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What's News brings you the biggest news of the day, from business and finance to global and political developments that move markets. Get caught up in minutes twice a day on weekdays, then take a step back with our What’s News in Markets wrap-up on Saturday and our What’s News Sunday deep dive.
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IEA Says Iran War Causing Biggest-Ever Supply Disruption
A.M. Edition for Mar. 12. Oil prices briefly topped $100 a barrel following a wave of new Iranian attacks on vessels in the Persian Gulf. WSJ reporter...
Iran Is Trying to Choke Off Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz
P.M. Edition for Mar. 11. Three commercial ships were hit today near the Strait of Hormuz as Iran steps up its efforts to close off that critical ship...
IEA Proposes Record Release of Oil Reserves
A.M. Edition for Mar. 11. The International Energy Agency is considering releasing 400 million barrels of oil into the market to counter the surge in...
Special Election in Georgia Is a Test of Trump’s Base
P.M. Edition for Mar. 10. Today Georgia's 14th congressional district holds a special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant by former Re...
$100 Oil is Back
A.M. Edition for Mar. 9. Oil is surging past $100 a barrel as Iran strikes critical infrastructure in the Gulf, leading states to dial back production...
What’s News in Markets: Oil Prices Surge, Bond Selloff, and Iran Fallout
What do rising oil prices mean for the stock market? And why did foreign stocks fall so sharply this week? Plus, how did the war in the Middle East sc...
Why Iran Doesn’t Have a New Supreme Leader
A.M. Edition for Mar. 6. Nearly a week after the death of Ayatollah Khamenei, WSJ correspondent Sune Rasmussen discusses the delicate balancing act fa...
Judge Orders U.S. to Pay Back $130 Billion of Tariffs
A.M. Edition for Mar. 5. The Trump administration is on the hook for billions in tariff refunds. WSJ global economics correspondent Tom Fairless says...
Israel Hopes to Trigger a Revolt in Iran
A.M. Edition for Mar. 4. Israel’s military is targeting sites in Iran connected to the country's police state, in what WSJ correspondent Margherita St...
U.S. Embassy Struck as Conflict Widens
A.M. Edition for Mar. 3. The State Department is expanding its diplomatic pullback from the Middle East after the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was att...
Iran Strikes Back as Mideast Conflict Widens
A.M. Edition for Mar. 2. Iran is broadening the scope of its response to U.S. and Israeli strikes by targeting airports and other civilian sites in ne...
What’s News in Markets: Paramount’s Win, Private Credit Carnage, Block Layoffs
How did the Warner Bros. bidding war affect Netflix and Paramount stock? And why are private lenders selling off sharply? Plus, what do investors thin...
Paramount Muscles Out Netflix for Warner Control
A.M. Edition for Feb. 27. Pakistan declares open war with Afghanistan following a series of cross-border attacks. WSJ correspondent Sune Rasmussen exp...
Why More Young Americans Are Dying From Severe Heart Attacks
A.M. Edition for Feb. 26. The U.S. sends fighter jets to Israel, ramping up the pressure on Iran ahead of the nuclear talks in Geneva. Plus, WSJ’s Bet...
Voters and Trump See a Very Different Economic Reality
A.M. Edition for Feb. 25. In the longest State of the Union address on record, President Trump tried to persuade Americans that the economy is in bett...
Hundreds of Companies Sue Over Trump Tariffs
A.M. Edition for Feb. 24. The Trump administration is considering new national security tariffs on a half-dozen industries, after the Supreme Court la...
Why Tariffs Haven’t Balanced Out Global Trade
A.M. Edition for Feb. 23. After Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, new tariffs are on the table. But WSJ correspondent Tom Fairless says President Trump’s...
Do Foreign Governments Need American Tech?
France recently ordered government workers to stop using American videoconferencing tools like Teams or Zoom and instead use a program developed by th...
What’s News in Markets: Walmart Slumps, Omnicom Rallies, Moderna Comeback
Why did Walmart fall on strong earnings? And how are Omnicom’s big cost cuts boosting its stock? Plus, will a major FDA reversal change Moderna’s fort...
