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U.S. semiconductor companies Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices will contend with new export restrictions on specialized chips for China and other nations. WSJ reporter Asa Fitch explains how that will hit the companies' future earnings. Then, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tried many avenues to prevent the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case from going to trial. WSJ reporter Rebecca Ballhaus has an exclusive look at some of those efforts. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tonight on The Last Word: A federal judge halts the Trump-Musk mass federal firings. Also, The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump family held talks to buy a stake in Binance following the crypto exchange's guilty plea. Plus, Vladimir Putin casts doubt on the ceasefire deal with Ukraine. And Democrats win big in an important special election in Minnesota. Sen. Tina Smith, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rebecca Ballhaus, Ben Rhodes, and Minnesota State House Rep.-elect David Gottfried join Jonathan Capehart.
President Trump said this week that U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will go forward when a month-long suspension expires next week. Peter Navarro, Trump's senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, joins us to discuss Trump's trade agenda. Then, U.S. allies have been expressing frustration with some of President Trump's foreign policy moves: falsely blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion and calling for U.S. control of the Panama Canal, Greenland and the Gaza Strip. Victoria Coates, former deputy national security adviser to Trump in his first term, talks about the world order in Trump's second administration. And, the Trump family has reportedly made nearly $80 million since the election, and that's not counting the crypto assets they've been pushing. Wall Street Journal reporter Rebecca Ballhaus joins us to discuss the Trump family's growing fortunesLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Rebecca Ballhaus, Investigative Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins Michael with her exclusive bombshell piece "How the Trumps Turned an Election Victory Into a Cash Bonanza." Listen to the conversation and learn about the First lady's documentary deal with Amazon, the President's legal settlements, and other transactions. Original air date 19 February 2025.
In 2021, President Donald Trump sued Meta after his accounts were suspended in the wake of the January 6 riot. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus explains why Mark Zuckerberg agreed to settle for $25 million yesterday. Further Reading: - Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle 2021 Trump Lawsuit - Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch - ABC News to Pay $15 Million to Settle Donald Trump Defamation Lawsuit Further Listening: - Corporate America's Embrace of Trump 2.0 - The End of Facebook's Content Moderation Era Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:05pm- In an interview with Fox News, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he will work with Trump Administration border czar Tom Homan to deport dangerous migrants who have entered the country unlawfully. He also revealed that once he started to publicly criticizing the Biden Administration's border policy, the Biden team stopped taking his calls. 5:20pm- How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge. Annie Linksey, Rebecca Ballhaus, Emily Glazer, and Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal report on President Joe Biden's physical and mental decline: “If the president was having an off day, meetings could be scrapped altogether. On one such occasion, in the spring of 2021, a national security official explained to another aide why a meeting needed to be rescheduled. ‘He has good days and bad days, and today was a bad day so we're going to address this tomorrow,' the former aide recalled the official saying.” You can read the full report here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/biden-white-house-age-function-diminished-3906a839?mod=hp_lead_pos7 5:40pm- Meet San Francisco's new “weight stigma” czar! She hates men and REALLY hates when people at work serve small portions of cake.
Michael welcomes Annie Linskey, White House Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, to talk about the big front-page story that she wrote along with Rebecca Ballhaus, Emily Glazer, Siobhan Hughes, "How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge." Linskey writes, "Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. The administration denied Biden has declined." Listen here for the full story, and listener reaction. Original air date 20 December 2024.
