1. Scientists have discovered what’s happening in your brain when you’re sleep deprived and experience a lapse in focus

2. ICE plans to spend 38.3 billion on new detention facilities to meet the agency’s growing demand for bedspace and to streamline the removal process for people living in the country illegally

3. The Justice Department is investigating whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting last month in Minneapolis, after federal prosecutors dropped criminal charges against two men accused of attacking them

4. Republican Sen. Rand Paul joined Democrats in grilling top DHS officials about the department’s handling of President Trump’s immigration agenda. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:

5. Five takeaways from The Wall Street Journal’s investigation into what’s going on inside Sec. Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security

6. Anthropic’s artificial-intelligence tool Claude was used in the U.S. military’s operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

7. As midterms approach, some rank-and-file House Republicans are starting to show independence from President Trump

8. A Pilot’s Parents Work to Clear His Name After the Deadliest Crash in Decades

9. Casey Wasserman is putting his eponymous talent and marketing agency up for sale, he said in a memo to staff Friday night

10. Trump Is Having to Work Harder Than Ever to Keep GOP In Line

11. Exclusive Casey Wasserman Putting His Talent Agency Up for Sale After Epstein Fallout

12. The Trump administration is considering an overhaul of steel and aluminum tariffs that is in part likely to reduce levies on many consumer goods

13. The car of the future is…a sedan?

14. The chief executives of the largest U.S. banks together raked in 258 million in compensation for 2025, a 21% rise from the year earlier

15. Top FDA Scientist Explains Why He Quit After Getting a Promotion From RFK Jr.

16. DP World Chairman and Chief Executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem resigned from the global ports operator after documents released by the Justice Department showed he had ties to Jeffrey Epstein