How Europe Is Investigating the Epstein Files
A.M. Edition for Feb. 20. Authorities from France, Norway, the U.K. and elsewhere across Europe are investigating evidence of potential crimes within...
Zuckerberg to Testify in First Major Social Media Addiction Case
A.M. Edition for Feb. 18. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand today in a bellwether California trial testing claims that social media ha...
Why Millions of People in Eastern Congo Face Starvation
P.M. Edition for Feb. 17. In the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 10 million people are facing hunger as the M23 rebel group is getti...
What’s Actually Happening in the U.S. Jobs Market?
The U.S. job market is a study in contradictions. While a new report shows January saw the highest level of layoffs since 2009—driven by corporate dow...
What’s News in Markets: AI Jitters, Robinhood’s Slide and the Rotation Trade
What do software companies, wealth-management firms and the trucking business all have in common? And why are blue-chip stocks like Walmart outperform...
The U.S. Military Buildup Near Iran Intensifies
A.M. Edition for Feb. 13. The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is being sent to the Middle East, as the Pentagon steps up plans for a potential att...
Trump Administration Ends Its Immigration Surge in Minnesota
P.M. Edition for Feb. 12. Border czar Tom Homan says “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota is ending. WSJ immigration policy reporter Michelle Hackman...
How Retailers Are Coping With Cautious Consumers
A.M. Edition for Feb. 12. The GOP-led House rejects President Trump's Canada tariffs, but backs him up on his voter-ID push. Plus, Elon Musk announces...
Surprisingly Strong Jobs Report Hints at an Improving Labor Market
P.M. Edition for Feb. 11. The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January, its strongest growth in over a year. The number surpassed economists’ expect...
Why Investors are Looking Beyond the U.S.
A.M. Edition for Feb. 11. The FAA is halting flights to and from El Paso, Texas for unspecified security reasons. Plus, House lawmakers issue a stingi...
Commerce Secretary Lutnick Says He Visited Epstein’s Island on a Family Trip
P.M. Edition for Feb. 10. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing calls to resign over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, which a recent batch...
Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding
A.M. Edition for Feb. 10. The White House is preparing to reverse a key finding linking greenhouse gasses to public health risks. Plus, President Trum...
A Chinese Glass Factory Opened in Ohio. Its Rivals Can’t Compete.
P.M. Edition for Feb. 9. When Chinese company Fuyao opened an automotive glass plant in Moraine, Ohio, its competition threatened about 250 jobs at a...
Heads Begin to Roll Amid Epstein Fallout
A.M. Edition for Feb. 9. The latest revelations from the Epstein files bring down the top aide to Britain’s prime minister. Will Keir Starmer be next?...
How AI Is Reshaping the Advertising Industry
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, the biggest day of the year for football… and also for the advertising industry. One of the things that’s different this year...
What’s News in Markets: Gartner Woes, Super Micro Surge, Coinbase Volatility
Why are Gartner investors so spooked by AI? And how is the AI infrastructure buildout supercharging Super Micro shares? Plus, what’s behind the sellof...
Dow Jones Industrials Cross 50000 for First Time
P.M. Edition for Feb. 6. Stocks bounced back today from a tech selloff. We hear from WSJ markets reporters David Uberti and Jack Pitcher about how tha...
Why MAGA Is Fuming Over Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show
A.M. Edition for Feb. 6. Amazon shares sink, putting the Nasdaq on track for its worst week since last April, as investors punish tech companies spend...
Crypto’s Long, Hard Fall This Winter
P.M. Edition for Feb. 5. Even as stocks have been on a tear in recent months, the price of bitcoin has fallen, today closing below $64,000, its lowest...
The Final U.S.-Russia Nuclear Weapons Pact Expires
A.M. Edition for Feb. 5. The expiration of New START marks an end to the arms control that helped bring an end to the Cold War. WSJ national security...
Democrats Face GOP Resistance on Reining In ICE
P.M. Edition for Feb. 4. In Congress, Democrats are pushing for new limits on immigration-enforcement agents, but they’re running into resistance from...