Taco Bell Stumbles on a Lettuce Crisis
Episode Date: July 17, 2026P.M. Edition for July 17. Taco Bell has outpaced fast-food rivals for years, but contaminated lettuce could put a damper on its growing business. Heat...
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1210 episodes transcribedP.M. Edition for July 17. Taco Bell has outpaced fast-food rivals for years, but contaminated lettuce could put a damper on its growing business. Heat...
A.M. Edition for July 17. President Trump is ramping up his efforts to sow doubt about election results, raising familiar but unproven claims about th...
P.M. Edition for July 16. A new regulation from the Trump administration will cap student visas to a maximum of four years, and require extensions to...
A.M. Edition for July 16. President Trump mulls a further escalation of the war in Iran. That could include more airstrikes, targeting the fortified t...
P.M. Edition for Wednesday, July 15. The U.S. labor market is in a great position, according to most key metrics. But two million people are still loo...
A.M. Edition for July 15. WSJ reporter Eliot Brown details how the U.A.E.’s years-long lobbying efforts have finally paid off, after the Trump adminis...
P.M. Edition for July 14. Big U.S. banks like JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America reported soaring profits in the second quarter. But c...
A.M. Edition for July 14. New York becomes the first state to ban data center construction as builders and operators across the U.S. move to cash out...
P.M. Edition for July 13. The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz heats up: President Trump says he is reinstating the U.S. blockade of Iranian shippin...
A.M. Edition for July 13. Republicans begin the scramble to replace Senator Lindsey Graham following his sudden death on Saturday evening. WSJ reporte...
Voters in California are weighing a one-time tax on billionaires. Meanwhile, states including Maine and Massachusetts have already implemented income...
How are markets responding to renewed tensions in the Middle East? And why did Samsung’s blockbuster earnings send shares lower? Plus, why didn’t Spac...
P.M. Edition for July 10. Apple’s lawsuit also names one of OpenAI’s top executives, a former Apple employee. Plus, Israeli intelligence about a possi...
A.M. Edition for July 10. The South Korean chip-making giant raised more than $26 billion in the largest share sale by a non-U.S. company. Plus, the E...
P.M. Edition for July 9. Federal safety officials have linked air-bags with counterfeit parts to at least 10 deaths in the U.S. since 2023. WSJ autos...
A.M. Edition for July 9. Maine’s populist Senate candidate Graham Platner drops out of the race under heavy pressure from Democrats. Plus, WSJ tech re...
P.M. Edition for July 8. While there’s more fighting in the Middle East, the NATO summit ended with a show of unity between the U.S. and its European...
A.M. Edition for July 8. President Trump has lashed out at Iran’s leadership following a night of retaliatory strikes and said the ceasefire between W...
P.M. Edition for July 7. Airlines raised prices after the Iran war to cover rising fuel costs. Now, fuel prices have fallen, but travelers may find th...
A.M. Edition for July 7. As President Trump heads to Turkey for a NATO summit, Brussels Bureau Chief Daniel Michaels says the alliance is rushing to f...