The Tension and Turnover at Bessent’s Treasury Department
Episode Date: October 7, 2026P.M. Edition for Oct. 7. President Trump expects his Treasury Secretary to solve stubborn problems, including rising borrowing costs, high gas prices,...
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1346 episodes transcribedP.M. Edition for Oct. 7. President Trump expects his Treasury Secretary to solve stubborn problems, including rising borrowing costs, high gas prices,...
A.M. Edition for Oct. 7. Washington is pushing Moscow for more information about a mysterious laboratory death in Siberia, saying the details shared s...
P.M. Edition for Oct. 6. Skydance has ambitions to take on Netflix and other tech behemoths in streaming now that it’s clinched its deal for Warner Br...
A.M. Edition for Oct. 6. With France on the precipice of a dangerous financial spiral, student protestors are demanding President Emmanuel Macron rais...
P.M. Edition for Oct. 5. WSJ reporter James Romoser walks us through what to expect from the high court’s term, which opened today with oral arguments...
A.M. Edition for Oct. 5. Flávio Bolsonaro deals President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a bruising first-round defeat, finishing ahead of the leftist lead...
American colleges and universities are in an admissions crunch. A looming demographic cliff means fewer 18-year-olds are applying, leaving schools scr...
Why are cruise stocks rallying despite soaring fuel costs? And how did an egg shortage turn into a glut? Plus, what does Nvidia’s record-breaking stoc...
P.M. Edition for Oct. 2. The U.S. economy added 29,000 jobs last month, falling short of expectations. Journal economics reporter Konrad Putzier discu...
A.M. Edition for Oct. 2. A shift in the bond rout this week is dividing the world into winners and losers, with indebted European countries, particula...
P.M. Edition for Oct. 1. The Justice Department is reviewing whether prosecutors mishandled the Watergate case, decades after the scandal led to Richa...
A.M. Edition for Oct. 1. The Trump administration rolls out a new plan to lower drug prices in Medicare, while also sending out $500 checks to nearly...
P.M. Edition for Sept. 30. One pilot of the FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv is in custody after a cockpit stabbing forces an emergency landing in Saudi Ar...
A.M. Edition for Sept. 30. After more than 23 years and $1.7 trillion, America is winding down its war in Iraq, closing the last major U.S. military b...
P.M. Edition for Sept. 29. Oura, a company that makes smart rings, was expected to list on the Nasdaq as soon as this month. But this morning, it anno...
A.M. Edition for Sept. 29. OpenAI is scrapping its new model over safety concerns in one of the clearest signs yet that agent misbehavior could stymie...
P.M. Edition for Sept. 28. The FAA’s delay, over a software glitch that could pose a potential safety risk, sent Boeing stock sliding. Plus, top resea...
A.M. Edition for Sept. 28. OpenAI models target a U.N. website in the latest incident of autonomous agents gone rogue. Plus, British authorities arres...
This week, we’re bringing you an episode of WSJ’s Take On the Week. Host Miriam Gottfried is joined by guest co-host and WSJ markets reporter Sam Gold...
What does Meta’s new AI agent mean for finance stocks? And how will the Trump administration’s plan to lower diesel prices impact oil companies? Plus,...