with inflation. David Uberti explains how that will impact the economy and w...

Red, White and Who? Why Ohio Could Decide the Senate

Publication Date: 2024-09-20

Ryan Knutson talks with Molly Ball and Rachel Humphreys about their recent trip to Ohio, where they talked to voters about a tight Senate race and why...

Exploding Pagers and the Risk of a Spreading War

Publication Date: 2024-09-19

On Tuesday afternoon, thousands of pagers issued to Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon exploded at the same time, killing 12 people and injuring more tha...

A Cocaine Kingpin and the Rise of Drug Violence in Europe

Publication Date: 2024-09-18

Organized crime used to be considered a remote threat in much of Western Europe, but ruthless violence by criminal gangs is now rattling the peace in ...

Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama Goes to Court

Publication Date: 2024-09-17

This week, a trial got under way to determine whether Rupert Murdoch can change a trust holding the family’s assets for his children. Murdoch wants to...

Why 33,000 Boeing Workers Walked Off the Job

Publication Date: 2024-09-16

Tens of thousands of Boeing’s unionized workers are on strike after they rejected a new contract last week. WSJ’s Sharon Terlep reports on the rising ...

Fraudulent Online Returns Cost Retailers Billions

Publication Date: 2024-09-13

Scammers are exploiting retailers’ online return programs like never before, fueled by websites and messaging apps. WSJ’s Liz Young reports on the bin...

Red, White and Who? A Swing-State Debate

Publication Date: 2024-09-13

After a tense debate, Ryan Knutson and Molly Ball unpack a busy election week and examine what’s next for both campaigns in crucial swing states like ...

The Fight Over U.S. Steel and the Community Caught in the Middle

Publication Date: 2024-09-12

President Biden, Vice President Harris and former President Trump have all signaled their opposition to the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nipp...

Testosterone Clinics Sell Virility. Side Effects Sometimes Included.

Publication Date: 2024-09-11

Testosterone therapy is booming, touting a boost at the gym and in the bedroom, but the potential side effects (like infertility) are less well known....

Your New Hire May Be a North Korean Spy

Publication Date: 2024-09-10

North Korean cybercriminals have developed a new way to access networks in corporate America: getting IT jobs. According to U.S. officials, hundreds o...

How Betting on U.S. Politics Is Getting Big

Publication Date: 2024-09-09

WSJ’s Alexander Osipovich explores the world of political betting. We meet a trader making big money making predictions on the upcoming U.S. elections...

Hot, Dry and Booming: A Texas Climate Case Study

Publication Date: 2024-09-06

Kyle, Texas is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. It is also facing heat and drought that has been exacerbated by climate change ...

Red, White and Who? How Abortion Plays For Trump and Harris

Publication Date: 2024-09-06

Who will win the race to the White House? A new series from The Journal podcast explores the issues that are shaping this election. This week, Ryan Kn...

A Fed Insider on the Looming Rate Cut

Publication Date: 2024-09-05

This month, for the first time in over two years, the U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates. Mary Daly, the president of the F...

The Rise of the Tween Shopper

Publication Date: 2024-09-04

Tweens, or kids aged 8 to 12, have learned to shop online. Brands are taking note. WSJ’s Chavie Lieber spoke to TikTok-er Demetra Dias and explains th...

What's Behind the Arrest of the Telegram CEO?

Publication Date: 2024-09-03

Pavel Durov, the CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France last month. He was charged with a host of crimes, including complicity in d...

For Kamala Harris, a Big Interview and a Narrow Lead

Publication Date: 2024-08-30

Kamala Harris is trying to step out of President Biden’s shadow without distancing herself from their administration’s policies. Molly Ball breaks dow...

Private Equity Finally Can Get a Piece of the NFL

Publication Date: 2024-08-29

The world’s most lucrative sports league is allowing private equity to buy into teams. WSJ’s Andrew Beaton and Miriam Gottfried unpack why the NFL is ...

Why China Is Risking a Trade War

Publication Date: 2024-08-28

Faced with stagnating economic growth, Chinese leader Xi Jinping decided to go all in on manufacturing and exporting. But, as Lingling Wei reports, th...

Lending Elon Musk Money Was A Very Bad Bet

Publication Date: 2024-08-27

When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he borrowed $13 billion dollars from several banks to complete the deal. Now, it looks like the banks may not g...

Etsy: Big Commerce or Crafters' Community?

Publication Date: 2024-08-26

For almost 20 years, Etsy has been a popular website for handmade and specialized goods on the internet. But as the company grew, many current and for...

Hope, Unity (and Some Nerves) at the DNC

Publication Date: 2024-08-23

Last night, Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination. It capped off a boisterous, speaker-packed week in ...

Outcry at Bank of America Over Dangerous Workloads

Publication Date: 2024-08-22

In May, an associate at Bank of America died unexpectedly after working long hours on a big acquisition. The death sparked an outcry about the all-nig...

The Inside Story of Starbucks’s CEO Drama

Publication Date: 2024-08-21

Last week, Starbucks ousted its CEO Laxman Narasimhan and replaced him with Brian Niccol, the current leader of Chipotle. Lauren Thomas reports on the...

At the DNC, Democrats Are Divided Over Gaza

Publication Date: 2024-08-20

The Democratic National Convention is underway in Chicago, where the party aims to unite behind its new nominee for president, Kamala Harris. But the ...

The Economy: Trump vs. Harris

Publication Date: 2024-08-19

Last week, the two presidential candidates put forward some specific policy proposals about the economy. WSJ’s Andrew Restuccia breaks down what each ...

Is the Trump Campaign Going Off Track?

Publication Date: 2024-08-16

WSJ’s Molly Ball breaks down the past week for the Trump campaign as the former president continues to try and counter a surge of support for Harris. ...

She Was Google’s First Landlord. And She Changed the Internet.

Publication Date: 2024-08-15

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki died last week at the age of 56. WSJ’s Miles Kruppa shares how Wojcicki developed a reputation as perhaps the most i...

One Man’s Campaign Against DEI

Publication Date: 2024-08-14

In the past three months, Robby Starbuck has fueled social-media attacks that have led to two companies rolling back their diversity initiatives. He i...

China Is Finally Doing Something About the Fentanyl Crisis

Publication Date: 2024-08-13

After years of pressure from the U.S., China is imposing new restrictions on chemicals used in the production of fentanyl. WSJ’s Brian Spegele says th...

Boeing's Long Flight Delay – in Space

Publication Date: 2024-08-12

In June, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station. But issues with its propulsion system have called into ...

Will Tracking Cocoa Beans Help Save the Rainforest?

Publication Date: 2024-08-09

The world’s rainforests have shrunk dramatically in recent decades due to the expansion of land for growing cash crops, like cocoa. The European Union...

$25 Billion to Zero: Bill Ackman’s Bungled IPO

Publication Date: 2024-08-08

Bill Ackman has pressed pause on the initial public offering of a new fund aimed at everyday investors after a lack of demand. Ackman originally aimed...

Judge Rules ‘Google Is a Monopolist’

Publication Date: 2024-08-07

In a historic decision this week, a federal judge ruled that Google acted to illegally maintain a monopoly in online search. The case was the first of...

What the Stock Market Panic Says About the Economy

Publication Date: 2024-08-06

Slow job growth in the U.S. and interest rate cuts in Japan triggered a global stock market sell off on Monday. WSJ’s Nick Timiraos breaks down how it...

Who is Filing Thousands of Disability Lawsuits Against Businesses?

Publication Date: 2024-08-05

Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, businesses are supposed to make their websites accessible to the visually impaired. WSJ's Ruth Simon found ...

'Phony' and 'Weird.' Trump and Harris Size Each Other Up

Publication Date: 2024-08-02

As Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign gets underway, Democrats and Republicans are rushing to define her. And Democrats are shifting the way they t...

The Historic U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap

Publication Date: 2024-08-01

Russia freed wrongfully convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and more than a dozen others on Thursday as part of the largest East-W...

Alexa is in Millions of Homes and Amazon is Losing Billions

Publication Date: 2024-07-31

After ten years of sales, 500 million Amazon smart devices have found their way into homes around the world. But the company is losing billions of dol...

The Paris Olympics’ $1.5 Billion Poop Problem

Publication Date: 2024-07-30

Today, Olympics officials in Paris postponed the men’s triathlon because of elevated E. coli levels in the River Seine, where the event was set to tak...

The Slaves Sending You Scam Texts

Publication Date: 2024-07-29

Have you ever thought about who is behind your scam texts? WSJ reporter Feliz Solomon spent months investigating and discovered that many of these tex...

The Week That Changed the Presidential Race

Publication Date: 2024-07-26

The 2024 presidential election has taken a major turn after Biden dropped out of the race. WSJ’s Molly Ball charts how the 2024 political election has...

The Quest to Save American-Made Antibiotics

Publication Date: 2024-07-25

USAntibiotics's plant in Tennessee is one of the last plants in the United States that makes amoxicillin, the crucial antibiotic that has been in shor...

Kamala Harris, In Context

Publication Date: 2024-07-24

Democrats are rallying around Vice President Kamala Harris as she takes over President Biden’s campaign. WSJ’s Tarini Parti discusses some key moments...

The Glitch That Crashed Millions of Computers

Publication Date: 2024-07-23

Last Friday, 8.5 million computers around the world stopped working. All kinds of businesses were impacted, from airlines to banks to hospitals. The c...

Biden Taps Out. Harris Taps In.

Publication Date: 2024-07-22

On Sunday, President Joe Biden ended his bid for re-election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Annie Linskey reports on Biden’s big decision ...

Takeaways from the RNC: Trump Is in Control

Publication Date: 2024-07-19

The Republican National Convention came to a close Thursday night with a speech by presidential nominee Donald Trump that called for unity while also ...

Elon Musk and Silicon Valley Turn Towards Trump

Publication Date: 2024-07-18

Elon Musk has said he is committing around $45 million a month to a pro-Trump super PAC, according to people familiar with the matter. He is the bigge...

Russia Tries a WSJ Reporter in a Secret Court

Publication Date: 2024-07-17

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich has been held in Russia for more than a year on an espionage accusation that he, the U.S. government and The Wall Street...

Trump Courts the Union Vote

Publication Date: 2024-07-16

Last night at the Republican National Convention, Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, spoke. O’Brien was the fi...

The Secret Service’s Failure to Protect Trump

Publication Date: 2024-07-15

On Saturday, a shooter attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Now, the Secret Service is coming under scrutiny for failing to prevent...

Teens Are Falling Victim to AI Fake Nudes

Publication Date: 2024-07-12

Last fall, nude photos of a 14-year-old student started spreading around her high school. But they weren't real… they’d been created with AI. WSJ’s Ju...

The Resurrection of Abercrombie & Fitch

Publication Date: 2024-07-11

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Abercrombie & Fitch was the hottest teen clothing brand. Kids would flock to their local mall to get the expensive,...

Gold Bars, Cash and a Mercedes: A U.S. Senator's Corruption Trial

Publication Date: 2024-07-10

After his first corruption case ended in a mistrial in 2017, Sen. Bob Menendez had a message for his supporters: “Today is resurrection day.” Now, Men...

Boeing Agrees to Felony Plea. Now Its Future Is Up in the Air.

Publication Date: 2024-07-09

In a stunning concession, Boeing agreed Sunday to plead guilty to misleading air-safety regulators ahead of two deadly 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 201...

Coinbase’s CEO on the Future of Crypto

Publication Date: 2024-07-08

After high-profile collapses and government crackdowns, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is one of the last big digital-asset founders standing. He speaks...

McDonald’s Wants To Offer Quality And Value. Can It Do Both?

Publication Date: 2024-07-05

Joe Erlinger, President of McDonald’s USA, sits down with Kate Linebaugh to talk about how the company is trying to keep customers happy despite risin...

Will Biden Stay in the Race?

Publication Date: 2024-07-03

Pressure is mounting on President Joe Biden to step back as candidate for president. A new WSJ poll shows Biden has fallen six points behind Donald Tr...

A Troubled Plan to Ship Migrants to Rwanda

Publication Date: 2024-07-02

After a steep increase in migration, the United Kingdom turned to a controversial plan: sending migrants to Rwanda. But the plan has faced years of de...

Trump Has Broad Immunity

Publication Date: 2024-07-01

The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to prosecutors hoping to convict Donald Trump on charges he sought to subvert the 2020 election. The court ruled ...

Farm-to-Table Pioneer on Why We Still Need Better Food

Publication Date: 2024-06-28

Alice Waters helped the farm-to-table movement go mainstream in the U.S. through her restaurant Chez Panisse. In the decades since she has kept advoca...

All Eyes on Biden, Trump – and CNN

Publication Date: 2024-06-27

Tonight, two presidents, one current and one former, are set to debate live on CNN. The stakes are high for the candidates and for the network that’s ...

How Ukraine Built a Weapon to Control the Black Sea

Publication Date: 2024-06-26

Ukraine has sunk or damaged about two dozen Russian ships using a technical innovation: naval drones. WSJ’s James Marson unspools the story of the dro...

The Unusual Economics of the Bilt Credit Card

Publication Date: 2024-06-25

Rent has long been an expense people wanted to pay on credit cards. In 2022, Wells Fargo launched a credit card with Bilt Technologies that allowed us...

Southwest Changed Flying. Can It Change Itself?

Publication Date: 2024-06-24

An activist investor says Southwest Airlines is stuck in the past. Elliott Investment Management says it has amassed a $1.9 billion stake, making it o...

Zyn pouches, ‘Zynfluencers’ and ‘the Zyndemic’

Publication Date: 2024-06-21

For about a decade, Zyn, a brand of nicotine pouch, was a niche product used by former smokers. But now it’s exploded in popularity and is hard to fin...

Sam Altman's Opaque Investment Empire

Publication Date: 2024-06-20

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has a day job and a side gig. Only one of them makes him rich. WSJ's Berber Jin explains how Altman makes most of his wealth thr...

How ‘Conflict Gum’ Is Helping Fuel Sudan’s Civil War

Publication Date: 2024-06-18

Gum arabic is a widely used but little-known ingredient found in products like soda, gum, makeup and beer. But as WSJ’s Nicholas Bariyo and Alexandra ...

The Brutal Calculation of Hamas’s Leader

Publication Date: 2024-06-17

Yahya Sinwar is the Hamas leader inside Gaza who allegedly plotted the October 7th attacks. According to private messages reviewed by the WSJ, Sinwar ...

Tesla’s Multibillion-Dollar Pay Package for Elon Musk

Publication Date: 2024-06-14

Tesla shareholders voted to reapprove Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package, signaling support for the EV maker’s CEO and giving the board ammun...

The Hidden Life of Google’s Secret Weapon

Publication Date: 2024-06-13

Joshua Wright was a star in the world of antitrust, from his time at the Federal Trade Commission to his work with some of the biggest tech companies....

Elon Musk’s Unusual Relationships With Women at SpaceX

Publication Date: 2024-06-12

The billionaire founder showed several female employees at SpaceX an unusual amount of attention or pursued them. WSJ's Joseph Palazzolo describes the...

New York’s U-Turn on a Plan to Reduce Traffic

Publication Date: 2024-06-11

The nation’s first congestion-pricing plan was set to take effect at the end of June. But last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called to indefinitely...

Shein: Fast Fashion, Slow IPO

Publication Date: 2024-06-10

The fast-fashion giant hoped to have a splashy U.S. public offering this year. WSJ's Shen Lu explains how the divide between Beijing and Washington go...

Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 4: The Disruptors

Publication Date: 2024-06-09

The rising popularity of GLP-1 drugs could cause all kinds of ripple effects. According to one estimate, 9% of the U.S. population could be on Ozempi...

‘It Came out of Nowhere’: The Rise of Dr Pepper

Publication Date: 2024-06-07

There is a new contender in the cola wars, and it isn’t a cola. It’s Dr Pepper. WSJ’s Jennifer Maloney unpacks how after decades as a distant competit...

Why Biden Is Cracking Down on Asylum at the Border

Publication Date: 2024-06-06

President Biden unveiled a last-ditch effort to lower illegal crossings at the southern border this week. The move focuses on asylum seekers, and the ...

Behind Closed Doors, Biden’s Age is Showing

Publication Date: 2024-06-05

For much of his career, Biden built a reputation as a master negotiator. He’s known for his detailed knowledge of issues—and for hitting his stride wh...

A Conversation with Alphabet’s Captain of Moonshots

Publication Date: 2024-06-04

Astro Teller, the CEO of Aphabet’s X, runs a lab dedicated to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems while also coming up with viable busi...

Mexico Has a New President. Will She Be Different?

Publication Date: 2024-06-03

Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, will become Mexico’s first female president. Sheinbaum has pledged to be a continuation of her pre...

Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 3: Brad

Publication Date: 2024-06-02

Bradley Olson has tried a lot of different diets over his 20-year weight-loss journey, including popular programs like WeightWatchers. But nothing was...

The Origin Story of Trump's Guilty Verdict

Publication Date: 2024-05-31

A New York jury has found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 charges. WSJ reporter Joe Palazzolo recalls the original investigation that event...

The Big Short: China Edition

Publication Date: 2024-05-30

For years, China’s real estate market was booming. Developers, home buyers and Western banks rushed to invest. But the boom turned into a bubble, whic...

The Trustbuster Taking on Ticketmaster

Publication Date: 2024-05-29

Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter heads the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. He speaks with Ryan Knutson about the DOJ’s lawsuit a...

$2.8 Billion for College Athletes and a New World for the NCAA

Publication Date: 2024-05-28

For over a century, the NCAA has refused to pay athletes. After a recent settlement, that’s going to change. The organization has agreed to set aside ...

Introducing Science Vs - Ozempic: Is It Scarier Than We Thought?

Publication Date: 2024-05-26

Trillion Dollar Shot, our new series about drugs like Ozempic, will be back next week. Until then, we think you’d enjoy a show from our friends over a...

The First Person to Get Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip

Publication Date: 2024-05-24

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is on a mission to enable humans to communicate with computers using their thoughts. Now they have successfully implanted their ...

Could Paris Hilton Create the 'Next Disney?'

Publication Date: 2024-05-23

Paris Hilton and her husband, VC investor Carter Reum, talk about "strict" parenting, the importance of A.I. and the huge economic value of her spoi...

Years After Surfside Collapse, Florida Condos Are In Crisis

Publication Date: 2024-05-22

Florida condominium buildings are undergoing inspections after the state set new requirements for how often the structures are put to the test. WSJ's ...

Why Israel and Hamas Could Be Headed Into a Forever War

Publication Date: 2024-05-21

Seven months into the war, Hamas is far from defeated. The Islamist militant group is using guerrilla tactics and a vast underground tunnel network to...

Did ‘Roaring Kitty’ Just Spark a Meme Stock Sequel?

Publication Date: 2024-05-20

Meme stocks took off last week after an unexpected tweet appeared from “Roaring Kitty,” a social media account associated with former financial consul...

Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 2: Bank Breakers

Publication Date: 2024-05-19

As demand for the new class of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs skyrockets, one thing has stood in the way of many people trying to access them: cost. With a p...

The Race to Save an Iconic Train From Falling Into the Ocean

Publication Date: 2024-05-17

The Pacific Surfliner train in Southern California runs along some of the most beautiful coastlines in America. But some fear it might soon fall into ...

The Life of One of Wall Street’s Greatest Investors

Publication Date: 2024-05-16

Jim Simons pioneered a revolution in financial trading, embracing a computer-oriented, quantitative style in the 1980s well ahead of Wall Street. Foll...

Live from Seattle: A Weird Economy + Election = ??

Publication Date: 2024-05-15

If the upcoming presidential election could be summed up by a song, what would it be? And will voters cast their ballots based on a bright future or a...

North Korea’s Propaganda Mastermind

Publication Date: 2024-05-14

For six decades, one man has been largely responsible for creating North Korea’s propaganda machine: Kim Ki Nam. He served all three North Korean dict...

How FTX Found Billions to Repay Customers

Publication Date: 2024-05-13

When FTX collapsed into bankruptcy in 2022, many customers never thought they'd see their money again. But FTX's assets have rebounded. WSJ’s Andrew S...

Trillion Dollar Shot, Episode 1: Birth of a Blockbuster

Publication Date: 2024-05-13

Before Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, there was Lotte Bjerre Knudsen. In the 1990s, the young scientist at the Danish drug company Novo Nord...

A Lawyer Says He Doesn't Need Help for Psychosis. His Family Disagrees.

Publication Date: 2024-05-10

WSJ’s Julie Wernau wanted to test a hypothesis: are there more mentally ill homeless people now, compared to before the pandemic? That question led he...

Can Chinese Customers Rescue Starbucks?

Publication Date: 2024-05-09

Starbucks has a problem: Sales at U.S. stores have fallen sharply and now the company is looking to China, its second biggest market, to boost its rev...

The Suitcases Full of Cash Flowing Through Airports

Publication Date: 2024-05-08

London and Dubai's international airports have become conduits for billions of dollars of illicit funds, potentially linked to corruption, drug traffi...

Why Is Tesla Pulling Back on EV Charging?

Publication Date: 2024-05-07

Tesla announced last week that it’s laying off the team responsible for the biggest electric-vehicle charging network in the U.S. The move comes as co...

The 20,000 Steps to a Walmart Manager's Six-Figure Salary

Publication Date: 2024-05-06

Walmart is offering higher pay, bonuses and more stock options this year to retain and attract managers. WSJ’s Sarah Nassauer spent a day with one man...

Guns and Death Threats in Canada’s Baby-Eel Fisheries

Publication Date: 2024-05-03

The high price of baby eels has triggered an upsurge in illegal fishing and criminal activity in Canada. Earlier this year, the country announced a ba...

The NBA's Media Rights Are Up for Grabs. Billions Are at Stake.

Publication Date: 2024-05-02

The National Basketball Association is in advanced stages of a new round of media-rights deals. WSJ’s Amol Sharma unpacks why several major media play...

Mayhem at Paramount as Merger Looms

Publication Date: 2024-05-01

On Monday, Bob Bakish stepped down as CEO of Paramount, one of America’s most iconic media companies. WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel reports on how Bakish’s re...

Trump Allies Draft Plans to Rein in the Fed

Publication Date: 2024-04-30

Donald Trump's allies have drafted plans to curb the Federal Reserve’s independence, should Trump win a second term. WSJ’s Andrew Restuccia unpacks th...

Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals

Publication Date: 2024-04-29

For almost a decade, Amazon staff went undercover on Walmart, eBay and other marketplaces selling products under the guise of a company called ‘Big Ri...

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on What's Next for the Economy

Publication Date: 2024-04-26

Jamie Dimon discusses his concerns about the future of the economy, the effect of overseas wars and the importance of U.S. leadership in a wide-rangin...

Pro-Palestinian Protests and Arrests at U.S. Colleges

Publication Date: 2024-04-25

With a fresh round of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping campuses nationwide, university administrators are cracking down. WSJ’s Melissa Korn explains ...

How Gambling Scandals Are Rocking Sports Leagues

Publication Date: 2024-04-24

Less than six years after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for legal sports gambling, U.S. sports leagues are facing an onslaught of betting scand...

Inside the White House's Scramble to Avert a Bigger Middle East War

Publication Date: 2024-04-23

Over the course of 19 days, U.S. officials raced to contain escalating tensions between Israel and Iran amid a series of attacks. WSJ’s Michael R. Gor...

Donald Trump’s First Criminal Trial Is Underway

Publication Date: 2024-04-22

Former President Donald Trump is expected to spend the next six weeks in a Manhattan courtroom, defending himself against accusations he covered up a ...

How Cyber Thieves Are Disrupting U.S. Goods

Publication Date: 2024-04-19

Reports of freight fraud are on the rise, vexing trucking companies and regulators. And victims say that they aren’t getting any real help from law en...

Think It’s Expensive to Buy a Home? Try Owning One.

Publication Date: 2024-04-18

It’s not just the cost of buying a home that’s going up. It’s also the hidden costs — like taxes, maintenance and insurance — that are going through t...

Why the Fed Is Steering Away From Rate Cuts

Publication Date: 2024-04-17

Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called into question whether the Fed will be able to lower interest rates this year as hoped. WSJ’s Nic...

Many Cities Fear the ‘Doom Loop.’ St. Louis is in One.

Publication Date: 2024-04-16

Cities such as San Francisco and Chicago are trying to save their downtown office districts from spiraling into a doom loop. St. Louis is already trap...

The Russian Military is Using Elon Musk’s Starlink

Publication Date: 2024-04-15

SpaceX’s satellite-internet devices are ending up in the hands of American adversaries and accused war criminals. WSJ’s Thomas Grove and Micah Maidenb...

Can the WNBA Cash in on the Caitlin Clark Effect?

Publication Date: 2024-04-12

Caitlin Clark has lifted women’s college basketball to new heights, setting records on and off the court. Now the Iowa superstar is going pro and join...

How Employer-Funded Child Care Can Work

Publication Date: 2024-04-11

Providing child care for employees may not seem like a savvy business choice, but some companies swear by it. WSJ’s Harriet Torry explores the differe...

What Arizona's Abortion Ban Means for the 2024 Election

Publication Date: 2024-04-10

This week, the Arizona Supreme Court revived an abortion ban enacted in 1864, decades before the state's formation. WSJ's Laura Kusisto explains how t...

Biden’s New Plan to Cancel Student Debt

Publication Date: 2024-04-09

The Biden administration is proposing a sweeping initiative to slash student debt for nearly 30 million borrowers. WSJ’s Andrew Restuccia unpacks the ...

Why No Labels’ Presidential Campaign Failed to Launch

Publication Date: 2024-04-08

No Labels, the centrist group which was trying to field a third-party presidential candidate, is abandoning its efforts to find someone to lead its “u...

Janet Yellen Has a Warning for China

Publication Date: 2024-04-05

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in China trying to discourage government officials and business leaders from flooding the world with cheap goods. W...

The Failures Inside Boeing's 737 Factory

Publication Date: 2024-04-04

In January, a door panel blew off a Boeing 737 MAX plane during an Alaska Airlines flight. Informal communication logs between workers at the Boeing p...

A Deadly Strike on Aid Workers in Gaza

Publication Date: 2024-04-03

Amid an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli airstrike. WSJ’s Stephen...

The Battle Over Disney’s Board

Publication Date: 2024-04-02

Disney's business has been struggling in recent years, and there's a fight over how to fix it. On one side is Nelson Peltz, an activist investor, who ...

Ryanair: Cheap, Cramped and Making Its CEO a Fortune

Publication Date: 2024-04-01

Michael O’Leary has been running Ryanair for the past 30 years — the longest tenure of any major airline boss. During that time he has turned a paltry...

Six Days of Chaos at MGM’s Casinos

Publication Date: 2024-03-29

A gang of young criminals. A more than $30 million ransom. Casinos in disarray. WSJ’s Robert McMillan brings us inside a cyberattack that brought mayh...

25 Years in Prison from “The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy”

Publication Date: 2024-03-28

Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys attend Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing hearing and parse through the reasoning behind Judge Lewis Kaplan’s ruling ...

Donald Trump’s Meme Stock Moment

Publication Date: 2024-03-28

Not long ago, Donald Trump’s social-media company, Truth Social, seemed like it was on life support. But when the company went public this week, its s...

The Baltimore Bridge Catastrophe

Publication Date: 2024-03-27

Early Tuesday morning, a 1,000-foot container ship lost power and plowed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge leaving six people still unaccounted for. T...

What Will Sam’s Sentence Be? from "The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy"

Publication Date: 2024-03-27

Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys dive into a mountain of court filings to understand the arguments that will be made at Sam Bankman-Fried’s senten...

Will Getting Rid of Bosses Fix the Workplace?

Publication Date: 2024-03-26

Bayer is throwing out the corporate playbook to try a radical experiment: getting rid of a huge swath of its bosses. After years of tumbling stock pri...

Sam's Life in a Brooklyn Jail from "The Trial of Crypto's Golden Boy"

Publication Date: 2024-03-26

We’re back for Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing. After the crypto golden boy was found guilty on all counts in November, this week he’ll find out how lo...

Why the U.S. Government Is Suing Apple

Publication Date: 2024-03-25

The Department of Justice announced a landmark lawsuit against Apple, alleging that it has built a monopoly in smartphones by thwarting innovative app...

Trump Needs $450 Million He Doesn’t Have

Publication Date: 2024-03-22

Donald Trump’s finances are under stress. He faces a $454 million judgment against him in a civil-fraud case. Meanwhile, his campaign fundraising is t...

Is Fighting Misinformation Censorship? The Supreme Court Will Decide.

Publication Date: 2024-03-21

This week, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Biden administration unlawfully pressured tech companies to suppress social media posts oppose...

Can Reddit’s IPO Survive Its Own Users?

Publication Date: 2024-03-20

The social-media platform Reddit is making its stock-market debut Thursday and is offering a chunk of shares in its initial public offering to users, ...

Why Women Are Leaving Goldman Sachs

Publication Date: 2024-03-19

When David Solomon became CEO of Goldman Sachs just over five years ago, he made promoting women to senior levels of the firm a priority. But female e...

How Two Binance Employees Ended Up Detained in Nigeria

Publication Date: 2024-03-18

Two Binance employees, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are being held by Nigerian authorities in a guarded house. According to their families,...

How a Psychiatrist Lost $400,000 on Gambling Apps

Publication Date: 2024-03-15

In November 2022, Kavita Fischer downloaded a casino app from DraftKings, one of the top online betting companies in the U.S. Kavita was looking for r...

The Cyberattack That’s Roiling Healthcare

Publication Date: 2024-03-14

Hospitals, pharmacies and medical groups have been reeling in the wake of last month’s ransomware attack on a company widely used for insurance billin...

House Passes Bill to Ban TikTok

Publication Date: 2024-03-13

Today the House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. or force a sale. For years politicians have th...

Rail Unions Normally Hate CEOs. Now They Are Trying to Save One.

Publication Date: 2024-03-12

About a year after a major train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, an activist investor is trying to oust Norfolk Southern’s CEO, Alan Shaw. But as ...

Chinese-Made Cranes at U.S. Ports: A New Trojan Horse?

Publication Date: 2024-03-11

Nearly 80% of ship-to-shore cranes at U.S. ports are made by ZPMC, a Chinese state-owned company. In recent years, U.S. officials have grown concerned...

Why an Ivy League Basketball Team Voted to Unionize

Publication Date: 2024-03-08

This week the Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize, setting up a fight with the school over whether its athletes are students or employee...

How Sam Altman’s Bromance With Elon Musk Turned Toxic

Publication Date: 2024-03-07

Sam Altman once called Elon Musk, one of his OpenAI co-founders, his hero. Now Musk is suing Altman, accusing him of abandoning OpenAI’s founding miss...

Biden vs. Trump: The Rematch Nobody Wants

Publication Date: 2024-03-06

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley suspended her bid for the Republican presidential nomination.That sets the stage for another matchup betwee...

Who Wants Non-Alcoholic Beer? Everyone, Apparently.

Publication Date: 2024-03-05

In 2017 Bill Shufelt was desperate. He’d quit his job at a hedge fund to start a business that sounded absolutely nuts: a non-alcoholic beer that peop...

From Ukrainian Teen to Russian Propaganda Star

Publication Date: 2024-03-04

When Russian troops invaded his hometown in 2022, Ukrainian teenager Denys Kostev filmed TikTok videos cursing Vladimir Putin and praising Ukrainian c...

Can Warner Bros. Uncancel J.K. Rowling?

Publication Date: 2024-03-01

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has come under fire in recent years for comments she’s made about gender and sex that some say are transphobic. WSJ’s...

Why the FTC is Challenging a $25 Billion Supermarket Merger

Publication Date: 2024-02-29

The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block a $25 billion merger between two supermarket giants: Albertsons and Kroger.WSJ’s Patrick Thomas unpacks...

The Downfall of Vice

Publication Date: 2024-02-28

Vice Media was a digital-media pioneer, built on provocative journalism and the promise of reaching younger audiences, a boon for advertisers. In its ...

Inside One Publisher’s Fight Against Book Bans

Publication Date: 2024-02-27

School districts and state legislatures have been ramping up efforts to ban certain books from school libraries and curricula. Last year, Penguin Rand...

The Deepfake Election Has Arrived

Publication Date: 2024-02-26

Days before the presidential primary in New Hampshire, thousands of people received a call from someone who sounded like President Joe Biden, telling ...

Influencer Arielle Charnas’s Fashion Fail

Publication Date: 2024-02-23

Arielle Charnas is a fashion blogger turned influencer with over 1 million Instagram followers. In 2020, she launched her clothing brand Something Nav...

The Deal That Could Change Credit Cards

Publication Date: 2024-02-22

Capital One announced plans to buy Discover Financial Services in a $35 billion deal that marries two of the largest credit-card companies in the U.S....

Fentanyl Is Bad. ‘Tranq’ Might Be Worse.

Publication Date: 2024-02-21

The animal tranquilizer xylazine, also known as “tranq,” is finding its way into opioid supplies and wreaking havoc all over the country. It’s rotting...

‘It Felt Surreal’: A Cancer Diagnosis at 26

Publication Date: 2024-02-20

Meilin Keen was diagnosed with stomach cancer at 26. She’s part of a growing demographic of people who are getting cancer diagnoses before the age of ...

Alexei Navalny, Putin’s Loudest Critic, Dies in a Russian Prison

Publication Date: 2024-02-16

For years, anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny has been an outspoken critic and political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Today, Russian ...

The Deal to Hide Bad Actors in the Funeral Industry

Publication Date: 2024-02-15

Unethical funeral homes have exploited grieving customers for decades. What consumers may not know is that many of the industry’s bad actors have been...

Sam Altman’s $7 Trillion ‘Moonshot’

Publication Date: 2024-02-14

OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman kicked off an AI revolution with the viral ChatGPT. Now, Altman has set his sights on another ambitious goal: Raise up t...

The Spectacular Fall of 23andMe

Publication Date: 2024-02-13

Five years ago, 23andMe was one of the buzziest startups in the world. Now, 23andMe’s stock is worth less than $1. WSJ’s Rolfe Winkler unpacks the sta...

Why Three Media Giants Are Betting on Sports Streaming

Publication Date: 2024-02-12

While the National Football League was getting ready for yesterday’s Super Bowl, major news was announced that caught high-level NFL executives off gu...

The Epic Battle Between the 49ers and Their Home City

Publication Date: 2024-02-09

As the 49ers contend for Super Bowl rings this Sunday, the team has another battle to fight. The 49ers are in a decadelong war with their home city of...

Will the Supreme Court Kick Trump off the Ballot?

Publication Date: 2024-02-08

In December, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump couldn’t appear on the presidential ballot because his actions on January 6 disqualifi...

The Day the Music Died on TikTok

Publication Date: 2024-02-07

Music from major artists like Taylor Swift and The Weeknd has been muted on TikTok after a licensing deal fell apart. WSJ’s Anne Steele breaks down wh...

Mark Cuban on ‘Shark Tank,’ the Mavs and Elon Musk

Publication Date: 2024-02-06

Mark Cuban is best known as a panelist on the reality TV show “Shark Tank” and for his ownership of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Now, the billionaire i...

Money, Drugs, Elon Musk and Tesla's Board

Publication Date: 2024-02-05

Elon Musk and some members of Tesla's board of directors have deep personal and financial ties. The connections are an extreme blurring of friendship ...

The UN Agency Accused of Links to Hamas

Publication Date: 2024-02-02

Amid a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, no aid group has the reach of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the organization that for deca...

Why Buying Paramount Global Won't Be Easy

Publication Date: 2024-02-01

Paramount Global is a media titan and lately potential buyers have been circling, hoping to get some of its parts. But as WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel explai...

Ukraine's $30 Billion Problem

Publication Date: 2024-01-31

The U.S. and the European Union have promised Ukraine billions of dollars in new financial aid to keep the country running as the war with Russia drag...

Argentina’s New President Takes a Chainsaw to the Country’s Government

Publication Date: 2024-01-30

Argentine President Javier Milei took office in December promising a free-market revolution to fix the country’s ailing economy. In an interview with ...

A Deadly Drone Attack and Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’

Publication Date: 2024-01-29

Three U.S. service members were killed and at least 34 injured in a drone strike in Jordan on Sunday. It’s the latest in a series of attacks in the Mi...

A Russian Billionaire, an Art Dealer and an Epic Feud

Publication Date: 2024-01-26

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev owned art by da Vinci, Picasso and Magritte. But over more than a decade, he says his trusted art dealer defraud...

How China's BYD Overtook Tesla

Publication Date: 2024-01-25

A few years ago, the founder of Chinese automaker BYD was worried the company might not survive. But last year, BYD surpassed Tesla to become the worl...

The Company Taking on Apple’s Watch Technology

Publication Date: 2024-01-24

If you own an Apple Watch, you may have noticed the device’s pulse oximeter feature. Masimo, a medical technology company, claims that the oximeter te...

The Computer Glitch That Caused Nearly 1,000 Convictions

Publication Date: 2024-01-23

Between 1999 and 2015, some 983 people were convicted for stealing from post offices in the U.K. Some people ended up in jail. At least four died by s...

Smuggling Migrants Toward the U.S. Is a Booming Business

Publication Date: 2024-01-22

Hundreds of thousands of migrants try to get from South America to the United States each year. But first, they have to get past the treacherous Darie...

How the Stanley Cup Became the Internet's Favorite Water Bottle

Publication Date: 2024-01-19

The Stanley Quencher, an insulated water bottle, is everywhere these days. And the popularity has been good for the company. Stanley generated $750 mi...

What Happens to Privacy in the Age of AI?

Publication Date: 2024-01-18

The AI industry is controlled by only a few powerful companies. Is that concentration of power dangerous? WSJ's Sam Schechner interviews Meredith Whit...

Food Fight: PepsiCo vs. Carrefour

Publication Date: 2024-01-17

Carrefour, one of the world’s biggest grocery chains, said it’s dropping PepsiCo products from roughly 10,000 stores across five European countries. C...

Bitcoin's Long Journey to the Stock Market

Publication Date: 2024-01-16

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the creation of Bitcoin ETFs, exchange-traded funds that buy the cryptocurrency, allowing retail i...

Artificial: Episode 4, Behind Sam Altman’s Firing

Publication Date: 2024-01-14

When the OpenAI board ousted CEO Sam Altman last November, very few people knew exactly what was behind it. In the final episode of our series, we rev...

The 2024 College Financial Aid Mess

Publication Date: 2024-01-12

A student's financial aid package is one of the most important factors in students’ college decisions. WSJ’s Oyin Adedoyin tells us that this year, th...

Will Florida’s Plan to Get Cheap Drugs From Canada Work?

Publication Date: 2024-01-11

Florida recently became the first state to win approval from the Food and Drug Administration to import prescription drugs from Canada. As WSJ’s Liz E...

‘We Were Attacked’: Militants Upend Global Shipping

Publication Date: 2024-01-10

Houthi rebels have been attacking ships in the Red Sea for months. Now the U.S. and its allies have given the Yemeni militant group a final warning to...

A Hole in a Plane and a Headache for Boeing

Publication Date: 2024-01-09

The last thing Boeing needed was more trouble with its 737 MAX jet. That is exactly what it got at the start of the new year. The company had just sta...

A Messy Start to the 2024 Presidential Election

Publication Date: 2024-01-08

Primaries that don’t count. An incumbent President’s write-in campaign. The 2024 election is off to a weird start. WSJ’s Eliza Collins explains why. ...

Artificial: Episode 3, ChatGPT

Publication Date: 2024-01-07

OpenAI launched ChatGPT with low expectations and little fanfare. But the chatbot was an instant hit and went on to become one of the fastest growing ...

China Wants More Babies. Many Women Are Saying No.

Publication Date: 2024-01-05

The Chinese government is concerned about the country's birth rate. The population in China is now approximately 1.4 billion and could drop to roughly...

Behind the Campaign to Push Harvard’s President Out

Publication Date: 2024-01-04

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday, after being dogged for weeks by allegations of plagiarism and accusations that she didn't ...

One Company’s Quest to Burst Apple’s Blue Bubble Texts

Publication Date: 2024-01-03

If you text on a smartphone, chances are you’ve seen the problem: blue text bubbles versus green texts. It's a visual symbol of the problems that Andr...

'The Ultimate Confidence Trickster': The Double Life of a Tech Exec

Publication Date: 2024-01-02

For more than three years, Jan Marsalek has been on the run. He was the jet-setting COO of Wirecard, the German company that imploded after a financia...

The Taco Tuesday Fight Is Over

Publication Date: 2023-12-26

Earlier this year, we brought you the story of a New Jersey restaurant owner named Gregory Gregory, who took on Taco Bell over the trademark for "Tac...

Mariah Carey on the Rise of Her Christmas Anthem

Publication Date: 2023-12-22

We are off for the holidays, but still have a great episode for this Christmas weekend.Mariah Carey released "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 19...

Inside an iPhone Heist

Publication Date: 2023-12-21

Thieves across the U.S. are stealing people’s iPhones, using them to loot victims’ bank accounts and personal information. After investigating for ove...

What Happened to GM’s All-Electric Bet?

Publication Date: 2023-12-20

General Motors CEO Mary Barra is 10 years into her tenure and deep into her quest to turn GM into an electric-car powerhouse. WSJ’s Mike Colias profil...

Why an AI Pioneer Is Worried

Publication Date: 2023-12-19

Yoshua Bengio, known as a godfather of AI, is one of hundreds of researchers and tech leaders calling for a pause in the breakneck development of powe...

Who's Keeping Zombie Malls Alive?

Publication Date: 2023-12-18

There are hundreds of zombie malls throughout the U.S. WSJ's Kate King investigates why some of America's empty and dilapidated malls stick around for...

The Wonderful Accident Behind a Christmas Classic

Publication Date: 2023-12-15

“It’s a Wonderful Life” is one of the most iconic Christmas movies. But when it first came out in 1946, it was considered a flop. WSJ’s Ben Cohen expl...

Actors Recorded Videos for ‘Vladimir.’ It Turned Into Russian Propaganda.

Publication Date: 2023-12-14

Russia-aligned propagandists tricked celebrities like Elijah Wood, Pricilla Presley and Ice T into recording videos that would later be used to attack...

The Mysterious CEO Leading Shein to an IPO

Publication Date: 2023-12-13

In the decade since he co-founded Shein and turned it into one of the world's most popular fast-fashion brands, CEO Sky Xu has remained a mystery – ev...

Janet Yellen on Inflation and the U.S. Economy

Publication Date: 2023-12-12

Today, WSJ’s Chief Economics Correspondent Nick Timiraos sat down with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who said inflation is “meaningfully coming down...