17. Cuba’s Food and Water Supplies Threatened Under U.S. Pressure, U.N. Says

18. Here’s What the Big Bank CEOs Got Paid in 2025

19. Exclusive Pentagon Used Anthropic’s Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid

20. Trump Greenlights More Oil-and-Gas Investments in Venezuela

21. ICE Plans 38 Billion Expansion of Immigration Detention Facilities

22. Federal Authorities Probe Whether ICE Officers Lied Under Oath About Shooting

23. ‘The Mighty Continent’ Review: The Story of Europe

24. Justice Department Sues Harvard Over Race Admissions Data

25. What Happens Inside Your Brain When You’re Sleep Deprived

26. ‘The Last Kings of Hollywood’ Review: The Unlikely Titans

27. ‘Neighbors’ Review: Proximity Breeds Contempt on HBO

28. The U.S. Has the Most Unstoppable Team at the Winter Olympics

29. Anthropic Adds New Board Member as It Eyes IPO

30. Anthropic Takes Big Step in AI Race to Reshape College Coding Courses

31. GOP Sen. Rand Paul Lends Credence to Democrats’ DHS Outrage

32. Japan Seizes Chinese Fishing Boat and Arrests Its Skipper

33. Pace of Annual Inflation Slowed to 2.4% in January

34. White House Pushes Shake-Up at HHS Ahead of Midterms

35. A Memory-Chip Shortage Is Squeezing Consumer Tech—and It’s Set to Get Worse

36. Starlink Shutdown Blunts Russia’s Newest Battlefield Advantage

37. Search for Nancy Guthrie Stretches On With Fizzled Leads and Few Answers

38. U.S. Is Sending Its Largest Warship to the Middle East

39. Dubai Businessman in Epstein Files Resigns From DP World

40. Detroit Automakers Take 50 Billion Hit as EV Bubble Bursts

41. The New VW Tiguan Turbo Is a Little Scary

42. Forget the ‘Sell America’ Trade. Here Comes ‘Hedge America.’

43. Kim’s Young Daughter Looks More Likely to Be North Korea’s Next Leader

44. ‘Red Dawn Over China’ Review: A Maoist Mythology

45. The Guthrie Kidnapping Has Families Rethinking Senior Safety and Independence

46. ‘Romance’ Review: Douglas Kirkland’s Loving Lens

47. A Laser Weapon Targeted Suspected Drones. It Hit Party Balloons Instead.

48. The Latest Kennedy Controversy Is a Show About JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette

49. In Miami Beach, an 85 Million Flood-Resistant Home Hits the Market

50. ‘Crime 101’ Review: Chris Hemsworth’s Highway Robbery

51. A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS

52. Goldman Sachs’s Top Lawyer to Step Down Following Latest Epstein Documents

53. From Julia Child to ‘Tin Fish Date Night’: How Cooking Became Entertainment

54. What Has Surprised Us Most About Retirement

55. Coinbase Swings to a Fourth-Quarter Loss Amid Crypto Meltdown

56. ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Family Guy’ Keep the Comedy Coming

57. How a Pencil-Purchasing U.S. Bureaucrat Ended Up Shaking Hands With Putin

58. How a Homeland Security Shutdown Would Affect ICE and TSA

59. Russia Is Blocking WhatsApp to Boost Its Own Messaging App

60. The Dragnet Era of Home Security Cameras

61. Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner

62. Americans With Higher Incomes Are Starting to Fall Behind on Payments

63. They Want to Turn Greenland Into an AI Powerhouse. Locals Aren’t Buying It.

64. FDA Approves Warning Removal for 6 Hormone-Replacement Therapies

65. Senate Democrats Block DHS Measure as Funding Deadline Approaches

66. Judge Blocks Pentagon’s Move to Censure Sen. Mark Kelly Over Video to Troops

67. Justice Department’s Antitrust Chief Leaves Post

68. U.S. Vacates a Key Military Base in Syria

69. Gabor Boritt, a Hungarian Refugee and Scholar of Lincoln, Dies at 86

70. Two U.S. Navy Ships Collide in Waters Near South America

71. U.S. Smuggled Thousands of Starlink Terminals Into Iran After Protest Crackdown

72. Homes Sales in January Posted Biggest Monthly Decline in Nearly Four Years

73. Did Controversial Judging Cost U.S. Figure Skaters a Gold Medal?

74. Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes

75. The Olympics Have Invaded Milan. Italians Would Rather Watch a 5-Hour Opera.

76. Trump Administration to End Immigration Crackdown in Minnesota

77. What Sweeping Revisions and a Blowout Month Tell Us About the U.S. Job Market

78. Exclusive A Nuclear-Power Startup Says It Can Rouse the Slow-Moving Industry

79. Snoop Dogg Has Conquered the Olympics Again

80. Big Tech Accounting Creates a Blind Spot in the AI Boom

81. Sanctions, Ship Seizures and Low Prices Squeeze Russia’s Oil Industry

82. Inside NFL Owner Steve Tisch’s ‘Brief Association’ With Epstein

83. Savior or ‘Supervillain’? A Trump Ally’s Gamble to Unlock Venezuela’s Oil

84. Novocure Gets FDA Approval for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment; Shares Soar

85. Ukrainian Athlete Banned From Olympics for Helmet Honoring War Dead

86. Healthcare Jobs Have Become the Engine of America’s Labor Market

87. Wall Street’s Top Brass Try to Soothe Investor Jitters About Software

88. Trump Lashes Out at GOP Governor, Ramping Up Criticism of Fellow Republicans

89. Bill Ackman Makes a Big Bet on Meta

90. Why the FDA Blocked Moderna’s New Flu Shot

91. The Secret Edge of the Office ‘Rock Star’ Skier

92. The Mega-Rich Are Turning Their Mansions Into Impenetrable Fortresses

93. House Passes GOP Measure Tightening Voter-ID Requirements

94. GOP-Led House Rejects Trump’s Tariffs on Canada

95. Waldorf Astoria’s Chinese Owners Plan to Sell NYC Hotel After Extravagant Makeover

96. Watch: Aboard a NATO Warship as It Practices Hunting Russian Subs

97. McDonald’s Says Its Value Campaign Is Paying Off

98. Bondi Defends Epstein Files Release in Combative Hearing

99. James Van Der Beek, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Star, Dies at 48

100. Violence Surges in Gaza Despite the Cease-Fire

101. Pentagon Prepares Second Aircraft Carrier to Deploy to the Middle East

102. Job Growth Last Year Was Far Worse Than We Thought. Here’s Why

103. Mamdani Expects Wall Street Taxes Will Ease NYC Budget Crisis by 5 Billion

104. ‘Carthage’ Review: The Perils of Expansion

105. LA28 Olympics Organizers to Discuss Wasserman’s Future After Epstein Fallout

106. Why the Traditional Wood-Burning Fireplace Is Facing Extinction

107. FAA Lifts Temporary Airspace Closure Over El Paso Hours After Halting Flights

108. U.S. Budget Hole Set to Deepen by Trillions

109. Investigators Search Home, Question Man in Connection With Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance

110. FAA Briefly Closed El Paso Airspace After Mexican Cartel Drone Breach

111. The Daring Tricks and Many, Many Crashes of America’s Snowboard Queen

112. American Airlines Is Struggling, and Its Crew Members Have Lost Patience

113. How Fake Invoices Duped BlackRock Unit Into a 400 Million Loan

114. Heineken to Cut Up to 6,000 Jobs Amid Weak Demand for Beer

115. House Rejects Speaker Johnson’s Effort to Block Tariff Votes

116. FAA Halts El Paso Flights for Unspecified Security Reasons

117. U.S. Adds 130,000 Jobs in January, Starting Year off on Stronger Footing

118. Inside a 5 Billion Fortune: One Family’s Ledger in the Epstein Files

119. Europe Needs to Learn Its Lesson: Stop Relying on Imported Energy

120. Hands-Free Driving Systems Confuse Drivers, but Carmakers Push for More

121. How to Make a Movie That’s Actually Romantic

122. Super Bowl LX Draws 124.9 Million Viewers

123. Big Tech Companies Prepare to Skirt Trump’s 100,000 H-1B Fee

124. Grand Jury Declines to Indict Democrats Who Told Troops to Disobey Illegal Orders

125. OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination

126. Behind Trump’s Push to Remake the Kennedy Center in His Own Image

127. Person Detained for Questioning in Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance

128. The State That Churns Out Beer, Cheese—and the Fastest Speedskater Alive

129. Will Streaming Kill the Protest Song?

130. The U.S. Is Awash in Natural Gas, but American Factories Still Can’t Get Enough

131. Japan Election Shows Beijing’s Pressure Tactics Can Backfire

132. Activist Investor Pushes Warner to Walk Away From Netflix Deal

133. Bitcoin-Backed Bond Sale Hit by Crypto Turbulence

134. ‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer Made Key Referral in Fulton County Probe

