06:20 At a moment when much of the tech industry would rather not talk politics, Google executive Jeff Dean has been a rare outspoken voice—even on issues that hit close to home (on.wsj.com)
03-29 Iran warns the U.S. after a unit of U.S. Marines arrives in the Middle East, and the stock market shows signs of resilience despite the war. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
03-29 The worst rout in Treasurys since April’s tariff chaos is exacerbating strain in financial markets, a stark demonstration of how war’s disruptions to oil flows are leaving investors with few places to shelter (on.wsj.com)
03-29 Society has always worried about protecting the young. But the latest ruling about Meta and YouTube overlooks the upsides of free speech, Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff write. (on.wsj.com)
03-29 For decades, the independent dealership was the untouchable gatekeeper of the American car-buying experience. Rivian just won the crack in the armor. (on.wsj.com)
03-29 People are using AI tools to do some of the boring domestic labor so they can have more fun, writes @juliejargon. One couples’ AI agents booked them a date-night trapeze class. (on.wsj.com)
03-29 Investigators searched the office of a FEMA contractor as they investigate a network of aides put in place by former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and adviser Corey Lewandowski, according to people familiar with the matter (on.wsj.com)
03-29 President Trump’s tax cuts are delivering bigger refunds and smaller tax bills to high-income, Democratic-leaning regions that didn’t vote for him (on.wsj.com)
03-29 Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are expected to take to the streets across the nation for a day of “No Kings” rallies Saturday in opposition to President Trump (on.wsj.com)
03-28 ICE said it plans to spend 38.3 billion on a new detention model that includes acquiring warehouses and converting them into detention centers, according to a government memo (on.wsj.com)
03-28 The annual Conservative Political Action Conference has laid bare a rift on the right. Some are asking: “What happened to America First?” (on.wsj.com)
03-28 Past personal slights and boardroom rivalries between the top leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic are now defining how the world encounters AI (on.wsj.com)
03-28 Bank of America agreed to pay 72.5 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the bank kept ties to people close to Jeffrey Epstein and failed to flag suspicious payments between the convicted sex offender and his associates and victims (on.wsj.com)
03-28 Musk’s five-step algorithm gets Tesla and SpaceX employees to achieve stretch goals and innovate, and it’s sure to come in handy in his push to build the world’s largest AI chip factory, says WSJ’s @timkhiggins (on.wsj.com)
03-28 California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning gubernatorial appointees from using nonpublic information to profit on prediction markets (on.wsj.com)