Big Donors Clash with Universities Over Antisemitism, Free Speech

Publication Date: 2023-12-11

The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Liz Magill, resigned on Saturday, capping a tumultuous week at the Ivy League school. After statement...

Artificial: Episode 2, Selling Out

Publication Date: 2023-12-10

OpenAI’s breakout product, ChatGPT, had humble origins. What started as a small research project ballooned into something much bigger: a groundbreakin...

Does Nikki Haley Have a Chance At Beating Trump?

Publication Date: 2023-12-08

Nikki Haley, former U.N. ambassador and governor of South Carolina, has been gaining traction in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. But can she...

Meta Is Struggling to Boot Pedophiles Off Facebook and Instagram

Publication Date: 2023-12-07

Meta has spent months trying to fix child-safety problems on Instagram and Facebook. But as WSJ's Jeff Horwitz explains, the social media giant is sti...

Why Goldman Sachs and Apple Weren't Happily Ever After

Publication Date: 2023-12-06

Apple has filed for divorce from its partnership with Goldman Sachs.. It also marks a swift about-face for a partnership that, just last year, was ext...

Why Some Opioid Victims Are Challenging Purdue’s Settlement

Publication Date: 2023-12-05

The Supreme Court is weighing an $8-billion settlement between opioid victims, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. Two claimants explain their views...

She Tried to Get Sober. She Got Scammed Instead.

Publication Date: 2023-12-04

For months, state and federal law-enforcement officials have been investigating a Medicaid scam in which hundreds of fraudulent sober-living homes in ...

Artificial: Episode 1, The Dream

Publication Date: 2023-12-03

In 2015, a group of Silicon Valley heavy-hitters met for a dinner that would change tech history. They believed that the time had come to build a supe...

Charlie Munger: Curmudgeon, Sage and Investing Legend

Publication Date: 2023-12-01

Billionaire investor Charlie Munger died Tuesday, just weeks short of his 100th birthday. Munger was vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and he was b...

The Oil Giant Hosting This Year’s U.N. Climate Summit

Publication Date: 2023-11-30

Dubai, a city known for private jets, giant yachts and other symbols of carbon-heavy living, is an awkward location for a conference on climate change...

Lewd Photos, Booze and Bullying: Inside the FDIC’s Toxic Culture

Publication Date: 2023-11-29

A Journal investigation reveals a years-long culture of sexual harassment and intimidation at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a government ...

Introducing - Artificial: The OpenAI Story

Publication Date: 2023-11-29

OpenAI was founded in 2015 as an idealistic nonprofit. Its goal was to build artificial general intelligence or AGI — an AI that could do most jobs be...

The Family Drama Inside Estée Lauder

Publication Date: 2023-11-28

Shares of Estée Lauder, the beauty giant, have plunged about 50% this year. And the members of the Lauder family are at odds about what to do. WSJ's E...

The Fall of (Another) Crypto King

Publication Date: 2023-11-27

Changpeng Zhao built Binance into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and became one of the faces of crypto in the process. Last week, he app...

Pig-Butchering: A Texting Scam With a Crypto Twist

Publication Date: 2023-11-24

We’re off today, but we still have a great episode for you. A texting scam that originated in China is on the rise in the United States. It’s more sop...

Canned or Homemade? America’s Biggest Cranberry Company Wins Either Way

Publication Date: 2023-11-22

Ocean Spray’s farmers are responsible for 65% of the world’s cranberries. It’s not a publicly traded company. It’s not a traditional private company, ...

Cheap Drones Are Transforming the Battlefield

Publication Date: 2023-11-21

Cheap drones, once the domain of hobbyists, are now in high demand on battlefields. Following Hamas's attack on October 7, Israel has been flooding su...

OpenAI’s Weekend of Absolute Chaos

Publication Date: 2023-11-20

OpenAI unexpectedly fired its CEO and co-founder Sam Altman on Friday. The move kicked off a series of twists and turns that left the company and its ...

Why So Many Emergency Rooms Are Failing Kids in America

Publication Date: 2023-11-17

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that only 14% of emergency departments nationwide have been certified to treat kids. WSJ’s Melanie Evans exp...

Inflation Is Down. Unemployment Is Low. Is This a Soft Landing?

Publication Date: 2023-11-16

Inflation has been a big problem in the U.S. economy over the past couple of years. The Federal Reserve has been trying to tamp it down without crashi...

The Actors Strike Is Over. Who Won?

Publication Date: 2023-11-15

The longest actors strike in Hollywood history finally came to an end last week. WSJ’s Joe Flint explains why it took so long, and how the industry mi...

The Hospital at the Center of Israel’s War on Hamas

Publication Date: 2023-11-14

On Monday, Israeli troops reached Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa where Israel says Hamas conceals a major command center. WSJ’s Chao Deng and Margh...

China’s Plans for Its Unemployed Youth: Send Them Away

Publication Date: 2023-11-13

An economic downturn in China has resulted in historically high youth unemployment. At the same time, China’s leader Xi Jinping thinks the countryside...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: What Happens Next?

Publication Date: 2023-11-10

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried is over. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff reflect on their month at court and answer outstanding questions about wh...

He Thought Instagram Was Safe. Then His Daughter Got an Account.

Publication Date: 2023-11-09

Former Meta engineer Arturo Bejar thought he could help make Instagram safer after his daughter experienced harassment on the platform. But Bejar said...

Oregonians Decriminalized Hard Drugs. Now Many Regret It.

Publication Date: 2023-11-08

Oregon became the first state to decriminalize all drugs in 2020. The goal was to steer people to treatment who otherwise might have faced jail time. ...

WeWork: From $47 Billion Unicorn to Bankruptcy

Publication Date: 2023-11-07

WeWork, the office space coworking company, filed for bankruptcy yesterday. The company’s decision comes after it struggled with debt and a slump in t...

A Case of Conspiracy in Real Estate

Publication Date: 2023-11-06

Home buyers and sellers face the prospect of major changes to the ways they pay their real-estate agents, following a historic verdict against the Nat...

'Our Refinery Is On Fire': Two Brothers and a Deadly Explosion

Publication Date: 2023-11-03

Brothers Ben and Max Morrissey were killed over a year ago by an explosion at their workplace, an oil refinery co-owned and operated by the oil giant ...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Guilty On All Counts

Publication Date: 2023-11-03

A jury convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing billions of dollars from customers and lenders, in what prosecutors called one of the bigge...

Would You Pay to Use Instagram Without Ads?

Publication Date: 2023-11-02

Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, will soon find out how much users in Europe are willing to pay to access its social media platforms withou...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Closing Arguments

Publication Date: 2023-11-02

Both the prosecution and the defense make their final pitches to the jury as FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial comes to a close. Rachel Humphreys ...

The Two Scientists Taking Down Cold Medicines That Don't Work

Publication Date: 2023-11-01

Randy Hatton and Leslie Hendeles spent nearly two decades trying to convince the Food and Drug Administration that phenylephrine, a drug commonly used...

How an Antiques Dealer Uncovered a Massive Museum Heist

Publication Date: 2023-10-31

A Danish antiques dealer named Ittai Gradel noticed a particular seller repeatedly listing valuable items for sale online at rock-bottom prices. WSJ's...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: The Government Grills SBF

Publication Date: 2023-10-31

Prosecutors have started to cross examine Sam Bankman-Fried on the witness stand. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff explore the competing narrative...

Workers Win Big as UAW Strike Nears End

Publication Date: 2023-10-30

Today, General Motors became the last of the Detroit automakers to reach a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers union. It follows tentative agr...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Things Sam Is Testifying About

Publication Date: 2023-10-28

With the jury in attendance, Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand to testify in his defense. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff break down where his sto...

TikTok Wants to Be More Like Amazon. Amazon Wants to Be More Like TikTok.

Publication Date: 2023-10-27

TikTok is launching its Shop feature in the U.S. after mixed success in other countries. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Inspire feature brings short-form video t...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Bankman-Fried Testifies

Publication Date: 2023-10-27

After a short break, court is back in session as Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand to testify in his defense. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff wer...

Mike Who? The New Speaker of the House

Publication Date: 2023-10-26

Just a few days ago, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was so unknown that fellow Republicans had to google his name. Now he’s Speaker of the House. WSJ’...

Two Parents on a Crusade to Free Their Son

Publication Date: 2023-10-25

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia in March while on a reporting trip. He is being held in a Moscow prison awaiting trial. We speak ...

A Tiny Crew, a Wooden Boat and a Mission to Hit Back at China

Publication Date: 2023-10-24

The Philippines and China are in an ongoing dispute over competing territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea. A recent incident at Scarbo...

Will Israel Face a Second Front?

Publication Date: 2023-10-23

As Israel’s war with Hamas enters its third week, increased violence in the West Bank and on the border with Lebanon is fueling concerns of a larger r...

A Conversation with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Mira Murati

Publication Date: 2023-10-20

Two of the creators of ChatGPT discuss job disruption, data and the ‘person-ness’ of AI chatbots with WSJ’s Joanna Stern. Further Listening: -Th...

What We Know About the Gaza Hospital Blast

Publication Date: 2023-10-19

On Tuesday evening, an explosion rocked a hospital in northern Gaza where hundreds were sheltering from Israeli airstrikes. The Gaza Ministry of Healt...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Where Did The Money Go?

Publication Date: 2023-10-19

Over the course of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, the jury has seen evidence and heard testimony about the money circulating through FTX and Alameda. Rach...

Disney Gets Into Gambling

Publication Date: 2023-10-18

After years of internal debate, Disney did a deal with a gambling company and will launch a betting app next month through its sports channel ESPN. WS...

The Hostage Crisis in Gaza

Publication Date: 2023-10-17

More than a week after Hamas militants launched a deadly attack on Israel, the fate of around 200 hostages held captive in Gaza is unclear. Direct lin...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Nishad Singh Speaks Up

Publication Date: 2023-10-17

Nishad Singh— another critical member of Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle— testified Monday saying FTX customer money was used to fund political donat...

Israel-Hamas War Tests Musk's Content Policies

Publication Date: 2023-10-16

The war between Israel and Hamas is one of the biggest tests of social-media’s content policing in years. Platforms have been dealing with a range of ...

2023: The Year of the Strike

Publication Date: 2023-10-13

Americans are walking off the job at a rate not seen in years. The U.S. has lost seven million workdays to walkouts so far this year. WSJ’s David Harr...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Cross Examining Caroline Ellison

Publication Date: 2023-10-13

Caroline Ellison took the stand for a third day as attorneys for Sam Bankman-Fried questioned her about her role in the collapse of FTX and Alameda Re...

For Palestinians Trapped in Gaza, There's No Way Out

Publication Date: 2023-10-12

As Israel retaliates against Hamas for its deadly attack Saturday, it has launched unrelenting air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza. Neighborhoods, ho...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Caroline Ellison

Publication Date: 2023-10-12

Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda, took the stand for a second day Wednesday. Producer Rachel Humphreys and WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff discuss El...

Why the House Still Doesn’t Have a Speaker

Publication Date: 2023-10-11

The U.S. House of Representatives has been without a Speaker for more than a week. Now, Republicans say that they have a nominee for the position. WSJ...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Caroline Ellison Speaks

Publication Date: 2023-10-11

Caroline Ellison met Sam Bankman-Fried trading at Jane Street. The two would go on to have a close professional and personal relationship as his crypt...

The War Between Israel and Hamas

Publication Date: 2023-10-10

Early Saturday, Hamas fired thousands of rockets into Israel as its fighters poured across the border from Gaza, killing hundreds and taking others ho...

Introducing: WSJ's Take On the Week

Publication Date: 2023-10-09

We're off today for the holiday, but we still have an episode for you!WSJ's Take On the Week is a new WSJ show that breaks down the most important thi...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: The First Key Witness

Publication Date: 2023-10-07

Gary Wang, FTX’s former chief technology officer, took the stand in the government’s case against Sam Bankman-Fried. Producer Rachel Humphreys and WSJ...

What Is Amazon's Secret ‘Project Nessie’?

Publication Date: 2023-10-06

When the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Amazon last week, there was a big redacted section. WSJ’s Dana Mattioli on what she discover...

NYC’s Food Delivery Workers Fight for a Minimum Wage

Publication Date: 2023-10-05

A legal battle is unfolding in New York City over a law that sets a roughly $18 minimum wage for food delivery workers. Four major app-based delivery ...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Opening Arguments

Publication Date: 2023-10-05

With a jury selected, lawyers from the prosecution and defense make their opening statements. Rachel Humphreys and WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff get their fir...

Philip Morris Tried to Pivot to Pharmaceuticals. It Didn't Go Well.

Publication Date: 2023-10-04

In 2021, Philip Morris International acquired three pharmaceutical companies for more than $2 billion as part of a plan to pivot away from cigarette s...

The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy: Jury Selection

Publication Date: 2023-10-04

On the first day of trial, Sam Bankman-Fried debuts a new haircut and the judge begins the process of selecting a jury. WSJ’s Caitlin Ostroff delves i...

Ford vs. GM: A Battle to Shape the Future of EVs in America

Publication Date: 2023-10-03

Long-time rivals Ford and General Motors are battling over how a $7,500 tax credit for electric cars should be interpreted. WSJ’s Andrew Duehren exp...

Why Black Lung Is Rising in Coal Country

Publication Date: 2023-10-02

Black lung, a devastating illness caused by prolonged exposure to dust, has made a comeback in the past two decades after hitting a low in the 1990s. ...

The Debt Ceiling Fight Begins

Publication Date: 2023-04-25

The U.S. only has a few months until it can no longer pay its bills. Republicans say they’ll only raise the debt ceiling if Democrats agree to aggress...

The World's Richest Person Is Planning for Succession

Publication Date: 2023-04-24

Bernard Arnault is the richest person in the world and he has spent decades preparing his five children to run his luxury-brand empire, LVMH. WSJ’s Ni...

Nursing Shortage? There's an App for That

Publication Date: 2023-04-21

To address a nursing shortage, some of the nation’s largest hospital systems have started to use apps similar to those used for ride-hailing. WSJ’s Me...

How Investigators Cracked a $3.4 Billion Crypto Heist

Publication Date: 2023-04-20

Jimmy Zhong appeared to have pulled off the perfect crime. In December 2012, he stumbled upon a software bug that allowed him to steal 50,000 bitcoins...

Russian Court Upholds WSJ Reporter’s Detention

Publication Date: 2023-04-19

It has been three weeks since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on an allegation of espionage that the Journal and ...

Two Executives On What It's Like to Stop a Bank Run

Publication Date: 2023-04-18

In 2017 the FDIC created a pool of banking veterans who would step up to help in the event of another financial crisis. For years, no one needed them....

Dominion Voting Systems vs. Fox News

Publication Date: 2023-04-17

Dominion Voting Systems, which makes ballot machines, sued Fox News for $1.6 billion, claiming the cable network aired defamatory claims about its rol...

The Curtain Closes on Phantom of the Opera

Publication Date: 2023-04-14

An Arrest in the Classified Documents Leak

Publication Date: 2023-04-13

A $175 Million 'Huge Mistake'

Publication Date: 2023-04-12

Baby Powder, Bankruptcy and the Texas Two-Step

Publication Date: 2023-04-11

The Abortion Pill’s Uncertain Future

Publication Date: 2023-04-10

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on How AI Could Change Search

Publication Date: 2023-04-07

How Indonesia Tamed Rainforest Destruction

Publication Date: 2023-04-06

Jack Ma Returns to China and Breaks Up the Company He Built

Publication Date: 2023-04-05

Donald Trump Is Charged on 34 Felony Counts

Publication Date: 2023-04-04

A WSJ Reporter Arrested in Russia

Publication Date: 2023-04-03

The Rise of Chinese Apps

Publication Date: 2023-03-31

While TikTok is getting a lot of scrutiny in Washington, other Chinese apps are on the rise. Four of the five hottest apps in the U.S. in March are ti...

Millions of Women Left Work During the Pandemic. Where Are They Now?

Publication Date: 2023-03-30

Nearly 12 million women left their jobs due to pandemic disruptions. Many are finally coming back, three years on. WSJ's Lauren Weber explains how the...

A Plan to Hack the Planet

Publication Date: 2023-03-29

Tech CEO Luke Iseman has an idea he wants to sell the world: A business plan to cool the Earth by dimming the amount of sunlight that hits the planet....

The Ranking Battle in Higher Ed

Publication Date: 2023-03-28

In November, Yale Law School pulled out of the U.S. News & World Report law-school rankings, saying the system was flawed. A wave of law, medical and ...

The Arrest of a Crypto Fugitive

Publication Date: 2023-03-27

After his TerraUSD cryptocurrency imploded, Do Kwon became one of the most wanted men in crypto. Last week, after a global manhunt, he was arrested at...

The Underdog Coffee Bean That’s Making a Comeback

Publication Date: 2023-03-24

For decades, the Robusta coffee bean has been the ugly duckling of the coffee world. Now, a new generation of coffee geeks think the time could be rip...

Why the Fed Raised Interest Rates Amidst a Banking Crisis

Publication Date: 2023-03-23

Over the past year the Federal Reserve has been steadily raising interest rates to try to bring down inflation. But the recent banking crisis has thro...

Yachts, Custom Cars and $36,000 Mattresses: Inside an Alleged Fraud

Publication Date: 2023-03-22

Former Chinese real-estate developer and outspoken China critic Guo Wengui was arrested by the FBI last week and accused of orchestrating a $1 billion...

Biden's Flip on Drilling in Alaska

Publication Date: 2023-03-21

While campaigning for president, Joe Biden said there would be no new oil drilling on federal land. But last week he approved the Willow project, one ...

Exclusive: TikTok’s CEO on the App’s Future in the U.S.

Publication Date: 2023-03-20

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is due to testify before Congress this week, as the Biden administration demands that TikTok’s Chinese owners sell their stake...

Why Google Is Behind in the AI Race

Publication Date: 2023-03-17

Google has been a pioneer in the modern era of artificial intelligence, but lately, it’s fallen behind. WSJ’s Miles Kruppa explains why the tech giant...

What Just Happened at Credit Suisse?

Publication Date: 2023-03-16

As fears about the health of global banks spread from the U.S. to Europe, the bank Credit Suisse said it would tap a more than $50 billion loan from t...

Bird Flu and the High Price of Eggs

Publication Date: 2023-03-15

Since February of last year, the avian flu has led to the deaths of tens of millions of farm-raised birds in the U.S., the deadliest outbreak on recor...

Why WeightWatchers Wants in on Weight Loss Drugs

Publication Date: 2023-03-14

WeightWatchers is buying digital health company Sequence to capitalize on the hot market for diabetes and weight loss drugs including Ozempic and Wego...

Can the Government Contain a Banking Crisis?

Publication Date: 2023-03-13

When Silicon Valley Bank imploded last week, it was the second biggest bank failure in U.S. history. Then, over the weekend, another bank, Signature B...

The Push to Test Drugs for Fentanyl

Publication Date: 2023-03-10

For years, fentanyl has flooded into the American drug market, driving a surge in overdose deaths across the country. Other drugs, like cocaine, are i...

The Economy Is Too Hot for the Fed

Publication Date: 2023-03-09

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress this week that interest rates could go up faster and higher than previously planned. WSJ’s Nick Timi...

What a New Law in Tennessee Means for Drag

Publication Date: 2023-03-08

A new law in Tennessee makes staging adult cabaret anywhere a minor could see it a criminal offense. WSJ’s Laura Kusisto and Steve Raimo, who performs...

When AI Comes for Your Art

Publication Date: 2023-03-07

AI-art generators let users create fantastical images with just a few text prompts. But some artists see a problem: They say AI is ripping them off. A...

The FTX Insiders Turning Against Sam Bankman-Fried

Publication Date: 2023-03-06

Three executives who formed Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle have now pleaded guilty to fraud charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. WSJ’s ...

Conservatives Come for ESG

Publication Date: 2023-03-03

Companies like BlackRock have promoted ESG investing in recent years. But WSJ’s Julie Bykowicz says a new conservative nonprofit is pushing lawmakers ...

How a Year of Sanctions Is Impacting Russians

Publication Date: 2023-03-02

After Russia invaded Ukraine, Western nations hit Russia with massive sanctions. We talk to a resident in Moscow about how his life has changed and WS...

Will Student Debt Get Canceled? The Supreme Court Decides.

Publication Date: 2023-03-01

President Biden’s plans to cancel $400 million in student loans are on hold. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the administrati...

America’s Answer to the Chip Shortage

Publication Date: 2023-02-28

The Commerce Department is spelling out its plans to subsidize domestic chip production in order to secure the supply of advanced chips needed for Ame...

What Caused a Train to Derail in East Palestine, Ohio?

Publication Date: 2023-02-27

Earlier this month, a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio. Concerned about an explosion, authorities evacuated residents ...

Three Ukrainians on Enduring a Year of War

Publication Date: 2023-02-24

Russia’s war in Ukraine has upended the lives of millions of people. One year into the conflict, we check in with some of the people we have spoken wi...

The Five People Keeping Bitcoin Alive

Publication Date: 2023-02-23

Bitcoin, the nearly $500 billion cryptocurrency, isn't controlled by any one person or company. But there are five mysterious coders that keep it all ...

Is This Painting a Masterpiece? AI Is On the Case

Publication Date: 2023-02-22

Almost 30 years ago, Anthony Ayers spotted a dusty, wood-panel painting tucked behind an armoire in an antique shop. Over the decades, he and the grou...

Two Hotels in Turkey and a Tragic Twist of Fate

Publication Date: 2023-02-21

After new deadly earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria this week, the death toll this month has surpassed 45,000. WSJ’s Sune Engel Rasmussen tells the stor...