135. FDA Refuses to Consider Approving Use of Moderna’s New Flu Vaccine

136. What Is the Gordie Howe Bridge? And Why Is Trump Threatening to Keep It Shut?

137. Ford Discloses Additional 900 Million Tariff Hit

138. Vance Acknowledges Armenian Genocide, Then Deletes Post, Igniting Outrage

139. U.S. Weighs Seizing Tankers Carrying Iranian Oil to Pressure Tehran

140. Exclusive U.S. to Send 200 Troops to Help Nigeria Fight Islamist Insurgents

141. Pride Flag Removed From Stonewall After New Federal Guidance

142. Life in Cuba Is Grinding to a Halt Under U.S. Oil Blockade

143. Netanyahu Flies to D.C. to Keep Israel From Being Outflanked on Iran

144. ‘Mammal Origins’ Review: Our Ancient Predecessors on PBS

145. Carney Looks to Resolve Trump’s Demands Over New Detroit-Canada Bridge

146. Pentagon Warns Major Defense Contractors It Is Reviewing Their Performance

147. The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores

148. ‘On Morrison’ and ‘Language as Liberation’: Toni Morrison’s Complex Craft

149. Target to Lay off 500 Workers as New CEO Shakes Up Leadership Team

150. Susan Collins Announces Run for Re-Election After Clashing With Trump

151. Lutnick Says He Visited Epstein’s Private Island With His Wife and Children

152. It’s Worth No Points, It’s Completely Insane—and the Olympics Are Flipping Out

153. Red Lobster CEO Says Seafood Chain Needs to Get Smaller

154. CVS Profit, Revenue Climb as Turmoil Continues in Health-Insurance Sector

155. He’s the Michael Phelps of Winter. His Secret Weapon Is Summer in America.

156. U.S. Frackers Explore New Frontier: Shale Abroad

157. A Stanford Experiment to Pair 5,000 Singles Has Taken Over Campus

158. It’s Completely Insane, Worth No Points and Has the Olympics Flipping Out

159. Blackstone Founder Steve Schwarzman Aims to Build a Top 10 Private Foundation

160. Inside OpenAI’s Decision to Kill the AI Model That People Loved Too Much

161. Asking 33 Million: A Private Home on a Remote Resort in Utah

162. Chappell Roan Leaves Wasserman Agency in Epstein Fallout

163. Israel Assumes Broad New Powers in the West Bank

164. Wall Street’s Hunt for Cheaper Stocks Goes Global

165. ‘An Hour of Desperation’: Savannah Guthrie Begs for Help Finding Her Mother

166. Why Doctors Can’t Agree on How to Diagnose Alzheimer’s

167. He Vowed to Revive RadioShack and Pier 1. Investors Say They Were Swindled.

168. The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going to Capital, Not Labor

169. The Olympics Have Just Begun. Olympic Medals Are Already Falling Apart.

170. Watch: How U.S. Special Forces Are Training in an Arctic Warfare Bootcamp

171. Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback

172. Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk

173. Lindsey Vonn Reveals She Suffered a Fractured Shin Bone in Olympic Crash

174. Exclusive Mark Zuckerberg Is the Latest California Billionaire to Buy a Florida Home

175. AI Fumbles Its Big Super Bowl Investment as Viewers Opt for Laughter and Tears

176. Why AI Chatbots Can’t Be Trusted for Financial Advice: They’re Sociopaths

177. Exclusive Proposed Ban on Investors in the Housing Market Hits a Wall in Congress

178. Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai Given 20-Year Sentence, Adding Friction to U.S.-China Ties

179. Stocks’ Sharp Rebound Is Only Making Investors More Nervous

180. Thousands of NYC Nurses Reach Deal to End Strike

181. Ghislaine Maxwell Takes the Fifth in Congressional Hearing

182. The Chinese Factory That Opened in the U.S. and Clobbered Its Rivals

183. U.K.’s Starmer Is in Danger of Becoming First Leader to Fall in Epstein Scandal

184. This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals

185. U.S. Seizes Tanker in Indian Ocean After Weekslong Chase From Caribbean

186. The Biggest (Nonsports) Moments From Super Bowl Sunday

187. Why Inflation May Be About to Come in Hot

188. Deadly Insurgency Threatens a U.S. Plan to Invest in Pakistan’s Mineral Riches

189. Sam Darnold’s Quiet Super Bowl Revenge

190. Ukraine Seeks a War Plan Beyond Killing as Many Russian Soldiers as Possible

191. Job Hunters Are So Desperate That They’re Paying to Get Recruited

192. Immigration Raids in South Texas Are Starting to Hit the Economy

193. Bad Bunny Uses Joy to Put Out Political Firestorm at Super Bowl Halftime

194. The Seahawks Win the Super Bowl With a Defensive Showing for the Ages

195. Why a 175-Year-Old Glassmaker Is Suddenly an AI Superstar

196. Team USA Needed an Immortal Skate—and Called on the ‘Quad God’

197. The New Ways High Schools Are Teaching Teens About Money

198. The Nine Days—and 13 Seconds—That Sent Lindsey Vonn’s Olympics Up in Snow

199. Sorry, Professor—the Olympics Ate My Homework

200. U.K. Prime Minister Starmer’s Top Aide Resigns Amid Epstein Fallout

201. Big Tech’s AI Push Is Costing a Lot More Than the Moon Landing

202. The Crazy Jumps That Make This American the World’s Best Figure Skater

203. Epstein Island Emails Reignite Feud Between Elon Musk and Reid Hoffman

204. Trump Attacks U.S. Olympic Skier as Politics Ripples Through Winter Games

205. Who Exactly Is Superman? The Quest to Give the Man of Steel an Edge

206. Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Foreign Call About Person Close to Trump