P.M. Edition for Dec. 19. Aides and advisers stepped in to keep President Biden's agenda on track despite the limitations of the oldest president in U.S. history. WSJ investigations reporter Rebecca Ballhaus tells us how this affected his presidency. And President-elect Donald Trump endorses a new deal that House Republicans have put together in an effort to avoid a government shutdown this weekend. Plus, sales of previously owned homes in the U.S. are on track to hit the lowest level this year since 1995, even as November saw sales numbers tick up. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Across the country, elections officials are bracing for a potentially contentious election day. At the same time, a network of conservative election integrity groups are preparing to challenge the result. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus reports on the billionaire-funded effort to contest the election, and WSJ's Jim Carlton reports how Maricopa County, Arizona is preparing for the worst. Further Reading: -The Secretive Billionaire Network Funding ‘Stop the Steal' 2.0 -‘It Feels Very Dystopian.' Republican County Officials Brace for Election Deniers—Again Further Listening: -Red, White and Who? The Desperation Stage -Uncovering Elon Musk's Secret Political Donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The much-anticipated presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted their policy differences not just on abortion, but also on other health issues, including the future of the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the Biden administration issued rules seeking to enforce the long-standing requirement that insurers cover mental health and substance use services to the same extent that they cover other medical care. Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, and Riley Ray Griffin of Bloomberg News join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too. Julie Rovner: The Wall Street Journal's “A Nurse Practitioner's $25,000 in Student-Debt Relief Turned Into a $217,500 Bill From the Government,” by Rebecca Ballhaus. Lauren Weber: Stat's “Youth Vaping Continues Its Tumble From a Juul-Fueled High,” by Lizzy Lawrence. Riley Ray Griffin: Bloomberg News' “Lilly Bulks Up Irish Operations in Obesity Drug Production Push,” by Madison Muller. Rachel Cohrs Zhang: ProPublica's “‘I Don't Want To Die': Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer's Ghost Network,” by Max Blau. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
P.M. Edition for July 11. An opaque picture of President Biden's health has emerged since his disastrous debate performance last month. The Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Ballhaus reports on the shifting accounts about Biden's medical care and the president's own refusal to undergo more testing. And U.S. inflation eased substantially in June, clearing a path for the Fed to cut rates by the end of the summer. Plus, everyday investors are pouring billions into low-rated corporate loans. Markets reporter Vicky Huang says there are risks involved. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More than 100 million American households have money in bank accounts protected by the FDIC. The agency's chairman, Martin Gruenberg, is facing calls to resign after a recent audit and major news investigation found serious problems with the FDIC's workplace culture. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Rebecca Ballhaus, an investigative reporter who broke this story for The Wall Street Journal. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
More than 100 million American households have money in bank accounts protected by the FDIC. The agency's chairman, Martin Gruenberg, is facing calls to resign after a recent audit and major news investigation found serious problems with the FDIC's workplace culture. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Rebecca Ballhaus, an investigative reporter who broke this story for The Wall Street Journal. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
A Journal investigation reveals a years-long culture of sexual harassment and intimidation at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a government agency that regulates banks. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus on the allegations and how some of the problems went all the way to the top. Further Reading: - Strip Clubs, Lewd Photos and a Boozy Hotel: The Toxic Atmosphere at Bank Regulator FDIC - FDIC Chair, Known for Temper, Ignored Bad Behavior in Workplace Further Listening: - Can the Government Contain a Banking Crisis? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
P.M. Edition for Nov. 16. The chair of the FDIC, one of the nation's top banking regulators, allegedly turned a blind eye to misconduct at the agency. This week, a WSJ investigation revealed a longtime toxic culture at the FDIC. Investigative reporter Rebecca Ballhaus has more. Plus, more student borrowers are filing for bankruptcy to get rid of their debt. National economics reporter Gabriel T. Rubin explains. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