How TikTok Became The World’s Favorite App

Publication Date: 2023-02-20

We’re off today for the holiday, but we still have an episode for you! In only five years, TikTok has gained millions of fans around the world and ...

How TikTok Became the World’s Favorite App

Publication Date: 2023-02-20

We’re off today for the holiday, but we still have an episode for you! In only five years, TikTok has gained millions of fans around the world and ...

Mass Layoffs or Hiring Boom — Which Is It?

Publication Date: 2023-02-17

Major layoffs keep making headlines, yet the U.S. is still seeing record low unemployment. WSJ’s Ray A. Smith dives into the mystery in the job market...

Disney Wars: Attack of the Activist Investor

Publication Date: 2023-02-16

What happens when an activist investor sets his sights on one of the biggest media companies in the world? WSJ’s Robbie Whelan on the proxy battle tha...

How CVS Went From Drugstore to Healthcare Juggernaut

Publication Date: 2023-02-15

CVS’s plan to buy Oak Street Health, a network of senior-focused clinics, is the latest sign of the growing tie-ups between health insurers and primar...

The Price of Dating Apps

Publication Date: 2023-02-14

How much are you willing to pay for love? Dating apps are asking users to pay more for features and access to matches as a way to counter slowing grow...

How a Balloon Burst U.S.-China Relations

Publication Date: 2023-02-13

In just over a week, the U.S. has shot down four flying objects — one from China and three others of unknown origins. WSJ’s James T. Areddy on balloon...

A Spy Turned Up Dead in Ukraine. Who Was He Working For?

Publication Date: 2023-02-10

Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, a corpse turned up on a sidewalk in the center of Kyiv. The dead man, a 45-year-old banker named Denys Kiryeyev, wa...

Is the Party Over for Best-Selling Drug Humira?

Publication Date: 2023-02-09

After decades of patent protection, the wildly successful arthritis and autoimmune drug Humira is finally facing competition. WSJ’s Jared Hopkins on w...

Why Is the U.K.'s Free Healthcare Service Falling Apart?

Publication Date: 2023-02-08

For more than a decade, the British government has run its National Health Service, the world’s largest government-run healthcare system, on a tight b...

Consumers Are Starting to Freak Out

Publication Date: 2023-02-07

Consumer spending accounts for roughly 70% of the economy. So when it slows, the U.S. economy risks a recession. Right now, U.S. consumers are spendin...

The Short Seller Costing the Adani Group Billions

Publication Date: 2023-02-06

Gautam Adani is ubiquitous in India. His energy and infrastructure conglomerate, the Adani Group, touches the lives of millions of Indians on a daily ...

China’s Accidental Dissidents

Publication Date: 2023-02-03

Cao Zhixin and her friends went to a rally to honor people who died in a fire. Several weeks later, they were detained by Chinese authorities and now ...

'Putin's Chef' Now Serving Up Gains for Russia in Ukraine

Publication Date: 2023-02-02

Russia’s invasion forces have tightened the noose around Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine with help from a paramilitary outfit called the Wagner Group. Head...

Hacking the Hackers

Publication Date: 2023-02-01

For years, the U.S. government went after hackers by trying to arrest them. Now, they’re trying a new approach. WSJ’s Robert McMillan tells the story ...

Ukrainian President Zelensky's Fight Against Corruption

Publication Date: 2023-01-31

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was originally elected on an anti-corruption platform. Over the last two weeks, he has removed nearly a dozen t...

Why an Arctic Treasure Is Spurring Hope and Dread

Publication Date: 2023-01-30

North of the Arctic Circle, a Swedish mining company says it has located a coveted resource: Europe’s biggest cache of rare-earth minerals, elements u...

Blackouts, Corruption and a Poisoned CEO

Publication Date: 2023-01-27

South Africa’s state-owned power company, Eskom, is struggling to keep the lights on in the country and is now looking for a new leader after its curr...

Why the DOJ Is Suing Google Again

Publication Date: 2023-01-26

The Department of Justice is seeking to break up part of Google’s digital advertising business. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the government says the te...

The Unraveling of Stitch Fix

Publication Date: 2023-01-25

Over the last year, fashion company Stitch Fix has lost 95% of its value as the company's attempts to expand beyond subscriptions floundered. WSJ colu...

Tesla’s Big Price Cut

Publication Date: 2023-01-24

Tesla cut prices for some of its vehicles sold in the U.S. by nearly 20% earlier this month. WSJ’s Nora Eckert on what’s behind the price drop and wha...

What's Going on With Biden's Classified Documents?

Publication Date: 2023-01-23

On Friday, FBI investigators found more classified documents at President Joe Biden’s Delaware home. This is the latest in a series of searches that t...

What the End of Zero-Covid Means for China

Publication Date: 2023-01-20

A month after China scrapped most of its zero-Covid restrictions, Omicron has spread rapidly. WSJ’s Brian Spegele explains that while some people are ...

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Big Investment: Bitcoin Mining in Kazakhstan

Publication Date: 2023-01-19

After the collapse of FTX, WSJ Reporter Eliot Brown wanted to find out where all the money went. He was surprised to discover that the biggest investm...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's Big Bet on AI

Publication Date: 2023-01-18

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks with WSJ Editor in Chief Matt Murray at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, about the company’s artific...

The Company Behind ChatGPT

Publication Date: 2023-01-17

ChatGPT was released only a few months ago but the artificial intelligence chatbot has already taken the internet by storm. WSJ’s Berber Jin tells the...

Could This Be the End of Noncompetes?

Publication Date: 2023-01-13

The Federal Trade Commission wants to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts. WSJ's Lauren Weber explains what these clauses are, the surprisi...

Miss Universe Is Now Owned by a Woman. Will It Change?

Publication Date: 2023-01-12

When a new Miss Universe is crowned this Saturday, she will be the first winner under new pageant owner Anne Jakrajutatip, a Thai businesswoman and tr...

The New Layoff: On a Wednesday On Zoom

Publication Date: 2023-01-11

Wednesday or Friday? In-person or via Zoom? As dozens of companies undergo layoffs, human resource executives are grappling with a lot of questions ab...

Why Protesters Rioted in Brazil’s Capital

Publication Date: 2023-01-10

Brazil is reeling after supporters of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro forced their way into several government buildings on Sunday. Many pr...

A Small Bank Bet Big on Crypto. Can It Survive the Crash?

Publication Date: 2023-01-09

Silvergate went from a small real-estate bank to the bank of choice for the crypto world’s big players. Then it experienced a historic bank run. WSJ’s...

What's Up With All the TikTok Bans?

Publication Date: 2023-01-06

Recently, a slew of states and even the federal government have banned the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices, citin...

The Fight Over the Speaker of the House

Publication Date: 2023-01-05

For days, the House of Representatives has been at a standstill. A group of conservative lawmakers continues to block Rep. Kevin McCarthy's path to be...

How Southwest Airlines Melted Down

Publication Date: 2023-01-04

Severe winter weather impacted a lot of airlines this holiday season. But only one canceled more than 70% of its flights: Southwest. WSJ’s Alison Side...

What Will the Economy Look Like in 2023?

Publication Date: 2023-01-03

Last year, inflation hit a 40-year high, dealing a big blow to many consumers. On the other hand, unemployment was low and many workers saw wage gains...

See You in 2023

Publication Date: 2022-12-26

We’re taking a break until 2023. Ryan and Kate and the rest of the team wish you happy holidays as we bring back this Christmas classic. In 1994, ...

Uncontrolled Substances, Part 4: The Reckoning

Publication Date: 2022-12-22

Two years after launching, Cerebral had become a star in the telemedicine business space. The company had attracted tens of thousands of patients and ...

Uncontrolled Substances, Part 3: Anthony

Publication Date: 2022-12-21

Anthony Kroll was 17 years old. Too young to have been a Cerebral patient, according to company policy. Too young to get mental-health treatment witho...

The Highs and Lows of Diversifying the Cannabis Industry

Publication Date: 2022-12-20

When Illinois legalized recreational marijuana, the state wanted to create a more diverse cannabis industry. But three years on, only a handful of Bla...

The Disney Boss Who Wouldn't Let It Go

Publication Date: 2022-12-19

When Bob Iger stepped down as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, he continued to wield influence as executive chairman. His successor in the corner offic...

Uncontrolled Substances, Part 2: Adderall

Publication Date: 2022-12-16

After some early struggles, Cerebral hit on a lucrative new avenue for growth: prescribing controlled substances. WSJ’s Rolfe Winkler investigates how...

What's Allowed on Elon Musk's Twitter?

Publication Date: 2022-12-15

Elon Musk has been changing Twitter’s rules about speech and safety since he took over the company. WSJ’s Alexa Corse explains how Twitter's content m...

Are Apple and China Breaking Up?

Publication Date: 2022-12-14

For more than 20 years, Apple has relied on China to produce a majority of its products, especially its iPhones. But there have also been issues. As W...

The Charges Against FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried

Publication Date: 2022-12-13

About a month after his crypto exchange firm FTX collapsed, Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested. Federal prosecutors have charged the self-appointed c...

Russia’s Campaign to Leave Ukraine in the Dark

Publication Date: 2022-12-12

For the last two months, Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s power grid have caused prolonged blackouts across the country. Now, millions of people are li...

Uncontrolled Substances, Part 1: Subscribe and Prescribe

Publication Date: 2022-12-09

Cerebral is a tech startup that set out to provide access to mental-health services and wound up under federal investigation. WSJ's Rolfe Winkler and ...

Elon Musk's Boring Company Is Ghosting Cities

Publication Date: 2022-12-08

Elon Musk’s Boring Company hasn’t done much to alleviate “soul-destroying traffic” despite its initial promises to several cities. We talk with WSJ’s ...

Iran’s Protests Show No Signs of Slowing Down

Publication Date: 2022-12-07

In September, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police, who arrested her for allegedly violating Iran’s dress code. Afterwar...

‘Do You Expect to Go to Prison?’: An Interview With SBF

Publication Date: 2022-12-06

Sam Bankman-Fried is the founder and ex-CEO of FTX, the crypto exchange that recently filed for bankruptcy. WSJ reporter Alexander Osipovich sat down ...

Introducing - Uncontrolled Substances: The Cerebral Story

Publication Date: 2022-12-06

Cerebral was a buzzy Silicon Valley startup that set out to transform mental-health services in the U.S. In just a couple of years, the company attrac...

How the White House Blocked a Rail Strike

Publication Date: 2022-12-05

Major freight railroads and unions have been locked in a labor dispute for years. But last Friday, President Biden signed a bill passed by Congress fo...

How Jiang Zemin Made China a Global Superpower

Publication Date: 2022-12-02

Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin died this week at 96. As WSJ’s Charles Hutzler explains, Jiang was known for policies that guided China towards a...

An Exit Interview With Dr. Anthony Fauci

Publication Date: 2022-12-01

Dr. Anthony Fauci - the U.S. Chief Medical Advisor - is retiring after more than 50 years of government service. We speak to him about the biggest cha...

Beyond Meat Loses Its Sizzle

Publication Date: 2022-11-30

Beyond Meat, the maker of plant-based meat alternatives, has been a darling of the food startup world. In 2019, it had one of the most successful init...

China's Biggest Protests in Decades

Publication Date: 2022-11-29

After years of strict Covid restrictions, people are taking to the streets in cities across China. But they’re not just protesting zero-Covid, they’re...

The Surprising Origins of Russia’s Drones

Publication Date: 2022-11-28

In recent months, Russia has ramped up its use of drones in its war on Ukraine. As Ukrainian analysts have begun dissecting some of the unmanned aircr...

Elon Musk's 'Extremely Hardcore' Twitter

Publication Date: 2022-11-23

Since Elon Musk bought Twitter four weeks ago, thousands of employees have been laid off, fired or decided to leave the company. WSJ's Alexa Corse exp...

What Walmart’s Aisles Say About the American Consumer

Publication Date: 2022-11-22

Inflation is driving American consumers to pinch pennies, and Walmart is taking note. The retailing giant says its customers are increasingly price-co...

A Controversial World Cup Begins in Qatar

Publication Date: 2022-11-21

One of the biggest sports events of the year began yesterday in Qatar, but there have been a lot of bumps along the way. From the abuse of stadium con...

The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Debacle

Publication Date: 2022-11-18

Millions of Taylor Swift fans tried unsuccessfully to buy advance tickets for her Eras Tour, Swift’s first in five years. And after overwhelming deman...

A Historically Bad Year to Retire

Publication Date: 2022-11-17

For decades, investing in a mix of stocks and bonds was one of the safest ways to save for retirement. But this year, that strategy has stopped workin...

The Fall of Crypto's Golden Boy

Publication Date: 2022-11-16

Until last week, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was the face of crypto. Admirers saw him as an approachable, friendly billionaire eager to deploy his w...

The Downfall of a $300 Million Sneaker King

Publication Date: 2022-11-15

Zadeh Kicks, founded by Michael Malekzadeh, was once the hottest sneaker reseller on the market. It offered some coveted, limited edition shoes for ch...

RSV Is Bad. Where's the Vaccine?

Publication Date: 2022-11-14

Every winter, the respiratory virus RSV lands tens of thousands of babies and young children in hospitals around the country. This year, the outbreak ...

Introducing Bad Bets Season 2: The Unraveling of Trevor Milton

Publication Date: 2022-11-11

Bad Bets is WSJ’s podcast series that unravels big-business dramas that have had a big impact on our world. In season two, reporter Ben Foldy delves i...

How Crypto Giant FTX Suddenly Imploded

Publication Date: 2022-11-10

Once a leader in the world of cryptocurrency, Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX is scrambling for funds. It’s now facing a shortfall of $8 billi...

Why the Red Wave Didn’t Happen

Publication Date: 2022-11-09

Republicans were expecting to come away with sizable wins in the midterm elections on Tuesday. But as the results come in, it's clear that those hopes...

Banks’ Alliance to Fight Climate Change is on the Rocks

Publication Date: 2022-11-08

A year ago, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the biggest players in the financial world joined together to incorporate carb...

Why Elon Musk’s Twitter Is Losing Advertisers

Publication Date: 2022-11-07

Elon Musk is now in charge of Twitter, and his shake-up of the company is making advertisers nervous. All kinds of brands have started pausing their a...

How TikTok Became The World’s Favorite App

Publication Date: 2022-11-04

In only five years, TikTok has gained millions of fans around the world and become a source of geopolitical tension between the U.S. and China. We spo...

Show Me the Money: More Job Listings Have Salary Details

Publication Date: 2022-11-03

Companies trying to hire in New York City had to revamp their job postings this week. A new law requires salary ranges on all job postings, the latest...

Pig Butchering: A Texting Scam With a Crypto Twist

Publication Date: 2022-11-02

A texting scam that originated in China is on the rise in the United States. It’s more sophisticated than scams of the past and it has already cost Am...

Meta’s Metaverse Mess

Publication Date: 2022-11-01

About a year after Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta Platforms Inc., internal documents show the company's transition to the metaverse is not...

How High Will Interest Rates Go?

Publication Date: 2022-10-31

For months the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates at a fast and furious pace to combat inflation. Now some Fed officials are advocating f...

The Rise of the Minions

Publication Date: 2022-10-28

Minions, the yellow, pill-shaped sidekicks that debuted in the 2010 animated film “Despicable Me," have emerged as one of the best-known franchises i...

Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Whether the Company Is “Too Woke”

Publication Date: 2022-10-27

Disney CEO Bob Chapek talks with WSJ’s Editor in Chief Matt Murray about the challenges of weathering controversies and keeping his nearly 100 year-ol...

Is Big Money Souring Pickleball?

Publication Date: 2022-10-25

Pickleball is a big dill. It’s also the fastest-growing sport in America. Meanwhile, superstar investors like Tom Brady and LeBron James are pouring c...

The Rise of Botox and the Wrinkle in Its Future

Publication Date: 2022-10-24

No longer just for celebrities, Botox's multi-billion dollar success has helped kickstart a new industry of medical cosmetic procedures. But now, a co...

Why Florida's Coast Is Becoming the 'Preserve of the Wealthy'

Publication Date: 2022-10-21

Stronger hurricanes, higher insurance premiums and stricter building codes are changing who can afford life on the coast. After Hurricane Ian, WSJ's A...

Will There Be a Recession? America's Top Bankers Weigh In

Publication Date: 2022-10-20

The CEOs of the nation’s largest banks, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, are sending different messages about the economy. One is more optimistic, ...

How a Miami Couple Used Empty Mansions to Pocket Millions

Publication Date: 2022-10-19

Southern Florida is awash with empty luxury properties. For one Miami couple and their accomplices, that looked like prime hunting ground for nearly $...

How a New 'Anti-Woke' Bank Stumbled

Publication Date: 2022-10-18

A new banking startup, GloriFi, was created to counter a perception among some conservatives that mainstream banks are too liberal. But despite major ...

How Xi Jinping's Dream Slowed China's Economy

Publication Date: 2022-10-17

As China’s top leaders gather for the 20th Communist Party congress, all eyes are on China’s economy. A decade ago, President Xi Jinping set out his “...

How to Build a Metaverse, Part 4: Why Build a World?

Publication Date: 2022-10-14

Second Life never went mainstream. But just because the platform wasn’t for everyone doesn’t mean it wasn’t for anyone. In part 4 of our series, we ta...

The Quest to Find a Lost Purple Heart

Publication Date: 2021-07-02

A Marine died in Fallujah at the height of the Iraq War. Years later, his family found out his Purple Heart was listed on an auction site. WSJ's Ben K...

Hollywood's Fast and Furious Reopening

Publication Date: 2021-07-01

F9, the latest Fast and Furious movie, is a major test of the movie industry's ability to rebound after the pandemic. WSJ's Erich Schwartzel explains ...

The Mixed Signals from the Collapsed Condo's Past

Publication Date: 2021-06-30

Last week's building collapse near Miami was an event without modern precedent. Its cause remains a mystery. But building records, eyewitness accounts...

Environmental Investing Frenzy Stretches Meaning of 'Green'

Publication Date: 2021-06-29

Investors are pouring money into "green" companies, but what actually makes a company green? WSJ's Justin Scheck tells the story of The Metals Compa...

Oath Keepers and the Business of Extremism

Publication Date: 2021-06-28

The Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia group, had a large presence at the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Now, a WSJ investigation has revealed the g...

The Company That Said: We Failed

Publication Date: 2021-06-25

At an antitrust trial, executives from tobacco giant Altria have been speaking in unusually frank terms about the company's closed e-cigarette busines...

Britney Spears Wants Her Life (And Money) Back

Publication Date: 2021-06-24

For the past 13 years, pop star Britney Spears has lived under a legal arrangement that's given her father control over her finances and her life. Yes...

Travel Is Back. So Why Is American Airlines Canceling Flights?

Publication Date: 2021-06-23

As the country resumes flying in droves, the air travel industry is struggling to keep up. American Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights in recent d...

iPhones, iPads, and iClinics? Apple's Foray Into Healthcare

Publication Date: 2021-06-22

Apple has been trying for years to reinvent the healthcare system. In 2016, the company started operating its own health clinics for employees as a te...

Why Is Everyone Quitting?

Publication Date: 2021-06-21

Americans are quitting their jobs at record rates. But why? WSJ's Lauren Weber dives into the reasons that Americans have decided to walk away from th...

To The Moon, Part 5: The Comedown

Publication Date: 2021-06-20

Stocks, it turns out, don't only go up. On the final episode of To The Moon, we follow the GameStop rocket ship as it returns to Earth, and we learn h...

Congress's Case to Break Up Amazon

Publication Date: 2021-06-17

Last week, Congress introduced legislation that, if passed, could force Amazon to break up. The bills come after a 15-month investigation into whether...

The Firm Tanking Some of Wall Street's Hottest Stocks

Publication Date: 2021-06-16

Hindenburg Research is a small investment firm that is having a big impact. Its critical reports about some of the hottest startups have pushed stock ...

The Ruthless Group Behind Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals

Publication Date: 2021-06-15

A Wall Street Journal investigation has found that one hacking group - called Ryuk - is behind hundreds of attacks on U.S. health care facilities. WSJ...

The Fundamental Flaw (and Alleged Deception) of MoviePass

Publication Date: 2021-06-14

In 2019, MoviePass declared bankruptcy. The company had offered unlimited movie tickets to customers for a low monthly fee but never found a successfu...

To The Moon, Part 4: Diamond Hands

Publication Date: 2021-06-13

Individual investors banded together online to send GameStop soaring in January. Many of those investors were inspired by one man, Keith Gill, aka Dee...

A New Alzheimer's Drug Brings Hope and Controversy

Publication Date: 2021-06-11

The FDA this week approved the first new Alzheimer's treatment in nearly 20 years. But it almost didn't make it to market. WSJ's Joseph Walker untangl...

The New Corporate Diversity Strategy: Tie it to Executive Pay

Publication Date: 2021-06-10

Companies are using a new approach to push their executives to prioritize diversity: Tying it to their pay. WSJ's Emily Glazer explains how this tacti...

Can Food Delivery Make Money?

Publication Date: 2021-06-09

Despite a surge in business during the pandemic, food delivery companies like Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub still aren't profitable. WSJ's Preetika Rana ...

Why Crypto is Key to Stopping Ransomware

Publication Date: 2021-06-08

Ransomware attacks have been hitting U.S. companies hard. But yesterday, law enforcement officials made a big announcement: they recovered more than $...