207. One Man’s Lonely Quest to Rally Support for Billionaires in San Francisco

208. This Is Why It’s So Hard to Find a Job Right Now

209. A Year Into Trump’s Term, Americans Rate the Economy

210. Elderly Lawmakers Won’t Step Aside, Prompting New Debate Over Age Limits

211. The Mountain Drama That Ended With Team USA’s First Gold of the Winter Olympics

212. Lindsey Vonn Crashes Out of Olympic Downhill

213. These White-Collar Workers Actually Made the Switch to a Trade

214. One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto.

215. Guns, Motorbikes, Assassins on Skis and the Wildest Race on the Olympic Slopes

216. The Dow, the Uncool Index, Has Its Moment in the Sun

217. How a 30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States

218. There’s No Time Like Winter for Major Plastic Surgery

219. White House Debuts Drug-Buying Site TrumpRx, With Roughly 40 Medications

220. The Next Super Bowl Is on Valentine’s Day. I Love You—and I’m Sorry.

221. Young Voters Can’t Get Enough of Japan’s Conservative Prime Minister

222. Squeezed by U.S. and China, the World’s Middle Powers Are Teaming Up

223. China Is Going All-In to Beat the U.S. on Humanoid Robots

224. For Some at Elite Colleges, ‘Extra Time’ Means Gaming the System

225. These Presidents Found Out How Trying to Control the Fed Chair Can Backfire

226. I Rode Amtrak’s New Mardi Gras Service From New Orleans to Alabama

227. Exclusive Hobbit-Inspired Startup Becomes First New Bank Greenlighted by Trump 2.0

228. Essay Truth, Consequences and the Limits of Epstein’s Web

229. Trump’s Midterm Redistricting Master Plan Is Falling Short

230. Trump Administration to Curtail Immigrant Appeals of Deportation Decisions

231. How an Arctic Resort Builds a Hotel From 30,000 Tons of Ice and Snow

232. When the FBI Arrested Epstein, He Called Kathryn Ruemmler

233. Epstein Fallout Ripples Through Norway’s Elite

234. Team USA, Vance Booed in Frosty Reception at Italy’s Winter Olympics

235. Russia Is Still Banned From the Olympics—and There Are Russians Everywhere

236. The High-Powered White House Couples Having Four Children

237. ‘Taxi Driver,’ Martin Scorsese’s New York Nocturne, Turns 50

238. Team USA Booed in Frosty Reception at Italy’s Winter Olympics

239. How Epstein Inserted Himself in a Split Between Bill Gates and a Top Gates Adviser

240. U.S. Ties With Key NATO Ally Fray Over Trump’s Quest for Nobel Peace Prize

241. The U.S. Has Powerful Options to Squeeze Concessions From a Weak Cuba

242. A Country That Has Never Won a Medal Is Out to Conquer the Olympics—in Cashmere

243. Exclusive Justice Department Casts Wide Net on Netflix’s Business Practices in Merger Probe

244. Stock Market Today: Dow Hits 50,000 For First Time — Live Updates

245. Dow Jones Industrial Average Hits 50000 for First Time

246. Looming Epstein Deposition Plunges Clintons Into Yet Another Scandal

247. The ‘Godzilla’ of Ford Pickups, as Thirsty as Ever

248. Uber Ordered to Pay 8.5 Million in Passenger Sexual Assault Case

249. The Lawyer Who Could Fix Anything—Except His Epstein Problem

250. Women Are Buying Big, Bold Costume Jewelry: ‘It’s Less Pretentious’

251. Iran Refuses to End Nuclear Enrichment in Talks With U.S.

252. Trump’s Tax Law Sharply Cuts Amazon’s Corporate Tax Bill

253. Trump Posts Video Online Depicting Obamas as Apes

254. The List of Epstein-Linked People Losing Jobs Grows and Grows

255. Toyota Replaces CEO After 9 Billion Hit From Trump’s Tariffs

