The Latest Breaking News from the Wall Street Journal

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are ‘best friends,’ and now Amazon plans to buy ads on X

Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos has bolstered its advertising on X, a year after the platform saw an exodus.

Fortune · Feb 1, 2025

Paramount may reportedly settle Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against CBS so his administration doesn't try to block its planned merger with Skydance

President Trump is suing companies and they’re settling. Paramount could be next.

Fortune · Jan 31, 2025

Trump’s demands to drop DEI leads to deletion of unrelated federal pages

IRS handbook containing mentions of taxpayers’ ‘inequity’ and ‘inclusion’ have been wiped, WSJ reports

The Guardian - US · Jan 31, 2025

Why food prices are rising again

The recent price hikes can’t be attributed to just “one factor,” The Wall Street Journal first reported

Salon · Jan 24, 2025

Wealthy Trump appointees are flocking to Washington, D.C., and looking for luxury homes

President Donald Trump’s rich Cabinet picks are either buying or looking for lavish houses in the capital, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Fortune · Jan 24, 2025

Getting out of DOGE? Government efficiency agency sees another top leader bolt as lawyer follows Ramaswamy’s exit

Bill McGinley, who was appointed as DOGE’s legal counsel by the president in December announced his decision on Thursday

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025

Trump Gives DEA, ATF, USMS, Deportation Power To Aid With Crackdown

Administration officials are planning for the Justice Department to cooperate with the promised mass deportation campaign

Latin Times · Jan 23, 2025

DEA agents now have the power to make arrests for deportations – as Trump spreads federal authority to push his plans

The FBI already has immigration-enforcement powers via Title 8 authority, but the agency typically focuses on criminal investigations

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

Stocks Set to Open Higher as Bond Yields Fall After Trump’s Inauguration, U.S. Economic Data and Earnings in Focus

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.50%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.55% this morning as Treasury yields fell after cash trading resumed following the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, with investors digesting President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and awaiting…

Barchart · Jan 21, 2025

Shoppers To New CEO: Bring Back The Old Kohl's

Kohl's customers are urging new CEO Ashley Buchanan to reverse changes made under prior leadership that alienated older, loyal shoppers.

International Business Times · Jan 20, 2025