so far tonight bad bunny has sung more reggaeton songs than the patriots and seahawks combined

chart: capital expenditures, quarterly shows hockey-stick like growth in the capex expenditures of Amazon, Microsoft, Google and meta, almost entirely on data centers in the most recent quarter it was nearly $100 billion, collectively

The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/

The 'magnificent 7' spent more than $100 billion on data centers and the like in the past three months *alone*

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How the Epstein Scandal Fractured Trump’s Relationship With MAGA A Wall Street Journal analysis of thousands of podcast transcripts shows the conservative conversation on Epstein has swelled in recent weeks.

Epstein was discussed by prominent right-wing podcasters in more than 3,000 episodes across nearly 125 podcasts this year, a @wsj.com analysis found. Those conversations grew more than eightfold in the last 3 weeks despite Trump’s admonishment that MAGA drop the issue.
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How the Epstein Scandal Fractured Trump’s Relationship With MAGA A Wall Street Journal analysis of thousands of podcast transcripts shows the conservative conversation on Epstein has swelled in recent weeks.

NEW: We analyzed thousands of podcasts and found how MAGA is fracturing with President Trump over Epstein: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

How did American media and Republican politicians lose their spines? Amid capitulation and cowardice, the Wall Street Journal showed something rare: Courage under pressure.

‘These days… it’s one example after another of cowardice.’

But @wsj.com’s courage under pressure offers a ray of hope.

Via @sulliview.bsky.social

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Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

Proud to work with @khadeejasafdar.bsky.social and Joe Palazzolo, proud to work for a news organization willing to publish a story under the most intense pressure possible, and proud to live in a nation with a constitution that guarantees freedom of the press. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

Major story from @khadeejasafdar.bsky.social &
Joe Palazzolo

Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

A development battle in Tennessee is splitting a deep-red county over what it means to be conservative. 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/44QZScw

Trump Considering Firing Powell Soon, Says Administration Official The president indicated to Republican lawmakers that he is likely to attempt to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from his job soon.

President Trump indicated he is likely to attempt to fire Jerome Powell as Fed chair soon https://on.wsj.com/46NjWPz

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Serendipitous wires pairing just came across: Deportation flights in Gary, Ind., and Trump on his way to Bedminster resort.

(Dylan Martinez/Reuters; Cliff Owen/AP)

A Patriotic Celebration Lays Bare the Fragile Nature of American Unity President Trump’s military parade drew a subdued crowd to Washington while hundreds of thousands protested nationwide.

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Scenes from a very surreal day yesterday -- photos by Allison Robbert, Sophie Park and Michelle Gustafson for @wsj.com.

Newsom Leans Into L.A. Unrest to Position Himself as Leader of Opposition The governor’s presidential prospects hang in the balance as he defends Los Angeles from ‘authoritarian overreach.’

I commissioned Maggie Shannon to photograph California Governor Gavin Newsom for @wsj.com

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I can't predict the future but close to 100% of Elon's past interactions with other human beings lead me to suspect this will continue to escalate

Exclusive | Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: The Chaos Inside Hegseth’s Pentagon Defense secretary has chastised top military officers and staffers as he seeks to quiet a storm he helped create

New: The leak of Musk's China briefing deeply rattled Hegseth, triggering a cascade of accusations.

“I’ll hook you up to a fucking polygraph!” he shouted at Adm. Christopher Grady.

The overlapping crises left Hegseth paranoid & isolated, officials say www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

ah, I see

The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over mone...

Astounding photos by Sarah Blesener for this story: www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

Trump Floods Supreme Court With Appeals to Push Through Agenda The administration is quick with emergency requests to the justices, counting on the high court’s conservative supermajority to reverse lower-court losses.

A flood of cases from the Trump administration, largely hinging on disputed notions of executive power, is putting the Supreme Court on the spot

How Nintendo Is Navigating Tariff Chaos with Secret Shipments and New Factories Preorders for its much-anticipated Switch 2 will happen soon, but later than originally promised

Nintendo's ability to deliver the much-anticipated Switch 2 to fans on time and on budget is a measure of how prepared it was for a trade war.

WSJ's Christopher Mims breaks down how the videogame maker is navigating President Trump's tariff chaos:

Exclusive | In Secret Meeting, China Acknowledged Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks A senior Chinese official linked intrusions to escalating U.S. support for Taiwan.

Scoop: In a secret summit in Geneva last December, Chinese officials tacitly acknowledged being responsible for the Volt Typhoon intrusions on U.S. critical infrastructure systems and linked the attacks to U.S. support for Taiwan.

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Trump’s Trade Math Ignores a Major Export: American Services Trade wars are heightening overseas risk for U.S. companies. “When you generate bad will, it’s harder to sell stuff.”

President Trump is wielding tariffs to try to close the massive U.S. trade deficit in goods, which he sees as a sign of economic weakness. But what about services?

Formula One’s TV Rights Are Up for Grabs, but Media Companies Aren’t Racing to Bid Liberty Media’s F1 is seeking $150 million to $180 million a year for the fast-growing sport.

Some of you know I'm an F1 fan. Was super excited when Isabella Simonetti pitched a story on their U.S. media rights. And boy, did she deliver. www.wsj.com/business/med...

one of the reasons I appreciate working at the WSJ is that my colleagues never hesitate to ask the hard questions

Inside the Law Firm That Decided to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attack The firm’s biggest clients—including Amazon and Boeing—are staying despite an executive order that targeted the firm, which has Democratic ties.

We need to be aware of the companies—like Costco in retail, Chase in banking and Perkins Coie in law—that are fighting back or ignoring the bullying executive orders coming from 47.

As an aside, the WSJ political reporting has been much clearer than either NYT or WaPo, as this headline suggests.

Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs The threat came in a call earlier this month, leaving CEOs worried they would face punishment if prices go up.

Trump recently told automakers tariffs would be "great" — and then threatened any who would dare raise prices.

“The math would tell you, that’s going to cost us multibillions of dollars,” one auto executive said. “So who pays for that?”

Elise Stefanik Withdrawn as Trump’s U.N. Nominee The New York lawmaker has been close ally of Trump in Congress.

The White House is pulling the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, President Trump said, in a remarkable acknowledgment that Republicans can’t afford to lose her vote in Congress

Exclusive | Israel Supplied Intelligence in Airstrike Discussed in Signal Chat, Officials say A Houthi missile expert was tracked with the help of an Israeli human source in Yemen.

Exclusive: Israel provided intelligence on a key Houthi military operative targeted in the attack discussed in the group chat with Trump officials

Trump-Loving Towns Find ‘Gulf of America’ Name More Divisive Than Expected Town councils and businesses along the gulf are conflicted over whether and how to ditch “Mexico” in its name.

I sent photojournalist Micah Green to photograph along the Gulf of ????? to illustrate the fight among local GOP officials around the Gulf's naming rights: www.wsj.com/us-news/clim...

As the saying goes, the stock market isn't the economy

But this is still a striking chart, especially considering that this is purely self-inflicted