P.M. Edition for Nov. 13. Corrie Driebusch explains why the reopening of the IPO market is, once again, delayed. And employees at one of the nation's top banking regulators, the FDIC, say sexual harassment and misogyny pervade the agency. Investigative reporter Rebecca Ballhaus has the story. Plus, the U.S. and Israel warn about the prospects of a wider war in the Middle East. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're off today, but we still have an episode for you! Hidden records show that thousands of senior executive branch employees owned stocks in companies whose fates were affected by their employers' actions. WSJ's Brody Mullins and Rebecca Ballhaus take us inside the nearly year-long Wall Street Journal investigation. This episode originally aired in October 2022. Further Reading: -Government Officials Invest in Companies Their Agencies Oversee -131 Federal Judges Broke the Law by Hearing Cases Where They Had a Financial Interest -Congressional Staffers Gain From Trading in Stocks Further Listening: -The Federal Law that 138 Judges have broken Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A.M. Edition for March 31. Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury for his role in paying hush-money to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. Trump has denied any wrongdoing. Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Rebecca Ballhaus tells us what to expect in this unprecedented case. Plus, U.S. officials say the release of Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich could be difficult to secure as he heads toward a trial in a court under the control of Russia's security service, the FSB. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Breaking News March 30. A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. In a statement, Trump called the indictment “political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history.” WSJ reporter Rebecca Ballhaus joins WSJ What's News host Annmarie Fertoli to discuss what we know so far. You can follow the Live Coverage on WSJ.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As Trump awaits a subpoena from the Jan. 6th committee, a judge accuses him of signing legal documents describing election fraud claims he knew were false. Meantime, Putin declares martial law in four illegally annexed Ukrainian regions. Plus, a Wall Street Journal investigation uncovered that federal officials working on pandemic response made well-timed stock trades. Peter Baker, Joyce Vance, Michael McFaul, Matthew Dowd, Jason Johnson, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Jon Meacham join.
P.M. Edition for Oct. 19. A Wall Street Journal investigation found that as the coronavirus pandemic hit, and through the course of the government's response, Washington officials traded stocks at key moments, including in January 2020 when mobilization began, and as the market-rescue plan was taking shape in March. Investigative reporter Rebecca Ballhaus joins host Annmarie Fertoli to talk about the investigation, and the key takeaways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Wall Street Journal investigation found that as the coronavirus pandemic hit, and through the course of the government's response, Washington officials traded stocks at key moments, including in January 2020 when mobilization began, and as the market-rescue plan was taking shape in March. Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Rebecca Ballhaus joins WSJ What's News host Annmarie Fertoli to talk about the investigation, and the key takeaways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hidden records show that thousands of senior executive branch employees owned stocks in companies whose fates were affected by their employers' actions. WSJ's Brody Mullins and Rebecca Ballhaus take us inside the nearly year-long Wall Street Journal investigation. Further Reading: - Government Officials Invest in Companies Their Agencies Oversee - 131 Federal Judges Broke the Law by Hearing Cases Where They Had a Financial Interest - Congressional Staffers Gain From Trading in Stocks Further Listening: - The Federal Law that 138 Judges have broken Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A.M. Edition for Oct. 12. A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed that thousands of senior U.S. executive branch employees owned shares of companies whose fates were directly affected by their employers' actions. WSJ investigative reporter Rebecca Ballhaus shares the takeaways from the investigation and the questions raised by those revelations. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 30Student debt is so prevalent in America today and it is a terrible burden. My episode today strays from the norm as my guest is not a nurse, but a writer for the Wall Street Journal. Rebecca Ballhaus goes into great detail about an article she and her co-author, Rebecca Smith, wrote for the Wall Street Journal about a federal program to help ease the burden of student debt for healthcare professionals. Tune in and learn from Rebecca what this program is called, how it strives to help healthcare professionals, and how it is financially ruining others. Though the full article highlights professionals of various backgrounds, Rebecca and I focus only on the nurses. Check out the links at the bottom if you want to read the full article. Links:https://www.wsj.com/articles/program-to-cut-healthcare-providers-student-debt-sticks-some-with-even-more-11644421910?page=1 Click here to find the article discussed in this episode.https://www.wsj.com/news/author/rebecca-ballhaus Click here to find more articles by Rebecca Ballhaushttps://nhsc.hrsa.gov/ Click here to learn more about the National Health Service Corps
A brazen kind of shoplifting is plaguing America's retail stores, where people fill up garbage bags with items and simply walk out the door. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus explains how organized crime rings orchestrate the shoplifting. And Ben Dugan, the head of CVS' investigative unit, describes what he does to fight crime at his stores.