256. Amazon Shares Sink as Company Boosts AI Spending by Nearly 60%

257. Trump Calls for New Nuclear Pact With Russia as Previous Treaty Ends

258. They Came for Its Riches, but Big Business Is Souring on South Africa

259. Private Markets’ AI Panic: When ‘Recurring Revenue’ Isn’t

260. Takaichi’s Long Trip From Heavy-Metal Drummer to Japan’s Political Heavyweight

261. Dr. Oz Is Fighting an Uphill Battle to Sell Congress on Trump’s Healthcare Plan

262. Justice Department Struggles Under Weight of Immigration Crackdown

263. ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Sues Rapper RZA Over Unique Wu-Tang Album

264. IRS Nixes Tax Edge for College-Sports Booster Groups Paying Athletes

265. Nvidia Claims a $1 Trillion Market Cap

266. Putin Says Russia Loses Tanks as Ukraine Steps Up Offensive

267. Welcome to White Castle. Would You Like Human Interaction With That?

268. France Accuses Russia of Spoofing Foreign Ministry Website in ‘Typosquatting’ Campaign

269. Donald Trump Surrenders to Federal Authorities in Documents Case

270. Chinese Businesses Look to New Frontiers in Middle East

271. Tesla Doesn’t See Higher-Volume Production for Electric Semi Truck Until Late 2024

272. ‘Just the Beginning’: Hardened Ukrainian Units Go on Attack in Country’s East

273. Sam Bankman-Fried Takes Fight Over Federal Fraud Case to Bahamas

274. WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Warned Ukraine Not to Attack Nord Stream

275. ‘Mom, I’m Home’: Ukraine and Russia Exchange Nearly 200 POWs

276. Opinion | Canadian Wildfires Came From Rotten Luck, Not Climate Change

277. The Denver Nuggets Win. Welcome to the Summer of Nikola Jokic.

278. Inflation Has Likely Been Cut in Half but Is Still Too High

279. Nine Shot in Downtown Denver After Nuggets Win NBA Finals

280. WSJ News Exclusive | BP Refinery Suffered Cascade of Malfunctions Before Fatal Explosion, Agency Says

281. The Beatles Come Together for ‘Last Record’ Using AI, Paul McCartney Says

282. Goldman Sachs Is at War With Itself

283. WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Set to Approve Depleted-Uranium Tank Rounds for Ukraine

284. From Mine to Battery: Indonesian Nickel Drives the World’s EV Market

285. Twenty-Two U.S. Troops Injured in Syria Helicopter Incident

286. Renters Are About to Get the Upper Hand

287. Colombian Children Survived on Fruit, Nuts and Wits After Crash in Amazon Jungle

288. First It Was Quiet Quitting, Now Workers Are Facing Off With Their Bosses

289. One Draft Pick and Years of Trust Made the Denver Nuggets NBA Champions

290. Opinion | That’s Smoke, Not Climate Change

291. Kim Jong Un Says He Is ‘Holding Hands’ With Vladimir Putin

292. Pat Sajak to Retire as ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Host Next Year

293. What if the Most Powerful Way to Live Longer Is Just Exercise?

294. Congress Steps Up Pressure on Russia Over Jailing of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan

295. How Noise-Canceling Headphones Remove Background Sound

296. Trump Needs White Suburban Women. His Indictment Splits Them.

297. WSJ News Exclusive | Walt Disney’s Former L.A. Home Is Now Renting for $40,000 a Month

298. Reddit Communities Go Dark in Protest Against CEO and Developer Fees

299. Opinion | A Strong Trump Indictment—but Is It Strong Enough?

300. WSJ News Exclusive | Breakup of Google Ad-Tech Business Now on Table in Europe, Too