The Unintended Consequences of China's One-Child Policy

Publication Date: 2021-06-07

In 1980, China implemented its one-child policy to curb a swiftly growing population. After raising the cap to two in 2015, last week it was increased...

To The Moon, Part 3: A People's History of Investing

Publication Date: 2021-06-06

Decades ago, trading was the domain of the wealthy elite, but two innovators would change that. The first made investing accessible to the masses. The...

Why Suing Amazon Just Got Easier

Publication Date: 2021-06-04

Companies have been including arbitration agreements in their terms of service for years, preventing customers from filing lawsuits. Recently, Amazon ...

Will Americans Buy an Electric Truck?

Publication Date: 2021-06-03

For years, the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. has been Ford's F-150 pickup truck. Now, Ford's making an electric version. WSJ's Mike Colias and Dan ...

Why a Grand Plan to Vaccinate the World Unraveled

Publication Date: 2021-06-02

Early last year, a few vaccine experts created a group that would help make sure all countries had access to covid vaccines. Called Covax, this initia...

Amazon Bags the MGM Lion

Publication Date: 2021-06-01

Amazon announced last week it is buying the Hollywood movie studio MGM for $8.4 billion, including debt. WSJ's Erich Schwartzel explains how Amazon ho...

To The Moon, Part 2: 'The Birth of the Yolo'

Publication Date: 2021-05-30

A man in a wolf mask. A wild gamble. A fortune passed on from a deceased uncle. Years before the world learned about WallStreetBets, WallStreetBets le...

To The Moon, Part 1: 'How Much Do Islands Cost?'

Publication Date: 2021-05-30

When GameStop's stock surged this winter, Wall Street was shocked to learn that a bunch of amateur investors had all piled in. Who were these people a...

Conspiracy Theory or Science? The Lab Leak Theory is Back

Publication Date: 2021-05-28

The origins of Covid-19 are still unknown, but the possibility that it could have escaped from a Chinese lab is back in the news. WSJ's Betsy McKay ex...

How Internet Buzz Drove a SPAC Even Higher

Publication Date: 2021-05-27

Early this year, a storm of intrigue brewed online around the electric vehicle company Lucid Motors and its potential merger with a SPAC. WSJ's Eliot ...

Biden's Plan for Police Reform: The Consent Decree

Publication Date: 2021-05-26

A year after the murder of George Floyd, the Justice Department is stepping up its oversight of local police departments. Last month, the DOJ opened i...

An Activist Investor and the Showdown Over Exxon's Future

Publication Date: 2021-05-25

An activist investor is trying to take over four seats on Exxon's board of directors, arguing the company should cut its emissions by 2050. But Exxon ...

Inflation Is Happening. Should You Be Worried?

Publication Date: 2021-05-24

Inflation is the highest it's been in over a decade. WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath explains why the Federal Reserve says everything is under control while some...

Introducing: To The Moon

Publication Date: 2021-05-24

In January, a group of Redditors started pouring their savings into the stock of GameStop, a struggling video game retailer. Overnight, everything Wal...

Four Years Trapped on a Cargo Ship

Publication Date: 2021-05-21

Sailor Mohammad Aisha was stuck on a cargo ship near the mouth of the Suez Canal for four years - alone for much of that time. WSJ's Joe Parkinson tel...

Hertz Rewards Its True Believers

Publication Date: 2021-05-20

A strange thing happened last year after the rental car company Hertz filed for bankruptcy: its stock took off. Old hands on Wall Street thought that ...

What's Wrong With the Car Market?

Publication Date: 2021-05-19

Car sales have been skyrocketing, but dealers have a big worry: they're running low on cars to sell. The problem isn't expected to be resolved anytime...

AT&T Abandons Its Hollywood Dreams

Publication Date: 2021-05-18

When AT&T bought Time Warner and DirecTV, it set out to build a media empire that could take on companies like Netflix and Disney. But after three yea...

No Credit Score, No Problem?

Publication Date: 2021-05-17

Banks could begin issuing credit cards to people without credit scores thanks to an effort by a banking regulator to make lending more racially equita...

Instagram for Kids Isn't Getting Many Likes

Publication Date: 2021-05-14

Facebook has proposed making a version of Instagram for children under 13, and the idea has prompted an outcry from lawmakers and regulators on both s...

Ransomware, a Pipeline and a Gas Shortage

Publication Date: 2021-05-13

Colonial Pipeline supplies fuel to more than a dozen states. Last Friday, a ransomware attack forced its shutdown, causing a massive shortage of gasol...

The NFT Craze Explained

Publication Date: 2021-05-12

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have made a multi-billion dollar market out of digital items like pixelated cats, basketball highlight videos and even t...

WeWork's CEO on the Future of Work

Publication Date: 2021-05-11

WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani took charge of the office space company just as the pandemic hit. He's now on the brink of bringing WeWork public. We spea...

The Covid Vaccine Patent Problem

Publication Date: 2021-05-10

The U.S. government reversed course last week and said it would support waiving patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, over the objections of the p...

When Elon Musk Moves In Next Door

Publication Date: 2021-05-07

Elon Musk's SpaceX has been building out its operations in Boca Chica, Texas and pressuring residents to sell their homes. WSJ's Nancy Keates explains...

Chevron and The Amazon: A 28-year Legal Battle

Publication Date: 2021-05-06

Oil giant Chevron has been locked in a decades-long legal battle with people living in the Ecuadorian Amazon, who claim they were harmed by oil drilli...

Chevron and the Amazon: A 28-year Legal Battle

Publication Date: 2021-05-06

Oil giant Chevron has been locked in a decades-long legal battle with people living in the Ecuadorian Amazon, who claim they were harmed by oil drilli...

'It's on Fire': Why the Housing Market Is Booming

Publication Date: 2021-05-05

Housing prices around the country have been skyrocketing. WSJ's Nicole Friedman explains what makes the hot market so unusual. And a real estate agent...

India's Social Media Crackdown

Publication Date: 2021-05-04

As Covid-19 cases were spiking in India, the government said it had removed dozens of social media posts relating to the outbreak. WSJ's Newley Purnel...

Three Women of Color on Money, Getting Laid Off

Publication Date: 2021-05-03

Black and Latina women have been disproportionally affected by job losses during the pandemic. They're also one of the most financially fragile groups...

Three Women of Color on Their Pandemic Finances

Publication Date: 2021-05-03

Black and Latina women have been disproportionally affected by job losses during the pandemic. They're also one of the most financially fragile groups...

The 'Jeopardy!' Showrunner on the Search for a New Host

Publication Date: 2021-04-30

After longtime "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek died last November, the show has been running a public search for a replacement, with guest hosts like A...

The Strange Economics of the Lumber Market

Publication Date: 2021-04-29

There's a disconnect in the lumber market. The price of lumber is the highest it's ever been, but the price of the timber - the raw material - is at r...

Inside the World's Worst Covid Outbreak Yet

Publication Date: 2021-04-28

WSJ's Shan Li covered the pandemic's start in Wuhan, China. Now, she is in the midst of the world's worst outbreak yet, in India. Shan told us about w...

Energy Secretary Granholm on the Future of Oil

Publication Date: 2021-04-27

The Biden administration has made big promises to fight climate change. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm discusses the push for clean energy...

From Political Donor to Alleged CIA Asset

Publication Date: 2021-04-26

Imaad Zuberi's jet-setting lifestyle afforded him high-profile connections all around the world and made him a heavyweight donor in DC. But at the sam...

How Soccer Fans Killed the Super League

Publication Date: 2021-04-23

Twelve of the biggest teams in European soccer announced Sunday they were forming a "Super League." 48 hours later, the plan was dead. WSJ's Joshua ...

How a Cryptocurrency Company Went Mainstream

Publication Date: 2021-04-22

Coinbase, a popular cryptocurrency exchange, went public last week. WSJ's Paul Vigna explains how its co-founder Brian Armstrong wants to make crypto ...

The Floyd Family Reacts: 'We All Took a Breath'

Publication Date: 2021-04-21

A day after a jury convicted Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd, two members of the Floyd family sat down with WSJ's Erin Ailworth to share their...

Rural Healthcare Is Being Squeezed. One Community Is Fighting Back.

Publication Date: 2021-04-20

More than 130 rural hospitals across the U.S. have closed since 2010, while even more have cut back on services. WSJ's Brian Spegele shares the story ...

mRNA Vaccines Are Taking On Covid. What Else Can They Do?

Publication Date: 2021-04-19

Dr. Özlem Türeci is the chief medical officer of BioNTech, which created the first Covid-19 vaccine to be authorized in the U.S. We speak with Dr. Tür...

The Legacy of Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff

Publication Date: 2021-04-16

Bernie Madoff died this week in prison while serving a 150-year sentence for masterminding one of the biggest financial frauds. We speak with one of h...

The Rise of Ghost Guns

Publication Date: 2021-04-15

Ghost guns are homemade, untraceable guns. The Biden administration is proposing new gun control measures to regulate their sales. WSJ's Zusha Elinson...

A Pause on the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Publication Date: 2021-04-14

Six cases of a rare blood clotting disorder have led U.S. health officials to pause the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine. Though it's not k...

From George Floyd to Daunte Wright, Minneapolis on the Brink

Publication Date: 2021-04-13

As the country watches the trial of the police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis is reeling from the killing of another una...

The Woman Behind The Market's Fastest Growing Fund

Publication Date: 2021-04-12

With the launch of her latest investment fund, Cathie Wood is betting big on outer space. But it's not the first time she's backed a nascent industry....

Why China Is Jumping Into Digital Currency

Publication Date: 2021-04-09

China has been testing a digital yuan for the past year. WSJ's James T. Areddy says digital currency is the future of money and that China's head star...

The U.S. and Iran Try for a New Nuclear Deal

Publication Date: 2021-04-08

President Biden made restoring the 2015 Iran nuclear deal a key piece of his foreign policy. WSJ's Sune Rasmussen reports from Vienna, where indirect ...

Biden Tries to Bring Back 'Big Government'

Publication Date: 2021-04-07

In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan ushered in an era of limited government that lasted for decades. President Biden's new plans and proposals set out to chan...

What's Driving Migrants to the Southern Border Now

Publication Date: 2021-04-06

The number of migrants at the southern U.S. border reached a 15-year high last month, after rising for several months, leading to a humanitarian crisi...

The Business Backlash to Georgia's Voting Law

Publication Date: 2021-04-05

After a group of Black executives condemned a new voting law in Georgia, some of the state's biggest businesses, like Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines, v...

Why China's Internet Froze Out H&M

Publication Date: 2021-04-02

H&M faced a firestorm on Chinese social media last week and then started disappearing from map searches and e-commerce sites. WSJ's Eva Xiao explores ...

A Tug of War Between a Billionaire and a Hedge Fund Over Local News

Publication Date: 2021-04-01

Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known for its cost-cutting approach to local newspapers, had made a bid to buy Tribune Publishing, a conglomerate o...

The Secret Investor Who Triggered a Massive Market Selloff

Publication Date: 2021-03-31

Since Bill Hwang got in trouble with regulators for insider trading about a decade ago, the Wall Street veteran has built his investments back up. And...

The Suez Canal and a Hard Year at Sea

Publication Date: 2021-03-30

Even before the debacle at the Suez Canal, it had been a challenging year for the shipping industry. WSJ's Costas Paris explains why the timing of thi...

Will Amazon Unionize in Alabama?

Publication Date: 2021-03-29

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. are wrapping up voting today on a big decision: whether to unionize. We hear from a worker who's in f...

A Tipping Point for Paying College Athletes?

Publication Date: 2021-03-26

The National Collegiate Athletic Association faces mounting pressure to let its athletes get paid. WSJ's Rachel Bachman traces the changes in public o...

AstraZeneca's Rocky Road to Releasing a Vaccine

Publication Date: 2021-03-25

Countries around the world had high hopes for AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, but it's run into problems. WSJ's Jenny Strasburg explains how manufactu...

An Asian-American Business Owner on a Challenging Year

Publication Date: 2021-03-24

As he prepared to reopen his chain of Chinese restaurants in New York City last year, Jason Wang worried about two different dangers facing his employ...

Pete Buttigieg on Getting an Infrastructure Deal

Publication Date: 2021-03-23

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is convinced there's bipartisan support for big infrastructure spending. But WSJ's Ted Mann explains why reach...

How China's Superstar Entrepreneur Ran Afoul of the Government

Publication Date: 2021-03-22

Alibaba founder Jack Ma was a rock star of China's business world. Now, he's an outcast. WSJ's Lingling Wei and Keith Zhai reveal how Ma fell out of f...

A Surprise Turkey and 200 Lemons: Everyday Stories From the Pandemic

Publication Date: 2021-03-19

At the WSJ, a recurring feature known as the A-hed captures the bizarre twists and turns of everyday life. It took on a whole new meaning over the pas...

Greensill Wanted to 'Democratize Capital.' Now It's Bankrupt.

Publication Date: 2021-03-18

Lex Greensill went from farm boy to financier with a simple mission: to bring big bank financing to small business supply chains. But WSJ's Duncan Mav...

Dr. Anthony Fauci: 'The Game Is Not Over'

Publication Date: 2021-03-17

An interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci about how efforts to vaccinate the country are going, what it will take for work and school to return to normal an...

How an Art World Outsider Landed a $69 Million Sale

Publication Date: 2021-03-16

Fresh off his $69 million sale, the digital artist known as Beeple says he's not trying to "blow up" the contemporary art world. And WSJ's Kelly Cro...

Who is Getting Left Behind in the Vaccination Push

Publication Date: 2021-03-15

As Covid-19 vaccinations race along, elderly Black and Latino people are getting left behind. WSJ's Daniela Hernandez explains why. We also talk to a ...

One Year Later, Elmhurst Doctors Look Back

Publication Date: 2021-03-12

Elmhurst Hospital in Queens was at the epicenter of New York City's Covid-19 outbreak. WSJ's Katie Honan speaks to three doctors who were inside the h...

How One Company Rode the Electric Vehicle Boom to Success

Publication Date: 2021-03-11

In the last 10 years, China has cornered the market on a key ingredient needed for electric car batteries: lithium. Now, one company is trying to chan...

Why Fewer Ads Might Follow You Around the Web

Publication Date: 2021-03-10

Google says that by next year it will completely do away with third-party cookies, and it won't support any technology that tries to replace them. WSJ...

One of Cuomo's Accusers in Her Own Words

Publication Date: 2021-03-09

Ana Liss describes what she says was inappropriate behavior from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo when she worked in his office from 2013 to 2015. WSJ's Jim...

Is $1.9 Trillion Too Much?

Publication Date: 2021-03-08

After already spending more than $3 trillion on economic relief packages this past year, Congress is set to pass another $1.9 trillion bill. We speak ...

The New Reality for Oil in Washington

Publication Date: 2021-03-05

The oil industry's top lobbying group is poised to embrace a climate policy it had fought for years. WSJ's Timothy Puko explains what's behind that re...

Where Jobs Are Booming

Publication Date: 2021-03-04

Even with high unemployment, certain industries are having a hard time finding enough workers. WSJ's Sarah Chaney Cambon explains why some companies a...

WeWork Looks to Go Public, Again

Publication Date: 2021-03-03

WeWork's biggest shareholder, Softbank, has been dogged by its obligations to the coworking company's co-founder, Adam Neumann. WSJ's Maureen Farrell ...

How an Army of Retail Investors Helped Save AMC Movie Theaters

Publication Date: 2021-03-02

AMC, the world's largest movie theater chain, was facing possible bankruptcy after the pandemic dried up moviegoing. But early this year, retail inves...

Novavax's Long Road to a Covid-19 Vaccine

Publication Date: 2021-03-01

Novavax is a vaccine company that for decades never brought a vaccine to market. Before the pandemic, they were on the verge of bankruptcy. WSJ's Greg...

Hollywood Director Lee Daniels on a Changing Film Industry

Publication Date: 2021-02-26

Major film studios are starting to embrace a strategy never before seen in Hollywood: releasing films directly to streaming. Director Lee Daniels join...

An Interview With a Member of the Facebook Oversight Board

Publication Date: 2021-02-25

Facebook's new oversight board is preparing to rule on whether Donald Trump should be banned from Facebook permanently. We talk with one of the board'...

Dogecoin Was a Joke. Now It's Worth $7 Billion.

Publication Date: 2021-02-24

Billy Markus created the cryptocurrency Dogecoin on a lark, based on a viral dog meme. Eight years later, his creation is worth billions of dollars. M...

A Voting Machine Company Fights Disinformation With Lawsuits

Publication Date: 2021-02-23

Dominion Voting Systems, the voting-machine maker, was swept up in a storm of allegations about its role in the 2020 election. We speak with Dominion'...

Why the Texas Power Grid Failed

Publication Date: 2021-02-22

Texas's deregulated power sector was considered a model for delivering cheap electricity, but the power outages last week revealed shortcomings. WSJ's...

Ban on Foreign Workers Left Jobs Open. Americans Didn't Take Them.

Publication Date: 2021-02-19

Last year, President Trump banned most new visas for foreign workers, arguing unemployed Americans would take those jobs instead. But as WSJ's Alicia ...

Free Trading Isn't Free: How Robinhood Makes Money

Publication Date: 2021-02-18

Robinhood is able to offer free trading on its app thanks to a practice known as payment for order flow. WSJ's Alexander Osipovich explains how it wor...

This Judge Put Criminals Away. Now He's Trying to Set Them Free.

Publication Date: 2021-02-17

As a federal judge, John Gleeson would have to impose decadeslong sentences for certain crimes. Now, he's on a mission to undo some of those same sent...

Why Google Might Leave Australia

Publication Date: 2021-02-16

Australia is poised to pass a law that would compel tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay news organizations for links. In response, Google t...

Facebook's Showdown with Apple

Publication Date: 2021-02-12

Apple is launching a new privacy feature that Facebook says could severely hurt its business by making it harder to target consumers with ads. WSJ's D...

Facebook's Showdown With Apple

Publication Date: 2021-02-12

Apple is launching a new privacy feature that Facebook says could severely hurt its business by making it harder to target consumers with ads. WSJ's D...

An Oral History of WallStreetBets

Publication Date: 2021-02-11

Five WallStreetBets members tell the story of how they ended up on the Reddit forum and how they felt when it upended the stock market.

The Shell Companies Taking Over Wall Street

Publication Date: 2021-02-10

Companies with no business plan, no profit, and no revenue are flooding Wall Street. They're called SPACs, and investors are pouring money into them. ...

GM's All-Electric Bet

Publication Date: 2021-02-09

General Motors has committed to making all its vehicles electric by 2035. WSJ's Mike Colias explains GM's history making electric vehicles and why it'...

Trump's Second Impeachment Trial Begins

Publication Date: 2021-02-08

Donald Trump is the first president to be impeached twice. Now, the Senate will vote on whether or not to convict him. WSJ's Siobhan Hughes outlines w...

Why It's Hard to Buy a House in Detroit, Especially if You're Black

Publication Date: 2021-02-05

When Vincent Orr decided to buy a house, he didn't get a mortgage. He paid cash, and he's not alone. WSJ's Ben Eisen explains why Black Detroiters sti...

Two Power Brokers in Biden's Washington

Publication Date: 2021-02-04

One of President Biden's closest advisors, Steve Ricchetti, has ties to lobbying that go back decades. WSJ's Julie Bykowicz tells the story of how Ste...

Amazon After Bezos

Publication Date: 2021-02-03

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced yesterday that he plans to step down as CEO. WSJ's Bradley Olson explains how Bezos's relentless drive grew Amazon...

Do Stimulus Checks Work?

Publication Date: 2021-02-02

Congress is debating a third round of stimulus checks to Americans. WSJ's Richard Rubin talks through the upsides and downsides to stimulus checks, wh...

Why Robinhood Put the Brakes on GameStop

Publication Date: 2021-02-01

In the middle of the GameStop frenzy last week, Robinhood users woke up to find they couldn't buy many of the market's hottest stocks. The app had pla...

Companies Try to Speed Up the Vaccine Rollout

Publication Date: 2021-01-29

As the vaccine rollout around the country hits obstacles, corporate America says there's a better way. WSJ's Sarah Krouse explains how companies are s...

Why Biden Killed the Keystone XL Pipeline

Publication Date: 2021-01-28

President Biden revoked the permit for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline on his first day in office. But as a candidate early in the presiden...

GameStop and the Rise of the Reddit Investor

Publication Date: 2021-01-27

A group of investors on Reddit are driving up the stock price of GameStop, going against Wall Street consensus that the video game retailer's days are...

What to Expect from the Jobs Market in 2021

Publication Date: 2021-01-26

The U.S. job market made a remarkable comeback in 2020, after the pandemic wiped out more than 20 million jobs. But it wasn't nearly enough for a full...

Two Investors, One Company and a Billion Dollar Short

Publication Date: 2021-01-25

For years, two billionaire investors battled over the fate of Herbalife, a nutritional shake company. This month, we saw the final chapter of the stra...

Two Investors, One Company and a Billion-Dollar Short

Publication Date: 2021-01-25

Two billionaire investors battled for years over the fate of Herbalife, a nutritional shake company. This month saw the final chapter of the strange s...

What It Takes to Open a Business in a Pandemic

Publication Date: 2021-01-22

Reporter Peter Grant has been walking one stretch of Brooklyn since the beginning of the pandemic, talking to struggling business owners. Recently, he...

The Risks the U.K. Strain Poses for the U.S.

Publication Date: 2021-01-21

A new strain of coronavirus that arose in the U.K. could become dominant in the U.S. by March. WSJ's Daniela Hernandez explains the science behind the...

On the Ground at Biden's Inauguration

Publication Date: 2021-01-20

Joe Biden was sworn in today as the 46th president of the United States. WSJ's Siobhan Hughes was at the ceremony, and Ted Mann was on the streets out...

How Trump Tied His Businesses to His Presidency

Publication Date: 2021-01-19

As the end of Donald Trump's presidency approached, the Trump Organization believed there was money to be made after Trump left the White House. WSJ's...

Three Afghans Prepare for the U.S. to Leave

Publication Date: 2021-01-15

The U.S. military completed one of the most significant drawdowns of the Afghan war today. There are now just 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, the lowest ...

Sheldon Adelson and the Rise of the Megadonor

Publication Date: 2021-01-14

Casino magnate and billionaire Sheldon Adelson died this week at the age of 87. WSJ's Julie Bykowicz explains the mark Adelson left on politics as a R...

How Big Tech Kicked Parler Offline

Publication Date: 2021-01-13

Google, Apple and Amazon took steps over the weekend to effectively shut down the social media site Parler, which had been used to organize the attack...

Why This Impeachment Could Be Different

Publication Date: 2021-01-12

House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump this week, accusing him of "incitement of insurrection." WSJ's Siobhan ...

Why Google Workers Formed a Union

Publication Date: 2021-01-11

Silicon Valley has long been resistant to organized labor, but last week a group of Google employees announced the formation of a union. WSJ's Bowdeya...

How Wednesday's Attack Came Together: Out in the Open

Publication Date: 2021-01-08

In the weeks before Wednesday's attack on the U.S. Capitol, people were openly planning violence online. WSJ's Deepa Seetharaman describes the patchwo...

How One State Got Its Vaccine Rollout Right

Publication Date: 2021-01-07

West Virginia has administered first doses of Covid-19 vaccines at one of the highest rates in the country. Covid Czar Dr. Clay Marsh tells us how the...

Pro-Trump Mob Storms the Capitol

Publication Date: 2021-01-06

Mass chaos engulfed the U.S. Capitol today as a pro-Trump mob stormed the building in objection to the results of the election. WSJ's Gordon Lubold de...

What's Behind the Slow Vaccine Rollout

Publication Date: 2021-01-05

The federal government set a goal of vaccinating 20 million people by the end of 2020. But the rollout fell far short. WSJ's Jared Hopkins explains wh...

The Republican Party Civil War in Georgia

Publication Date: 2021-01-04

Ahead of Tuesday's high-stakes Senate runoffs in Georgia, WSJ's Cameron McWhirter talked to Republican voters to understand how Trump's barrage of att...

Dr. Anthony Fauci Looks Back at 2020

Publication Date: 2020-12-23

It's been nearly a year since the first coronavirus case was recorded in the U.S. Dr. Anthony Fauci looks back on the year we had and ahead at what's ...

Inside the Largest Government Hack in Years

Publication Date: 2020-12-22

WSJ's Bob McMillan tells the story of how updates from a little-known software company, SolarWinds, allegedly let Russian hackers into U.S. government...

The $900 Billion Relief Package

Publication Date: 2020-12-21

Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on a $900 billion stimulus package. We speak with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson about the package and w...

A Church Tries to Bridge Its Political Divides

Publication Date: 2020-12-18

This year, members of a small Michigan church tried to do something America has struggled to: find common ground. WSJ's Janet Adamy watched-and record...

What Corporate America Can Learn From Coke's Reckoning With Race

Publication Date: 2020-12-17

Two decades ago, black employees sued Coca-Cola for racial discrimination. The company pledged to turn things around -- and it did. WSJ's Jennifer Mal...

Would a Biden Administration Push for Covid Lockdowns?

Publication Date: 2020-11-13

As new U.S. coronavirus cases and hospitalizations reach record highs, we talk with Dr. Celine Gounder, a member of president-elect Joe Biden's Covid-...

The Agency Holding Up Biden's Transition

Publication Date: 2020-11-12

President-elect Joe Biden is setting up his administration, but he's still waiting on the sign off of a federal agency to get the resources he needs. ...

The Next Challenge for Pfizer's Covid Vaccine

Publication Date: 2020-11-10

Pfizer announced that its Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective in final stage trials. We talk to WSJ's Jared Hopkins about what still needs to...

The Iowa Pollster Who Got It Right

Publication Date: 2020-11-09

Joe Biden's win was much closer than polls predicted, but not every pollster emerged from Election Day with a black eye. Iowa's Ann Selzer was right o...

Joe Biden Wins the Presidency

Publication Date: 2020-11-07

Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States. WSJ's Sabrina Siddiqui explains how Biden built a coalition to unseat President Tr...

Inside Pennsylvania's Vote Count

Publication Date: 2020-11-06

As ballot counting stretched into a fourth day, WSJ's Kris Maher explains why the count is taking so long and describes his visit to a ballot counting...

Democrats Spent Big on the Senate. It Didn't Go Well.

Publication Date: 2020-11-05

Democrats poured record-setting sums into Senate races around the country but came up short. WSJ's Siobhan Hughes explains why Democrats thought they ...

A Close Election and the Legal Challenges Ahead

Publication Date: 2020-11-04

The presidential election is still too close to call in a few crucial swing states. WSJ's Michael Bender explains the state of play and Michael Amon l...

Special Election Episode: How the Night Unfolded

Publication Date: 2020-11-04

What happened last night? Our reporters took us on the ground with both campaigns as the results came in.

Election Day in Three Battleground States

Publication Date: 2020-11-03

It's Election Day, and all eyes are on the battleground states that will likely decide the next president. WSJ reporters on the ground in Texas, Georg...

California Votes on the Gig Economy

Publication Date: 2020-11-02

California is voting on how companies classify gig workers, a measure that has become the most expensive ballot proposition in the state's history. WS...

What to Watch for on Election Day

Publication Date: 2020-10-30

Election Day is just days away. We talk with veteran WSJ political reporter Catherine Lucey about what to pay attention to as America goes to the poll...

Covid's Grip on a Rural Hospital

Publication Date: 2020-10-29

A small North Dakota hospital system that went months without a coronavirus case is now facing a serious outbreak. We speak with CEO Matt Shahan about...

Tech CEOs Defend Their Efforts to Police Online Content

Publication Date: 2020-10-28

Lawmakers questioned the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter over how they shape discourse online. WSJ's Robert McMillan explains why a recent New Yo...

Trump Versus Biden on the Economy

Publication Date: 2020-10-27

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are approaching a key issue - the economy - in different ways. WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath looks a...

Waiting Up Late for Wisconsin

Publication Date: 2020-10-26

With a historic number of mail-in ballots in Wisconsin this year, it may take a while before we know who's won the state and, perhaps, the presidency ...

Quibi's Quick Collapse

Publication Date: 2020-10-23

The streaming platform Quibi broke onto the scene earlier this year with tons of cash and a Hollywood visionary at the helm. Six months later, the com...

A Billionaire's Plan for Mass Covid Testing

Publication Date: 2020-10-22

Tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Graham Weston caught Covid from an asymptomatic carrier. Now, he's embarking on a mission to control the virus th...

Inside One NBA Team's Decision to Turn Its Arena Into a Poll Site

Publication Date: 2020-10-21

The Atlanta Hawks decided to turn their basketball arena into a voting site in response to the George Floyd protests. CEO Steve Koonin talks about wha...

The Government Sues Google

Publication Date: 2020-10-20

The Department of Justice filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly in online search....

A String of Scandals, the Same Auditor

Publication Date: 2020-10-19

Several recent corporate financial scandals have had one thing in common: the main companies involved were all audited by Ernst & Young. WSJ's Ken Bro...

Melinda Gates on What Covid Has Exposed

Publication Date: 2020-10-16

Melinda Gates has been involved in distributing hundreds of millions of vaccine doses. Kate talks with her about how now, she's focused on the coronav...

Why an Atlanta Rap Mogul Is Starting a Bank

Publication Date: 2020-10-15

Atlanta rapper Killer Mike recently launched a digital bank to serve communities of color. He explains why he started the bank and why Black banks are...

Why Some People Have to Repay Pandemic Aid

Publication Date: 2020-10-14

States rushed to distribute unemployment benefits to millions of people in the spring. In the process, thousands received more money than they should ...

The Trump Organization's Debts Are Coming Due

Publication Date: 2020-10-13

The Trump Organization has over $400 million worth of debt coming due over the next several years. WSJ's Brian Spegele explains the debts and the myri...

What Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation Hearing Could Look Like

Publication Date: 2020-10-09

Next week, Judge Amy Coney Barrett will face senators during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. WSJ's Siobhan Hughes looks back at Barrett's prev...

What's a Movie Theater Without New Movies?

Publication Date: 2020-10-08

Regal Cinemas is shutting down across the U.S. today for the second time in the pandemic. We speak with the head of Regal, Mooky Greidinger, about wha...

How Russia Today Keeps Reaching U.S. Readers

Publication Date: 2020-10-07

Headlines from RT, a Kremlin-backed outlet, have appeared on the websites of prominent U.S. publications. WSJ's Keach Hagey explains how a news aggreg...

How Trump's Illness Is Shaking Up the Campaign

Publication Date: 2020-10-06

President Trump's illness is pushing Vice President Mike Pence into a larger role in the campaign. WSJ's Andrew Restuccia explains how the president's...

Could Ex-Felons Sway the Election in Florida?

Publication Date: 2020-10-05

After Florida granted the right to vote to felons who've completed their sentence, the state legislature passed a law requiring them to pay off all fe...

The Days Before Trump's Positive Test

Publication Date: 2020-10-02

President Trump has tested positive for Covid-19 and is displaying mild symptoms, according to the White House. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus takes us throug...

Why Are There Still So Few Black CEOs?

Publication Date: 2020-10-01

There are only four Black CEOs in the Fortune 500. What's stopping Black professionals from getting the top jobs? Dr. Adia Wingfield explains the conc...

A TikTok Star Wrestles With the App's Possible Ban

Publication Date: 2020-09-30

Michael Le is one of TikTok's biggest stars, and he's leveraged that fame to buy a house and support his entire family. Now, President Trump's potenti...

Louisville's New Police Chief on Breonna Taylor and Reform

Publication Date: 2020-09-29

The police shooting of Breonna Taylor has put a spotlight on Louisville, Ky. and its police department. We speak with Yvette Gentry, the city's incomi...

Why a Hot Electric-Truck Startup Fell Back to Earth

Publication Date: 2020-09-28

The electric-truck startup Nikola promised to transform trucking with clean technology. WSJ's Christina Rogers explains why Nikola is now scrambling t...

Voices From the Pandemic, Six Months In

Publication Date: 2020-09-25

Back in March, The Journal began talking to people around the country about how the coronavirus was reshaping their lives. Six months into the pandemi...

A State Prepares for Election Day

Publication Date: 2020-09-24

The pandemic is forcing election officials across the U.S. to prepare for unprecedented numbers of mail-in ballots while also ensuring that in-person ...

The Biggest IPO Boom in Years

Publication Date: 2020-09-23

When the stock market went plummeting in March, many companies shelved plans to go public. Just six months later, we're in the middle of a historic IP...

Exxon's Stunning Decline

Publication Date: 2020-09-22

Just seven years ago, Exxon was the biggest company in the U.S. Since then, it's lost about 60% of its value. WSJ's Christopher Matthews tells the sto...

The Fight Over Ginsburg's Supreme Court Seat

Publication Date: 2020-09-21

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death injected the prospect of a bitter nomination fight into the final weeks of the presidential campaign. WSJ's Siobha...

Checking Out of Hotel 166

Publication Date: 2020-09-18

As coronavirus spread through homeless shelters this spring, many cities moved people to hotels to keep them safe. A group of doctors running one hote...

Fauci on the Timing and Limits of a Covid Vaccine

Publication Date: 2020-09-17

An interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci about when he expects a Covid-19 vaccine will be ready and what life may be like once we have it.

Will Oracle Save TikTok?

Publication Date: 2020-09-16

Bidders piled in to buy TikTok after the Trump administration forced a sale. But the unlikely winner of the bidding war is a database management compa...

How a Deal to Buy Tiffany Lost Its Sparkle

Publication Date: 2020-09-15

The conglomerate LVMH struck the largest acquisition deal in the history of the luxury goods industry last year, agreeing to purchase Tiffany & Co. fo...

Oregon's Historic Wildfires

Publication Date: 2020-09-14

Oregon's wildfires have taken at least 10 lives, destroyed thousands of homes and burned more than a million acres. The state's director of Emergency ...

The Big Bet That Fueled the Stock Market Rally

Publication Date: 2020-09-11

Tech stocks led the charge as the stock market climbed to record highs this year. Behind some of that rally was a single, massive trade. WSJ's Liz Hof...

The Uphill Battle to Bring Back Jobs

Publication Date: 2020-09-10

In the first months of the pandemic, 20 million jobs were lost. About half of those have come back. WSJ's Eric Morath tells us why the other half coul...

The Coronavirus Vaccine Pact

Publication Date: 2020-09-09

Nine drug companies issued an unusual pledge yesterday: They all agreed not to seek FDA authorization for a coronavirus vaccine until it is proven saf...

Does Robinhood Make It Too Easy to Trade?

Publication Date: 2020-09-08

The trading app Robinhood was founded with the goal of democratizing investing so that buying and selling stocks wasn't just for the wealthy. But does...

The Nation Grappled With George Floyd's Killing. They Lived It.

Publication Date: 2020-09-04

WSJ's Erin Ailworth reported from Minneapolis in the days after George Floyd was killed. Recently, she went back to talk to people who knew Floyd and ...

How Extremists Are Taking Advantage of the Protest Movement

Publication Date: 2020-09-03

Protests have taken a deadly turn in the last two weeks and authorities say extremists are responsible. WSJ's Dan Frosch outlines the recent rise of e...

Why NYC Delayed Reopening Schools

Publication Date: 2020-09-02

New York City had been moving ahead with plans to bring students back to the classroom next week, over the objections of teachers. But this week, thin...

On a Campus With Over 1,000 Covid Cases

Publication Date: 2020-09-01

After months of preparation and planning, the fall college semester is here. But not all reopening plans are working. WSJ's Melissa Korn explains the ...

The Biggest Boycott in NBA History

Publication Date: 2020-08-31

In the middle of the NBA playoffs, one team staged an unprecedented boycott to protest police brutality. WSJ's Ben Cohen talks about the choice that s...

Trump's Pitch and Two Visions for America

Publication Date: 2020-08-28

President Trump capped off the Republican convention with his acceptance speech last night. WSJ's Mike Bender dissects the case Republicans made for T...

A Vaccine Trial Recruiter Battles Mistrust

Publication Date: 2020-08-27

Dr. Angela Branche of the University of Rochester Medical Center is working to recruit Black participants for Covid-19 vaccine trials. She explains wh...

The Small-Business Covid Testing Problem

Publication Date: 2020-08-26

Many businesses are requiring employees to get tested for Covid-19 in order to return to work. We speak with one small-business owner who routinely te...

A Police Shooting in Wisconsin Reignites Protests

Publication Date: 2020-08-25

Last night was the second night of fires and protests in Kenosha, Wis., following a police shooting of a Black man there. WSJ's Erin Ailworth describe...

Netflix's $10 Million Deposit

Publication Date: 2020-08-24

After George Floyd was killed, corporations promised to put money toward fighting racial inequality. Netflix put $10 million into a credit union in Mi...

The Conventions Go Digital

Publication Date: 2020-08-21

The Democrats wrapped the first-ever virtual political convention this week and nominated Joe Biden for president. WSJ's Julie Bykowicz explains the m...

Why Steve Bannon Got Arrested

Publication Date: 2020-08-20

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon was arrested and charged today in an alleged scheme to siphon money out of a nonprofit organization for personal expens...

Fortnite's Battle Royale With Big Tech

Publication Date: 2020-08-19

Fortnite, one the most popular video games in the world, kicked off a fight with Apple and Google over their app store fees. WSJ's Sarah Needleman exp...

When Back to Work Collides With Back to School

Publication Date: 2020-08-18

With many schools starting the new year virtually and some employers calling people back to the office, working parents are in a crunch. WSJ's Christi...

What's Going On With the Post Office?

Publication Date: 2020-08-17

The United States Postal Service is facing serious budget problems. It's also at the center of a heated political fight over its readiness to handle m...

The Biden-Harris Ticket Takes the Stage

Publication Date: 2020-08-14

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have come together as the Democratic ticket and will take to the airwaves at the convention next week. WSJ's Sabrina Siddi...

One College Tries to Bring Everyone Back

Publication Date: 2020-08-13

Colleges across the country have been grappling with how - or whether - to reopen campus this year. We speak to Vassar College President Elizabeth Bra...

The Arrest of Jimmy Lai

Publication Date: 2020-08-12

Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was a thorn in the Chinese government's side for decades. He was arrested this week under Hong Kong's sweeping ne...

In a World Without Touring, Musicians Get Creative

Publication Date: 2020-08-11

Touring accounted for a huge portion of the music industry's revenue -- until covid put tours on pause. Pitbull, Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys and...

A 'Powder Keg' in Beirut

Publication Date: 2020-08-10

A massive explosion in Beirut last week has sparked protests, prompted the resignation of the government and pushed Lebanon to the brink. WSJ's Nazih ...

The Suit to Dissolve the NRA

Publication Date: 2020-08-07

The attorney general of New York yesterday filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association. Her case alleges that four top executiv...

Kodak's Big Moment Draws Scrutiny

Publication Date: 2020-08-06

The Trump administration announced last week that it would be giving Kodak a $765 million loan to make pharmaceutical chemicals. WSJ's Geoffrey Rogow ...

How Twitter's Massive Hack Went Down

Publication Date: 2020-08-05

The key moment in Twitter's hack last month came down to a teenager making a phone call, prosecutors say. WSJ's Robert McMillan explains how the hacke...

Inside the Race to Save TikTok

Publication Date: 2020-08-04

TikTok has faced mounting pressure from the White House over security concerns, leading to secret discussions to sell the Chinese-owned app's U.S. ope...

Who's Responsible if a Worker Gets Covid-19 on the Job?

Publication Date: 2020-08-03

Employers are getting sued by workers who got sick - and the families of workers who died - from Covid-19 after being on the job. They say the compani...

Why Evictions Are Starting Again

Publication Date: 2020-07-31

When the pandemic started, federal and local lawmakers moved to protect renters from eviction. Now, many of those eviction moratoria are expiring. WSJ...

The 'Emperors of the Online Economy' Testify

Publication Date: 2020-07-30

The CEOs of Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon appeared before Congress to face questions about anticompetitive behavior. WSJ's Ryan Tracy breaks down...

How Portland Became a National Battleground

Publication Date: 2020-07-29

Oregon and the Trump administration today reached a deal for federal agents to begin withdrawing from the city of Portland. WSJ's Miriam Gottfried exp...

Life-and-Death Choices in a Rural Texas County

Publication Date: 2020-07-28

Starr County on Texas' southern border has been overwhelmed by coronavirus cases. Dr. Jose Vasquez, the county's health official, explains how doctors...

School's Coming Back. What Will It Look Like?

Publication Date: 2020-07-27

Superintendent Dr. Curtis Jones faces a major decision: whether to open his school to in-person learning or go remote. Dr. Jones explains how he's mak...

The Inside Story of Europe's Historic Bailout

Publication Date: 2020-07-24

The European Union passed an unprecedented relief package this week to help member countries hit hard by the coronavirus. WSJ's Bojan Pancevski takes ...

The Coming Wave of Small-Business Layoffs

Publication Date: 2020-07-23

The Paycheck Protection Program helped small businesses keep paying their workers during this economic crisis. Now, many of those businesses have spen...

From Boom to Bust in America's Largest Oil Field

Publication Date: 2020-07-22

The U.S. oil industry is going through a deep downturn, and oil towns in West Texas are feeling the pain. WSJ's Christopher M. Matthews explains what ...

The End of $600 a Week for the Unemployed?

Publication Date: 2020-07-21

Congress is debating whether to renew a $600 supplement to unemployment benefits. WSJ's Eric Morath explains what the money has meant for the economy ...

Municipal Debt: How the Coronavirus Created a City Budget Crisis

Publication Date: 2020-07-20

The pandemic has shredded city budgets across the U.S. WSJ's Heather Gillers explains the cuts municipal governments are considering and how years of ...

Pro Sports Are Coming Back. Can They Pull It Off?

Publication Date: 2020-07-10

Professional basketball and baseball players return to work this month under dramatically different conditions. WSJ's Ben Cohen and Jared Diamond expl...

The Supreme Court Decides on Trump's Financial Records

Publication Date: 2020-07-09

The Supreme Court handed down decisions in two highly-anticipated cases today. At stake? Who can have access to the president's financial records. Bre...

Dr. Anthony Fauci: America Faces a 'Serious Situation'

Publication Date: 2020-07-08

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House's coronavirus task force, speaks with The Journal about the U.S.'s surge in coronavirus cases and what ...

Hong Kong's Tech Showdown

Publication Date: 2020-07-07

Facebook, Google and Twitter have stopped processing government requests for user data in Hong Kong after China imposed a new national security law. W...

How to Get a Break on College Tuition: Just Ask

Publication Date: 2020-07-06

As college tuition has climbed at triple the rate of inflation, more families are realizing they have the power to negotiate. Now, the pandemic is giv...

His Business Got Looted. He's Still Protesting.

Publication Date: 2020-06-04

Around the country, small businesses suffered damage from looting and unrest this past week. WSJ's Scott Calvert went to one hard-hit neighborhood in ...

When Police Brutality Meets Office Politics

Publication Date: 2020-06-03

As big corporations make public statements of outrage over the death of George Floyd, black employees are dealing with complicated workplace dynamics ...

What's Behind the Biggest Wave of Protests in Decades

Publication Date: 2020-06-02

The protests sparked by the death of George Floyd have spread widely across the U.S. for the last week. Today, a protestor shares why he decided to de...

Why Minneapolis's Police Reforms Failed George Floyd

Publication Date: 2020-06-01

When Medaria Arradondo became the police chief of Minneapolis, he moved quickly to reform the force's policing tactics. WSJ's Dan Frosch explains why ...

Trump and Twitter's Showdown

Publication Date: 2020-05-29

For the first time, Twitter took steps to fact check and shield from view certain tweets from President Trump. In response, the President signed an ex...

Why the U.S. and China Are Sparring Over Hong Kong

Publication Date: 2020-05-28

After China announced plans to impose new national security laws on Hong Kong, the U.S. declared the city was no longer autonomous. WSJ's James Areddy...

Is Banning Certain Events the Key to Reopening?

Publication Date: 2020-05-27

A bar in the Austrian Alps. A megachurch in South Korea. Scientists are focusing on certain superspreading events that might be responsible for an out...

Therapist Esther Perel on Work and the Pandemic

Publication Date: 2020-05-26

The pandemic has forced almost everyone to change the way they work. Many of those changes have been emotionally challenging. Today, a listener shares...

Why Trump Is Taking On the World Health Organization

Publication Date: 2020-05-22

President Trump threatened to cut off funding for the World Health Organization this week over its response to the coronavirus. Betsy McKay and Andrew...

Is the U.S. Ready to Vote in a Pandemic?

Publication Date: 2020-05-21

As states consider their options for holding an election in a pandemic, a political battle is brewing over proposals to expand mail-in balloting this ...

What Happens When Millions Stop Paying Their Credit Cards

Publication Date: 2020-05-20

Consumer debt had climbed to record levels before the pandemic. WSJ's AnnaMaria Andriotis explains what's happening now that millions of people are un...

How One Airline Sees the Future of Flying

Publication Date: 2020-05-19

Airlines have strained to survive after travel dried up because of the coronavirus pandemic. WSJ's Alison Sider explains how airlines are adjusting, a...

Why Uber Might Eat Grubhub

Publication Date: 2020-05-18

Uber and Grubhub are in talks for a takeover. WSJ's Cara Lombardo explains why it took a pandemic to shake up the crowded food delivery business, and ...

The FBI's Insider-Trading Investigation on Capitol Hill

Publication Date: 2020-05-15

The FBI seized Sen. Richard Burr's cellphone as part of its investigation into stock trades he made before the coronavirus pandemic hit markets. WSJ's...

Why 'Bridgegate' Wasn't a Federal Crime

Publication Date: 2020-05-14

The Supreme Court put an end to the nearly seven-year drama over Bridgegate, ruling that a scheme to overwhelm a town with traffic jams wasn't federal...

The Chaotic Market for Coronavirus Gear

Publication Date: 2020-05-13

New entrants have flocked to the market of selling masks, gloves and other medical gear for front-line workers. WSJ's Brody Mullins explains how that ...

The U.S. Is Racking Up Debt. Will It Be a Problem?

Publication Date: 2020-05-12

The federal government is spending big to combat the economic damage of the coronavirus crisis, and federal debt has climbed to record levels. WSJ's J...

The Future of the Country's Largest Transit System

Publication Date: 2020-05-11

When businesses reopen, one of the biggest hurdles will be figuring out how to get millions of people to work. Without a vaccine, packed rush hours wo...

Welcome Back to the Office. Your Every Move Will Be Watched.

Publication Date: 2020-05-08

As companies figure out how to reopen their offices while keeping workers safe, some employers are turning to invasive new surveillance measures -- at...

Airbnb Hosts Built Mini-Empires. Now They're Crumbling.

Publication Date: 2020-05-07

For years, Airbnb's rental platform offered millions of people the chance to make money on their own terms. Now, with travel near a standstill, those ...

Michigan's Governor on Protests, Lockdowns and the Economy

Publication Date: 2020-05-06

Michigan's stay-at-home orders are among the strictest in the country. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer talks to The Journal about avoiding a second wave of case...

The Movie That Might Change Hollywood Forever Is...Trolls?

Publication Date: 2020-05-05

A movie featuring a bunch of neon-haired singing trolls might upend the relationship between movie studios and movie theaters. WSJ's Erich Schwartzel ...

No Prom. No Graduation. Now, No School.

Publication Date: 2020-05-04

After a weeks-long attempt at remote schooling, Superintendent Curtis Jones Jr. decided to end the school year early for his district of 21,000 studen...

Baseball's Bold Comeback Strategy

Publication Date: 2020-05-01

As Major League Baseball looks at how it might reopen, one thing has become clear: Fans won't be attending games anytime soon. WSJ's Jared Diamond exp...

Is Your Burger a Matter of National Security?

Publication Date: 2020-04-30

Outbreaks of the coronavirus have shuttered meat plants across the country. This week, President Trump issued an executive order to keep them open. WS...

A Manhattan Project for Covid-19

Publication Date: 2020-04-29

A dozen of America's top scientists are working to come up with ideas for the coronavirus pandemic. WSJ's Rob Copeland explains how they're collaborat...

How Amazon Employees Used Sellers' Data Against Them

Publication Date: 2020-04-28

Contrary to assertions that Amazon has made to Congress, employees often consulted sales information on third-party vendors when developing private-la...

Georgia Tries to Reopen

Publication Date: 2020-04-27

Georgia took one of the most aggressive steps to reopen Friday, allowing some nonessential businesses like barbershops and tattoo parlors to accept cu...

The Only Grocer in Town

Publication Date: 2020-04-24

Hundreds of people in Rich Square, N.C. are relying on Frank Timberlake's grocery store for their food during the pandemic. WSJ's Valerie Bauerlein ex...

How Big Businesses Got Small Business Relief Money

Publication Date: 2020-04-23

The federal government's Paycheck Protection Program offered small businesses hundreds of billions of dollars so they could keep paying employees. WSJ...

An Interview With Vice President Mike Pence

Publication Date: 2020-04-22

Vice President Mike Pence leads the White House's coronavirus task force. WSJ's Jerry Seib spoke with Pence about deficits in testing, the moves by so...

Why the U.S. Still Doesn't Have Enough Tests

Publication Date: 2020-04-21

To reopen the economy safely, experts estimate the U.S. will need to administer millions of tests every month. WSJ's Christopher Weaver and Rebecca Ba...

Why Farmers Are Breaking Eggs and Dumping Milk

Publication Date: 2020-04-20

The sudden change in where and how Americans buy their food has left farmers reeling. WSJ's Jesse Newman explains why farmers like Nancy Mueller are d...

Why You Still Can't Find Toilet Paper

Publication Date: 2020-04-17

Shoppers around the country are still struggling to find toilet paper. WSJ's Sharon Terlep explains what's going on with the toilet paper supply chain...

How Coronavirus Could Change the Vaccine Business

Publication Date: 2020-04-16

Vaccine development has historically been an expensive, yearslong endeavor, and often not a great business. WSJ's Denise Roland explains how the searc...

The Other Way Coronavirus Is Hurting Hospitals

Publication Date: 2020-04-15

The coronavirus isn't just hitting hospitals by flooding them with patients, it's also squeezing their finances. WSJ's Melanie Evans explains why hosp...

A Governor Explains Why States Are Teaming Up

Publication Date: 2020-04-14

Seven northeastern governors have formed a group to coordinate when their states will reopen. We spoke with New Jersey's Governor Phil Murphy about th...

Apple and Google Want Your Phone to Track Coronavirus

Publication Date: 2020-04-13

Apple and Google are working together to try to turn billions of smartphones into coronavirus trackers. WSJ's Sam Schechner explains how the project w...

The World Has Too Much Oil

Publication Date: 2020-04-10

Demand for oil has plummeted as the coronavirus has shut down much of the world, but most producers are still pumping. WSJ's Russell Gold explains the...

What Happens When 10% of Workers File for Unemployment

Publication Date: 2020-04-09

Nearly 17 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits in the last three weeks. WSJ's Eric Morath explains how the flood of applicants is ...

The Navy's Coronavirus Crisis

Publication Date: 2020-04-08

After the coronavirus began spreading on a U.S. aircraft carrier, the ship's commander Brett Crozier sent a memo asking for help. WSJ's Ben Kesling ex...

Dr. Anthony Fauci on How Life Returns to Normal

Publication Date: 2020-04-07

An interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci about what it will take to open America back up after the coronavirus pandemic: "It isn't like a light switch, on...

Can Blood From Survivors Help Fight Coronavirus?

Publication Date: 2020-04-06

A key to fighting the coronavirus may be found in the blood of survivors. WSJ's Amy Dockser Marcus explains how scientists are ramping up plasma trans...

The Silicon Valley Face Mask Disruptors

Publication Date: 2020-04-03

Jake Medwell and Drew Oetting, two venture capitalists and roommates in San Francisco, have become the improbable middlemen for hundreds of millions o...

Essential Work: Inside an Amazon Warehouse During Coronavirus

Publication Date: 2020-04-02

While millions of Americans are under lockdown, Amazon's warehouse and delivery workers are still hard at work. But some are starting to voice concern...

The Next Coronavirus Financial Crisis

Publication Date: 2020-04-01

Companies have taken on more and more of a particular type of risky debt over the last five years, amounting to $1.2 trillion in outstanding loans. WS...

Without Ventilators, Doctors Face Hard Choices

Publication Date: 2020-03-31

Facing shortages of critical equipment, medical workers must make life-or-death decisions about who receives care. WSJ's Joe Palazzolo reports from an...

The Debate Over the Defense Production Act

Publication Date: 2020-03-30

A Cold War-era law gives the president powers to mobilize private companies to help in emergencies. WSJ's Andrew Restuccia and Stephanie Armour explai...

China Is Getting Past Coronavirus. Its Economy Isn't.

Publication Date: 2020-03-27

After taking extreme measures to fight the coronavirus, China is beginning to open back up for business. WSJ's Lingling Wei and Patrick Barta explain ...

The Economic Trade-Offs of Social Distancing

Publication Date: 2020-03-26

President Trump has raised the possibility of relaxing social distancing guidelines faster than public health experts advise, saying it would help the...

The $2 Trillion Plan to Help the Economy

Publication Date: 2020-03-25

Congress is close to passing an unprecedented $2 trillion aid package to offset the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. WSJ's Siobhan Hughe...

Why There's No Toilet Paper: Answers to Your Coronavirus Questions

Publication Date: 2020-03-24

Listeners sent in their questions about the coronavirus pandemic. WSJ's Sharon Terlep and Bourree Lam, and the Mayo Clinic's Dr. Greg Poland answer th...

The Coronavirus Cash Crisis

Publication Date: 2020-03-23

As many businesses grind to a halt, they face the prospect of not paying their bills and their workers. The American economy is hitting a serious cash...

When Performers Work From Home

Publication Date: 2020-03-20

While the coronavirus pandemic brings much of the world to a halt, musicians, comedians and entertainers are trying to find ways to get their work out...

The Looming Crisis for U.S. Hospitals

Publication Date: 2020-03-19

As coronavirus cases keep rising, U.S. hospitals are scrambling to prepare. They are trying to avoid the fate of some hospitals in Italy that have bee...

Coronavirus Layoffs Have Begun

Publication Date: 2020-03-18

The new coronavirus crisis is leading to job cuts in the U.S. WSJ's Eric Morath explains which workers are most vulnerable and what mass layoffs would...

The Economic Uncertainty of Coronavirus

Publication Date: 2020-03-17

The Wall Street Journal's editor in chief, Matt Murray, explains the economic risks and realities of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Race to Cure Coronavirus

Publication Date: 2020-03-16

Pharmaceutical companies are rushing to find drugs that can treat people infected with the coronavirus. WSJ's Joseph Walker explains which treatments ...

The Oil Price War That Stoked the Market Freefall

Publication Date: 2020-03-13

As the coronavirus pandemic threatens the economy and sends stocks tumbling, Saudi Arabia's crown prince has added to the turmoil by launching an oil ...

The Day Coronavirus Became a Pandemic

Publication Date: 2020-03-12

The World Health Organization has made it official: The new coronavirus is a global pandemic. WSJ's Brianna Abbott, Margherita Stancati, and Ben Cohen...

Scandal Engulfs One of America's Biggest Unions

Publication Date: 2020-03-11

The federal government's corruption investigation into the United Auto Workers ensnared its highest-ranking union official last week: a former preside...

Why the Markets Tanked on Monday

Publication Date: 2020-03-10

The stock market plummeted Monday, recording its biggest single-day decline since 2008. WSJ's Geoffrey Rogow on what happened, and Kate Davidson expla...

How the U.S. Is Trying to Contain Coronavirus

Publication Date: 2020-03-09

As the new coronavirus spreads throughout the United States, public health officials have only one tool at their disposal: containment. WSJ's Melanie ...

Why So Few CEOs Are Women

Publication Date: 2020-03-06

Fewer than 6% of CEOs are women. A Wall Street Journal study offers a new explanation for why. WSJ's Vanessa Fuhrmans looks at what keeps women from t...

Will Coronavirus Cause a Recession?

Publication Date: 2020-03-05

There are fears that the new coronavirus could pose a serious threat to the U.S. economy. WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath looks at whether the global epidemic co...

The Moderates' Super Tuesday Gamble

Publication Date: 2020-03-04

In a matter of days, the race for the Democratic nomination has narrowed to a contest between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. WSJ's Sabrina Siddiqui exp...

How Washington State's Coronavirus Outbreak Unfolded

Publication Date: 2020-03-03

The death toll for the new coronavirus in the U.S. rose to nine today. All of the victims are in Washington state, and the majority are linked to one ...

The 'Mystery Man' Tells Us How He Helped Free Rod Blagojevich

Publication Date: 2020-03-02

Rod Blagojevich's release from federal prison last month culminated a nearly two-year campaign to put his case on President Donald Trump's radar. WSJ'...

What Bernie Sanders's Socialism Means

Publication Date: 2020-02-28

Bernie Sanders calls himself a democratic socialist, the first time a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination has done so. Eliza Colli...

Wells Fargo and the Fake-Account Fallout

Publication Date: 2020-02-27

In 2016, Wells Fargo was slapped with a fine for creating fake accounts for customers. It was only the start of the bank's problems. WSJ's Rachel Loui...

America Prepares for a Pandemic

Publication Date: 2020-02-26

The outbreak of new coronavirus cases around the world has led U.S. health officials to warn the disease may spread in the U.S. WSJ's Brianna Abbott e...

How Big Pharma Lost Its Swagger

Publication Date: 2020-02-25

The drug industry has long been one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington, but in recent years it hasn't packed the punch it used to. WSJ's Brody...

Baseball's Biggest Scandal in a Century

Publication Date: 2020-02-24

An unprecedented cheating scandal involving the Houston Astros has roiled Major League Baseball. WSJ's Jared Diamond explains how the Astros' sign-ste...

Sold: Victoria's Secret

Publication Date: 2020-02-21

Victoria's Secret announced yesterday that a private equity firm was buying control of the retailer. The sale caps a long decline for the brand as wel...

The Boy Scouts' Survival Plan: Bankruptcy

Publication Date: 2020-02-20

The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy this week. WSJ's Valerie Bauerlein and Andrew Scurria explain how the organization reached this point, ...

An Economic Superpower on Lockdown

Publication Date: 2020-02-19

The coronavirus has forced China, the world's second-biggest economy, into lockdown. WSJ's Yoko Kubota explains how that has disrupted businesses arou...

How a Kardashian Producer Became a Saudi Deal Maker

Publication Date: 2020-02-18

Carla DiBello used to be a reality TV producer in Los Angeles. Now, she's riding mega-yachts and attending business meetings with the world's richest ...

Bloomberg's Big Money Strategy

Publication Date: 2020-02-14

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has hugely outspent all other Democratic presidential candidates. His campaign is focusing its resources on Super Tuesda...

Nike's Vaporfly Is 'Magic.' But Is It Fair?

Publication Date: 2020-02-13

Runners wearing versions of Nike's Vaporfly shoe have smashed marathon records, leading to questions about whether the shoe offers an unfair advantage...

A Spying Scandal Takes Down a CEO

Publication Date: 2020-02-12

Credit Suisse's CEO Tidjane Thiam resigned last week in the fallout from revelations the bank was spying on employees. WSJ's Margot Patrick explains t...

The Battle Over Your Bed

Publication Date: 2020-02-11

Casper was a pioneer in selling mattresses online. WSJ's Eliot Brown explains how the competition that Casper kicked off in the mattress-in-a-box spac...

The Mormon Church's $100 Billion Secret Fund

Publication Date: 2020-02-10

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has amassed one of the world's largest investment funds, but few people know it exists. WSJ's Ian Love...

Inside China's Giant Quarantine

Publication Date: 2020-02-07

China has marshaled its surveillance apparatus to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. WSJ's Shan Li reports from a quarantined hotel in the pro...

When Your American Dream Gets Too Crowded

Publication Date: 2020-02-06

As more and more Americans move south, Lake Wylie, a suburb of Charlotte, has tripled in size. Now, the town is saying no more. WSJ's Valerie Bauerlei...

A Bruising Price War. Three Rivals. One Big Investor.

Publication Date: 2020-02-05

Money from the same major investor, SoftBank, is fueling a startup battle in Latin America between three of its own companies: Uber, Didi and Rappi. W...

The App That Crashed the Iowa Caucuses

Publication Date: 2020-02-04

The first results from the Iowa Democratic caucuses were released a day later than expected after a mobile app designed to report tallies had technica...

Democrats and Facebook: It's Complicated

Publication Date: 2020-02-03

Democrats' relationship with Facebook is at an all-time low, just as the 2020 election kicks off in Iowa. WSJ's Deepa Seetharaman explains Democrats' ...

The Long-Lost Super Bowl

Publication Date: 2020-01-31

There's only one tape of Super Bowl I believed to be in existence. Troy Haupt discovered it in his mother's attic. WSJ's Jared Diamond explains why vi...

Apple's Cost Cutter

Publication Date: 2020-01-30

Apple executive Tony Blevins has built a career staring down suppliers and slashing prices to the bone. WSJ's Tripp Mickle explains why, as Apple's iP...

Why Your Credit Score Could Drop

Publication Date: 2020-01-29

The FICO score, one of the most widely used credit scores in America, is about to go through some major revisions. WSJ's AnnaMaria Andriotis explains ...

The Last Train Out of Wuhan

Publication Date: 2020-01-28

China has responded to the spread of a deadly new virus by locking down cities and quarantining tens of millions of people. WSJ's Shan Li reports from...

Who Hacked Jeff Bezos?

Publication Date: 2020-01-27

Investigators hired by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos claimed last week that his phone was hacked by Saudi Arabia. WSJ's Justin Scheck and Michael Siconolfi ex...

Vale Ignored Warnings. Then Its Dam Killed Hundreds.

Publication Date: 2020-01-24

270 people were killed when a dam owned by the mining giant Vale collapsed. After a year-long investigation, WSJ's Samantha Pearson and Luciana Magalh...

The Tug of War Over Tesla

Publication Date: 2020-01-23

Tesla's stock has been on a tear since late last year, and this week the company's valuation reached $100 billion. Investors who believe in the stock ...

Wall Street's Climate Gambit

Publication Date: 2020-01-22

BlackRock, the biggest money manager in the world, announced that it plans to make sustainability a focus of its investment strategy. WSJ's Geoffrey R...

The President's Defense

Publication Date: 2020-01-21

Opening arguments kick off this week in the Senate's impeachment trial. President Trump has assembled a legal team with a lot of star power to defend ...

How the Grounded Boeing Jet Shook the Airline Industry

Publication Date: 2020-01-17

The Boeing 737 MAX has been grounded for nearly a year after two deadly crashes. WSJ's Alison Sider explains how the plane's grounding has upended car...

The Government's Quest to Crack Into iPhones

Publication Date: 2020-01-16

Attorney General William Barr criticized Apple on Monday for not helping the Department of Justice get into the iPhones of the Florida naval base shoo...

How Airbnb Deals With Crime

Publication Date: 2020-01-15

After a deadly mass shooting, Airbnb faced questions about how much responsibility it has for safety at the properties listed on its site. WSJ's Kirst...

Democrats' 2020 Fundraising Fights

Publication Date: 2020-01-14

The Democrats running for president this year have employed three different fundraising strategies to fuel their campaigns. WSJ's Julie Bykowicz break...

The Broken Business of Antibiotics

Publication Date: 2020-01-13

The world desperately needs new antibiotics to tackle the rising threat of drug-resistant superbugs, but there is little reward for doing so. WSJ's De...

Why Google Is Pushing Into Health Data

Publication Date: 2020-01-10

Google has struck deals with health providers that give the company access to millions of personal medical records without notifying patients. WSJ's R...

After Dramatic Escape, Carlos Ghosn Makes His Case

Publication Date: 2020-01-09

Facing questions about his escape from Japan, former auto executive Carlos Ghosn defended himself against charges of financial crimes in a blistering ...

The Calculus Behind Iran's Missile Strikes

Publication Date: 2020-01-08

Iranian missiles struck two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops last night, a response to the United States' killing of an Iranian general. WSJ's Sune Eng...

Inside Carlos Ghosn's Escape From Japan

Publication Date: 2020-01-07

Carlos Ghosn went from a globe-trotting top executive to international fugitive in a year. WSJ's Nick Kostov explains what led Ghosn to flee Japan in ...

Goldman Sachs and the 1MDB Scandal

Publication Date: 2020-01-06

Goldman Sachs helped Malaysia raise over $6 billion for its economic development fund, 1MDB. Prosecutors say much of the fund's money was then stolen....

The Killing of Iran's Most Powerful General

Publication Date: 2020-01-03

A U.S. strike in Baghdad killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani yesterday. WSJ's Michael Gordon explains Soleimani's significance, what's known...

How Google Shapes Your Search Results

Publication Date: 2020-01-02

Google has long held up its search results as objective and essentially autonomous, the product of computer algorithms. But WSJ's Kirsten Grind explai...

WeWork: The Enablers

Publication Date: 2019-12-23

Adam Neumann, WeWork's former CEO, has been under intense scrutiny since the company's fall from grace. But there's also another group of people behin...

A Year in the Middle of a Trade War

Publication Date: 2019-12-20

The U.S. announced a "phase one" trade deal with China last week, halting the trade war between the countries. WSJ's Jacob Schlesinger looks back on...

New Gig Work Law Leaves California Scrambling

Publication Date: 2019-12-19

A new California law requires businesses to reclassify many workers as employees rather than independent contractors. As the deadline to implement the...

The Senate Prepares for a Trial

Publication Date: 2019-12-18

The House is set to impeach President Trump. From there, the case would move to the Senate for a trial. WSJ's Lindsay Wise explains what that process ...

Disney Disturbs the Force

Publication Date: 2019-12-17

When Disney releases "The Rise of Skywalker" this week, the company will try to walk a fine line: Keep Star Wars superfans happy and attract new aud...

Facebook's Latest Tangle with the FTC

Publication Date: 2019-12-16

The Federal Trade Commission is considering a move that could stop Facebook from further integrating with WhatsApp and Instagram. WSJ's Deepa Seethara...

The Man Who Waged War on Inflation

Publication Date: 2019-12-13

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker died this week at 92. Volcker steered the American economy through runaway inflation in the 1980s. WSJ's ...

The Fight to Rewrite the World's Biggest Trade Deal

Publication Date: 2019-12-12

President Trump campaigned on scrapping Nafta. But getting that done wasn't so easy. Now, Congress is close to making a deal. WSJ's Josh Zumbrun expla...

The Crown Prince and the IPO

Publication Date: 2019-12-11

It's the biggest IPO in history. Saudi Arabia's state-backed oil company, Aramco, started trading today. WSJ's Summer Said explains why the record-set...

India Rewrites the Rules for Big Tech

Publication Date: 2019-12-10

Global tech companies have been eager to access India and its hundreds of millions of internet users. WSJ's Newley Purnell explains why the country is...

The Botched Bet to Buy Monsanto

Publication Date: 2019-12-09

Just 10 days after he became the CEO of Bayer, Werner Baumann made the move to buy Monsanto. He was betting that the acquisition would make the compan...

Why Tech Is Making Its Own Rules for Political Ads

Publication Date: 2019-12-06

Political advertising is flourishing online, but federal guidelines regulating those ads are virtually absent. WSJ's Emily Glazer explains why Faceboo...

The Central Question of Impeachment

Publication Date: 2019-12-05

Constitutional experts testified this week on what makes for an impeachable offense, and Democrats and Republicans argued their sides of the case in d...

A $1.5 Billion Bet Against the Stock Market

Publication Date: 2019-12-04

The world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater, has placed a massive bet that stock markets will fall by late March 2020. WSJ's Juliet Chung explains its...

How PetSmart Solved Its Chewy Problem

Publication Date: 2019-12-03

Pet-supply stores had long withstood the threat posed by online shopping. That was until Chewy came along. WSJ's Miriam Gottfried tells the story of h...

Why TikTok's Under Investigation

Publication Date: 2019-12-02

TikTok is the first Chinese-owned social media app to take off in the U.S. But TikTok's growth has led to scrutiny from the U.S. government. WSJ's Pat...

The End of the Film Industry's Paramount Decrees

Publication Date: 2019-11-27

The Justice Department is moving to terminate rules that have governed the film industry since the 1940s. WSJ's Erich Schwartzel explains why the rule...

Rise and Revolt at Renaissance, Part 2

Publication Date: 2019-11-26

As Renaissance Technologies grew into the world's most successful hedge fund, co-CEO Robert Mercer made a fortune. Then, he started spending it. In hi...

Rise and Revolt at Renaissance, Part 1

Publication Date: 2019-11-25

In the 1970s, Jim Simons left academia to pursue a wild idea: That he could beat the market using math. It would lead him to build the most successful...

The $340,000 Robocall Scam

Publication Date: 2019-11-22

It started with a phone call. In a week, a scammer would take Nina Belis's life savings. WSJ's Sarah Krouse explains why robocalls persist: Because so...

Inside Hong Kong's Violent Protests

Publication Date: 2019-11-21

Protests in Hong Kong have spiraled into increasingly violent clashes with police. WSJ's John Lyons explains what's changed on the ground.

Has Fracking Fueled Its Own Undoing?

Publication Date: 2019-11-20

Fracking made the U.S. the top oil producer in the world. WSJ's Christopher Matthews explains what drove the fracking boom and what may cause its undo...

Taylor Swift Versus Big Machine

Publication Date: 2019-11-19

Taylor Swift and her former record label, Big Machine, are in a dispute over Swift's rights to perform her old music. WSJ's Anne Steele on the implica...

The Great Beer Battle of 2019

Publication Date: 2019-11-18

A 2019 Super Bowl ad kicked off a showdown between the maker of Bud Light and the maker of Coors Light. WSJ's Jennifer Maloney explains how that stand...

Nike and Amazon's Breakup

Publication Date: 2019-11-15

Nike said it would no longer sell its products on Amazon after two years on the platform. WSJ's Khadeeja Safdar explains why the two companies split.

A Controversial Fix for High Drug Prices

Publication Date: 2019-11-14

An obscure think tank in Boston is getting drug companies to lower their prices - using something called a QALY. WSJ's Denise Roland explains what a Q...

Google's Project to Collect Millions of People's Medical Records

Publication Date: 2019-11-13

Google is amassing detailed health information on millions of people without their knowledge. WSJ's Rob Copeland explains 'Project Nightingale' and wh...

What to Know About the First Public Impeachment Hearings

Publication Date: 2019-11-12

House Democrats this week hold the first in a series of open impeachment hearings. WSJ's Siobhan Hughes explains who will testify and what to expect i...

WhatsApp's Hack

Publication Date: 2019-11-08

WhatsApp announced in May that there had been a flaw in its app that allowed hackers in. Then, it did something pretty unusual. WSJ's Bob McMillan exp...

For Sale: SAT-Takers' Names

Publication Date: 2019-11-07

The College Board, the nonprofit behind the SAT, sells students' information to colleges. WSJ's Doug Belkin explains how that data feeds the college a...

Under Armour Under Investigation

Publication Date: 2019-11-06

For years, Under Armour was one of the fastest growing apparel companies. But now, growth has sputtered and the company is under federal investigation...

Bitcoin Comes Untethered

Publication Date: 2019-11-05

Part of what sent Bitcoin climbing to nearly $20,000 two years ago was market manipulation by a single entity, a new study concludes. WSJ's Paul Vigna...

The Investor That Spent $1 Billion a Week

Publication Date: 2019-11-04

Cracks are showing at the most influential investment fund in the world. WSJ's Liz Hoffman explains the workings and strife inside SoftBank's Vision F...

When the Drug Cartel Takes Over

Publication Date: 2019-11-01

In the Mexican city of Culiacán, a drug cartel battled with soldiers...and won. WSJ's David Luhnow on what the fight says about the power of cartels i...

How Car Makers Got Caught Between Trump and California

Publication Date: 2019-10-31

The White House and California have been at odds over vehicle emissions standards. WSJ's Tim Puko explains the tug of war that's dividing auto makers.

Can Cities Fight Guns with Taxes?

Publication Date: 2019-10-30

In response to a recent uptick in gun violence, Tacoma, Wash., has proposed a tax on gun sales. WSJ's Zusha Elinson looks at the possible effects of t...

In the Dark and on Fire in California

Publication Date: 2019-10-29

To prevent wildfires, California's largest utility company, PG&E, is shutting off power to millions. WSJ's Ian Lovett and grocery store manager Melani...

Big Retailers Banned These Apparel Factories. Amazon Didn't.

Publication Date: 2019-10-28

A WSJ investigation shows that Amazon offers clothing from factories that most leading apparel companies have said are too dangerous to work with. Jus...

WeWork: Cashed Out

Publication Date: 2019-10-25

A few weeks ago, WeWork was at a low point. It had slashed its valuation, canceled its IPO and was a few weeks away from running out of money. Now, it...

States Got Hooked on Tobacco Money. Are Opioids Next?

Publication Date: 2019-10-24

States and municipalities around the country have been seeking compensation from companies for the opioid crisis. WSJ's Sara Randazzo and Gordon Fairc...

What Taylor's Testimony Means for Impeachment

Publication Date: 2019-10-23

Diplomat Bill Taylor said Tuesday that President Trump made nearly $400 million in aid contingent on Ukraine investigating the president's political r...

The Pressure Inside Boeing

Publication Date: 2019-10-22

Years before two 737 MAX planes crashed killing 346 people, employees inside Boeing expressed concerns over the automated system that regulators say i...

Zuckerberg Goes on the Offensive

Publication Date: 2019-10-21

After two years of apologizing to critics, Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are changing their playbook. WSJ's Jeff Horwitz explains why Facebook is tying...

Rick Perry's Side of the Ukraine Story

Publication Date: 2019-10-18

Energy Secretary Rick Perry gave an exclusive interview to WSJ's Tim Puko about his interest in Ukraine and how it led to a call with President Trump'...

Ten Days That Shifted Power in Syria

Publication Date: 2019-10-17

President Trump's decision to withdraw about 50 troops from northeastern Syria set off a chain of events that has reshuffled power in the region. WSJ'...

How Campaigns Are Tracking Your Location

Publication Date: 2019-10-16

Political campaigns have long collected personal information to try to reach voters. But increasingly they're looking at a new data point: your phone'...

The Airline CEO Trying to Change Amtrak

Publication Date: 2019-10-15

Amtrak has lost money for decades. Its CEO - a man who formerly ran Delta Airlines - thinks he can change that. WSJ's Ted Mann explains the changes Ri...

The FBI Lost Our Son

Publication Date: 2019-10-11

FBI agents came to the Reilly family's door twice. The first time, they enlisted Billy Reilly in helping the agency. The second time, he'd just gone m...

An Investigation Into Sex Abuse and Fraud at USA Swimming

Publication Date: 2019-10-10

Rebecca Davis O'Brien reports on a federal investigation into allegations of sex abuse and fraud at USA Swimming. She also explains a second, broader ...

The First Major Impeachment Clash

Publication Date: 2019-10-09

The White House blocked a witness from testifying in the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday and released a letter criticizing the process. WSJ's Rebecca B...

The Tweet That Rocked the NBA in China

Publication Date: 2019-10-08

The general manager of the Houston Rockets sent a tweet that has thrown the NBA into a crisis. WSJ's Ben Cohen explains the tweet, the backlash and th...

Will the Supreme Court Redefine 'Sex'?

Publication Date: 2019-10-07

The Supreme Court will take up the question Tuesday of whether employees can be fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. WSJ's Je...

Facebook's New Currency Hits a Snag

Publication Date: 2019-10-04

PayPal said Friday it was pulling out of Facebook's new cryptocurrency project called libra. Paul Vigna explains why Facebook started the project and ...

Lunch With the Two M.B.A.s Who Are Changing Sports

Publication Date: 2019-10-03

Jeff Luhnow of the Astros and Daryl Morey of the Rockets are two Houston-based general managers that have upended the sports world with their commitme...

The Bold Investor Behind WeWork and Uber

Publication Date: 2019-10-02

The same major investor is behind both Uber and WeWork: SoftBank's Vision Fund. Phred Dvorak talks about the rise of SoftBank's unorthodox founder, Ma...

How Doctors Uncovered the Vaping Crisis

Publication Date: 2019-10-01

This summer, a cluster of sick teenagers with pneumonia-like symptoms sparked a Wisconsin hospital to solve a medical mystery. Brianna Abbott explains...

Snapchat's Secret Dossier on Facebook

Publication Date: 2019-09-30

For years, Snap Inc. has been documenting all the ways it believes Facebook has tried to kill it, in a secret dossier called Project Voldemort. Deepa ...

Rudy Giuliani's Ukrainian Connections

Publication Date: 2019-09-27

In the whistleblower complaint alleging abuse of power by Donald Trump, one man is mentioned more than 30 times: Rudy Giuliani, the president's person...

The Trump Whistleblower Complaint, Point by Point

Publication Date: 2019-09-26

A newly released whistleblower complaint sits at the center of Democrats' impeachment inquiry into President Trump. WSJ's Jerry Seib goes through the ...

What Changed Pelosi's Mind on Impeachment

Publication Date: 2019-09-25

After a nearly yearlong debate among Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. WSJ's Siobhan Hughes...

The Strategy That Built AT&T Comes Back to Bite

Publication Date: 2019-09-24

AT&T grew into a conglomerate by buying media companies like DirecTV and Time Warner. Now, activist investor Elliott Management is challenging that bi...

Subprime Lending Is Back. But Is That Bad?

Publication Date: 2019-09-23

Banks are looking for ways to lend to riskier borrowers again. WSJ's AnnaMaria Andriotis explains how magazine subscriptions, utility bills and where ...

WeWork: Up in Smoke

Publication Date: 2019-09-20

WeWork recently delayed its IPO after investors raised concerns. WSJ's Eliot Brown explains why much of the skepticism centers on the bizarre leadersh...

Why 46,000 Auto Workers Are on Strike

Publication Date: 2019-09-19

The United Auto Works walked off the job and started striking this week. It's the first UAW strike against General Motors in over a decade. WSJ's Chri...

California Takes On the NCAA

Publication Date: 2019-09-18

California just passed a bill to allow college athletes to earn endorsement money, which the NCAA prohibits. WSJ's Rachel Bachman explains what the ch...

Bombs Shake the World's Oil Supply

Publication Date: 2019-09-17

Major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia were bombed over the weekend. WSJ's Rory Jones saw the aftermath of the attacks, and he explains what it means fo...

When the Power Company Can't Be Trusted

Publication Date: 2019-09-16

PG&E, California's biggest utility, has a long record of run-ins with regulators. WSJ's Rebecca Smith reports on over two decades of misconduct at the...

Three Candidates, Three Ideas to Tax the Super Rich

Publication Date: 2019-09-13

Democrats have a new idea for how to tax the richest Americans: taxing wealth, not just income. Rich Rubin breaks down three plans, from Joe Biden, Ju...

Google's Antitrust Problem

Publication Date: 2019-09-12

Attorneys general from 48 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico announced an antitrust investigation into Google's advertising business this week. Rob Copeland...

Why Trump and Bolton Split

Publication Date: 2019-09-11

John Bolton, President Trump's national security adviser, left the White House on Tuesday. WSJ's Michael Bender explains why Bolton and the president ...

Netflix Versus the World

Publication Date: 2019-09-10

Netflix changed entertainment with binge watching and streaming. Now, competitors like Disney are trying to use Netflix's playbook against it.

A 2020 Test Case

Publication Date: 2019-09-09

Voters are heading to the polls in North Carolina on Tuesday for a closely watched special election. How certain people vote may offer clues for how n...

Money's Role in College Admissions

Publication Date: 2019-09-06

Emails disclosed this week at the University of Southern California show how the school weighed donations in considering whether to admit students. Pl...

A DNA Company Lets the FBI In

Publication Date: 2019-09-05

The inside story of how the founder of one of the first DNA-test companies, FamilyTreeDNA, wrestled with the choice to let the FBI use his company's d...

What WeWork's Worth

Publication Date: 2019-09-04

Office-space startup WeWork was last valued at $47 billion. WSJ's Eliot Brown looks at the questions around WeWork's business model and CEO as it prep...

Jim Mattis: 'Right Up Front' With President Trump

Publication Date: 2019-09-03

In an interview with WSJ's Gerald Seib, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis talks about his time working for President Trump, the threats facing the U...

Why Every Day Isn't Payday

Publication Date: 2019-08-30

Many people in the U.S. get paid every two weeks. The question is: Why? And does it need to be that way? Banking reporter Telis Demos looks at how the...

Two Days of Reckoning for Opioid Makers

Publication Date: 2019-08-28

On Monday, a judge ordered Johnson and Johnson to pay Oklahoma $572 million for its role in the state's opioid crisis. And Tuesday, news broke that Pu...

If a Recession Hits, What's the Game Plan?

Publication Date: 2019-08-26

This summer, more worrying signs about the health of the American economy have emerged. WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath explains the tricky position the U.S. fin...

The Dangerous Products on Amazon

Publication Date: 2019-08-23

A WSJ investigation has found that thousands of items offered by third-party sellers on Amazon have been declared unsafe, are deceptively labeled, or ...

Why Faster Internet Isn't Worth It

Publication Date: 2019-08-21

Broadband providers have marketed faster internet speeds for years, selling consumers on the promise that faster is better. The Wall Street Journal's ...

The City With the Highest Minimum Wage

Publication Date: 2019-08-19

What happened to the city that raised its minimum wage to the highest in the nation? Jim Carlton and Eric Morath look at Emeryville, California's big ...

The Roots of Hong Kong's Unrest

Publication Date: 2019-08-16

For ten weeks, protestors have taken to the streets of Hong Kong. Natasha Khan explains how Hong Kong's recent history plays into the tensions and wha...

How Huawei Employees Helped Governments Spy

Publication Date: 2019-08-14

A Wall Street Journal investigation shows that employees of Huawei, the Chinese telecom company, helped the governments of African nations intercept t...

Why FedEx Dumped Amazon

Publication Date: 2019-08-12

FedEx last week said it would stop shipping packages for Amazon. Paul Ziobro and Dana Mattioli talk about why FedEx essentially cut ties with a compan...

What the 1980s Have Taught Trump and China About Trade

Publication Date: 2019-08-09

As the trade war escalated into an emerging currency fight this week, the U.S. labeled China a currency manipulator. A similar historical rivalry - be...

The Juul Paradox

Publication Date: 2019-08-07

What's better: promoting e-cigarettes to help smokers quit, or restricting vaping so teens don't pick up a new nicotine addiction? Jennifer Maloney ex...

A Mass Shooting at Walmart

Publication Date: 2019-08-05

This weekend, two mass shootings claimed at least 31 lives. One of those shootings took place at the nation's largest private employer: Walmart. Repor...

Inside the Capital One Hack

Publication Date: 2019-08-02

Capital One has prided itself on being a tech-forward bank. But earlier this year, the bank got hacked, and 106 million people had their information s...

The President, the Fed, and the Cut

Publication Date: 2019-07-31

The Federal Reserve cut rates today for the first time since 2008. The cut comes after a year of pressure from President Trump. Nick Timiraos looks at...

How Jeffrey Epstein Made His Money

Publication Date: 2019-07-26

Jeffrey Epstein, the financier recently indicted on sex trafficking charges, built a fortune of more than half a billion dollars. Ken Brown explains h...

The Risks of a No-Deal Brexit

Publication Date: 2019-07-24

Boris Johnson is now Prime Minister of the U.K. This raises the likelihood that the country could leave the European Union without a plan in place. Ja...

Yes, Your Boss Can Spy on You

Publication Date: 2019-07-19

With all of the new technology that employees use at the office, companies have a lot more data on what their workers are doing. It is now cheaper and...

Uber and Lyft's Zero-Sum Game

Publication Date: 2019-07-17

Some investors say that for Uber to truly succeed, it needs to eliminate its competition. After two disappointing listings, can Uber and Lyft co-exist...

What It Takes to Be Made in America

Publication Date: 2019-07-12

One company set out to make a new shoe entirely in the United States and learned it is much more complex than making a grilled cheese sandwich. Ruth S...

A Boom Beyond the 'Burbs

Publication Date: 2019-07-10

The exurbs, the regions far beyond a city center, are back. Home building and sales are rising. But the housing rebound in these areas comes as the re...

The Company That Sparked a California Wildfire a Day

Publication Date: 2019-07-05

One company was responsible for some of the biggest wildfires that have swept through California in the past few years, killing more than 100 people. ...

Google My Fake Business

Publication Date: 2019-07-03

Got a burst pipe or a broken down car? That plumber or mechanic you found on Google Maps might not be where they say they are. Or they might not be an...

The City Where College Is Already Free

Publication Date: 2019-06-28

Some Democratic politicians are talking about a future where college is free. For one city, that's already the case. Education reporter Josh Mitchell ...

Here's What Might Cause a Recession

Publication Date: 2019-06-26

The U.S. just hit the 10-year mark of nonstop economic growth. In July, the economy will have grown for longer than any stretch in its history. But wh...

Introducing The Journal

Publication Date: 2019-06-19

Welcome to The Journal. A show about money, business and power. Coming June 26.