(2:24) - Renaissance Technologies, which is the best-performing hedge fund ever, have agreed to make a tax payment north of $7 billion.(11:30) - Rebecca Ballhaus of The Wall Street Journal joined the show to discuss her story about organized theft in retail- What exactly is happening and how difficult is it for stores to combat this?(22:14) - The pace of auto sales has slowed significantly, with numerous dealerships having little to no inventory. How did we get here, and what are trends pointing to in the short-term?(34:24) - Paul LaMonica of CNNBusiness joined the show to discuss Chewy, specifically why the stock is falling despite strong earnings in the previous quarter.
The Oath Keepers, a right-wing militia group, had a large presence at the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Now, a WSJ investigation has revealed the group's funding sources and financial struggles. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus explains.
Podcast: The Journal. (LS 65 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: How Trump Tied His Businesses to His PresidencyPub date: 2021-01-19As the end of Donald Trump's presidency approached, the Trump Organization believed there was money to be made after Trump left the White House. WSJ's Brian Spegele and Rebecca Ballhaus explain how the assault on the U.S. Capitol could upend those plans.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
As the end of Donald Trump's presidency approached, the Trump Organization believed there was money to be made after Trump left the White House. WSJ's Brian Spegele and Rebecca Ballhaus explain how the assault on the U.S. Capitol could upend those plans.
P.M. Edition for Nov. 12. Joe Biden was declared president-elect over the weekend. But the Trump campaign is still pursuing legal challenges in key states to delay vote certification. Legal experts say the strategy is unlikely to work. Wall Street Journal White House reporter Rebecca Ballhaus discusses the efforts of the Trump campaign to challenge election results. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
P.M. Edition for Oct. 6. A day after returning from Walter Reed hospital, President Trump took to Twitter to attack his political rivals, call off talks for a new economic-relief package, and downplay the risk of the coronavirus. White House reporter Rebecca Ballhaus joins host Shelby Holliday to discuss the latest developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
President Trump has tested positive for Covid-19 and is displaying mild symptoms, according to the White House. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus takes us through Trump's packed schedule over the past few days and explains what his diagnosis may mean for his campaign.
P.M. Edition for May 28. President Trump aims to limit social-media companies' federal protections. WSJ reporter Rebecca Ballhaus discusses his executive order. Plus, the WSJ's Jon Kamp on how coronavirus antibody tests are leaving some patients with more questions than answers. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To reopen the economy safely, experts estimate the U.S. will need to administer millions of tests every month. WSJ's Christopher Weaver and Rebecca Ballhaus explain why we are so far from the number of tests needed.
Host Timothy Quinn, Jr., '05 interviews Rebecca Ballhaus, Class of 2009. She is currently a White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal. After studying political science at Brown University, where she graduated from in 2013, she started at the Journal's Washington DC Bureau where she has covered campaign finance, the Russia investigation, the federal investigation into Michael Cohen, and the Trump administration. In 2019, along with other members of the WSJ, Rebecca won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Trump's direction of payments from Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels. She has also appeared as a political analyst for NPR, MSNBC, and CNN.
President Trump has raised the possibility of relaxing social distancing guidelines faster than public health experts advise, saying it would help the economy. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus and Jon Hilsenrath explain the ongoing debate at the White House and how economists are evaluating the costs of combating the pandemic.
News out of President Trump's White House moves fast. And you probably have questions about what's been going on. Rebecca Ballhaus, of the Wall Street Journal, and Ken White, a former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, join The Takeaway to demystify some of the big words you hear in the news, from indictment to impeachment.
Jane Taylor is the Founder and President of Bot Shop LLC. Bot Shop is an innovative one-stop shop specializing in integrating Robotics and Energy Education into K-12 public schools, informal education, non-profits and outreach programs. As a full-service consulting firm, Bot Shop provides turnkey solutions for effectively engaging youth in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through making. BotShop supports robots in education from the classroom to competition. Jane Taylor began teaching middle school science in HISD in 2000 after graduating from Lamar University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and joining Teach for America-Houston. She used robotics as an instructional tool in her science class in 2001 after securing a community grant which purchased LEGO Mindstorms RCX robots and registration fees for First LEGO League. In response to the amazing reaction from students to this new technology, Jane created a course called Project Based: STEM in 2004 and established one of the first robotics elective courses in the Houston Independent School Districts. She went on to successfully design, develop, and implement grassroots robotics competitions, after school programs, and course curricula throughout Greater Houston. Jane currently chairs the SHEbot Initiative for Girls in STEM, is an advisor to the 4H SET AgriBotics Robotics Challenge, and has been recognized by Teach for America for her “Energy in Education” and numerous "National Teacher of the Year" awards. She earned her Bachelor's in Biology from Lamar University and studied educational robotics at the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy. In this episodes we discussed: how to talk to kids about STEM subjects to help them see their relevance. which toys and activities teach STEM skills and which are a waste of money. how parents can help foster a home environment that is conducive to STEM achievement. Resources Botshoprocks.com Arduino Leg WeDo 2.0 Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy Code.org Boss Women Pray by Kachelle Kelly NEWS ROUNDUP Republicans are bracing for a backlash from Democrats over Congress' repeal of the FCC Privacy Rules, which the President signed on Monday night. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has already been running attack ads against members who are up for re-electiom next year and who supported the repeal of the privacy rules. These members include Jeff Flake of Arizona and Dean Heller of Nevada. Daniel Strauss, Zack Kopplin, John Farrell, Jeff Greenfield, David Sliders, Alex Byers, Austin Wright, and Martin Matishak cover this in Politico. At least one state, however, is developing its own set of privacy rules. The state of Minnesota passed its own privacy bill last week. The FCC's net neutrality rules are expected to be on the chopping block next. -- Wikileaks has struck again, this time releasing details about the CIA's Marble Framework, which shows how the CIA obfuscates itself when it is surveilling targets. This leak is considered to be especially damaging because it demonstrates how the CIA is able to mask its identity and cover its tracks when it conducts online surveillance. Ellen Nakishima reports in The Washington Post. -- Federal Law enforcement officials now say terrorists have figured out how to hide bombs in laptops and other devices in a way that evades airport screeners. So authorities are now considering expanding the device ban the White House began implementing a couple of weeks ago. Evan Perez reports for CNN. -- The once-thriving White House Office of Science and Technology Policy--OSTP--which was active under the Obama administration and staffed with elite Silicon Valley insiders and technologists, is now a ghost town. Michael Shear and Cecilia Kang report for The New York Times that the office is down from 24 to just 1 staffer. -- In another blow to the affordable internet access program known as Lifeline, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said last week that he would allow states to decide which companies can participate to dole out discounts to help low-income people afford broadband. The decision came a few months after Pai announced he'd cut 9 companies from the program. Now, in a shift, he doesn't think the federal government should be involved in providing broadband to the poor at all via the Lifeline program. Ali Breland reports in the Hill. -- Finally, Rebecca Ballhaus at the Wall Street Journal reported that the White House has stopped keeping visitor logs. Under the Obama administration, the log was freely shared with the public online.
Leon Neyfakh talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Rebecca Ballhaus about the Trump campaign's money troubles. Trumpcast is brought to you by Framebridge, the easy way to custom frame all your photos and artwork. Go to Framebridge.com and use promo code TRUMPCAST to save an additional 15 percent off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leon Neyfakh talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Rebecca Ballhaus about the Trump campaign's money troubles. Trumpcast is brought to you by Framebridge, the easy way to custom frame all your photos and artwork. Go to Framebridge.com and use promo code TRUMPCAST to save an additional 15 percent off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices