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Senate Clears $70 Billion DHS Funding Boost in Overnight Session
Stocks Rebound After Cease-Fire Extension
Iran Attacks Three Ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Futures Rise On Cease-Fire Extension
Stocks Tick Lower as Investors Monitor Warsh Hearing
Kevin Warsh Says Fed Independence Is Essential During Confirmation Hearing
Apple Taps Product Veteran to Take Over in the AI Era
Oil Climbs, Stocks Fall on Fresh U.S.-Iran Tensions
The Justice Department Is Investigating Beef Companies in a Criminal Antitrust Probe
Wall Street Braces for Volatility as Strait of Hormuz is Shut Again
Stocks Surge After Iran Opens Strait
Oil Prices Tumble, Stocks Jump After Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is Open
Israel-Lebanon Peace Talks Risks New Rift With Hezbollah
Second Straight Day of Records for Nasdaq and S&P 500
U.S. Will Pursue Iran-Linked Ships Beyond the Mideast
Washington Dusts Off World War II Playbook
S&P 500 Closes Above 7000
Trump Threatens to Fire Powell Once Fed Chair Term Ends
Maine Bans Large Data Centers in U.S. First
Nasdaq Rises for Tenth Straight Day as U.S. and Iran Continue Talks
IMF Warns of Weaker Economic Growth If Iran War Doesn’t End Soon
One Crew Member of Downed U.S. Fighter Jet Is Rescued
Plus: OpenAI’s Fidji Simo to take medical leave as part of leadership changeup ahead of planned IPO. And a judge rejects the Justice Department’s bid to renew subpoenas against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
U.S. Conducting Rescue Operation After Jet Shot Down Over Iran
Plus: President Trump is seeking an unprecedented $1.5 trillion in defense spending in the next fiscal year. And the U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March, blowing past expectations. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hegseth Removes Army’s Top General in Expanding Pentagon Purge
Plus: the Trump administration amps up its defense of prediction markets. And today’s jobs report could clarify whether February’s big jobs drop was a blip, or the start of something more serious. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stocks Recover From Steep Sell Off Following Trump’s Iran Address
Stocks opened lower after Trump vowed to hit Iran “extremely hard”. Plus: Shares in Delta and United airlines drop as investors worry about the price of jet fuel. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
European Leaders Discuss Reopening Strait of Hormuz
Plus: Investors in two of Blue Owl Capital’s biggest private-credit funds asked to pull out roughly $5.4 billion in the first quarter. And Tesla and Rivian report sales growth. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump Tries to Sell Americans Iran War
Plus: Eli Lilly’s obesity pill gets approval, and will take on a rival from Novo Nordisk in the booming GLP-1 drug market. And the Trump Administration is expected to overhaul steel and aluminum tariffs. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stocks Continue Rally on Hopes for a Quick End to War
Plus: Boeing shares rise after signing a deal with the Department of Defense. And Nike shares fall after losing ground in China. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Files for Mega-IPO
Plus: Anthropic races to contain leak of code behind Claude AI agent. Intel agrees to buy out Apollo Global Management’s stake in Irish chip manufacturing plant. And President Trump raises the possibility of leaving NATO. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
U.A.E. Signals Intent to Join Iran Fight
Plus: President Trump is turning up the pressure on the Supreme Court, as it prepares to hear arguments on limiting U.S. citizenship. And the U.S. has secured a major mining deal in the Congo, gaining a key advantage over China. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stocks Rally on Hopes Iran War Is Nearing an End
The Nasdaq led the gains. Plus: McCormick shares slide following a merger announcement with Unilever. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stocks Rise After Trump Administration Considers Ending Iran War
Plus: Unilever and McCormick to create a grocery goods giant. And growth in U.S. home prices is slowing. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump May Be Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz
Plus: High earners in Washington State will face a new tax on income over $1 million starting in 2028. And New American Heart Association diet advice contradicts the government’s nutrition guidelines. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nasdaq Retreats as U.S. Crude Pushes Above $100
Plus: Shares in major oil companies climbed as crude prices rose. And Sysco shares fell after a deal to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New Government Rule Would Move Private Credit Closer to 401(k)s
Plus: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. plans to eventually take control of the Strait of Hormuz. And the CEO of Air Canada will retire following a bungled condolences message after the LaGuardia crash. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump Considers Military Operation to Extract Iran’s Uranium
Plus: Sysco nears a deal to buy family-owned Restaurant Depot for roughly $29 billion. And Chinese EV leader BYD posts its first annual profit decline in four years amid fierce competition and soft domestic demand. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steep Losses Send Dow Into Correction Territory
Dow slides 1.7%, as the S&P 500 posts its fifth straight week of losses. Plus: Carnival shares drop after the cruise line cuts its outlook. And AstraZeneca shares rise after successful clinical trial results. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Markets See No Chance of Fed Interest-Rate Cuts This Year
Plus: "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is returning to the morning program. And Meta Platforms agrees to fund the massive energy infrastructure needed for a $27 billion data center project in Louisiana. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Late-Night Deal to Fund DHS Averts Airport Crisis
Plus: Anthropic scores an early victory in its legal fight with the Pentagon. And Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expected to file paperwork with regulators for its highly-anticipated IPO. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nasdaq Enters Correction Territory
Oil prices pushed above $100. Plus: Olaplex shares rally after acquisition deal. And H&M stock slides after muted sales. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wall Street Bonuses Hit a New Record
Plus: Mortgage rates rise for the fourth week in a row, threatening to chill the start of the spring home-buying season. And the Justice Department said it filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital system. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices