Plus, legislation to make a trove of Epstein files public has landed on Trump’s desk. And Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is in advanced talks to raise $15 billion. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
P.M. Edition for Nov. 18. A federal judge has dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Meta Platforms, which alleged that the company has a social-media monopoly. We hear from WSJ tech reporter Meghan Bobrowsky about what that means for Meta. Plus, President Trump said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ”knew nothing about” the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, rejecting a CIA assessment at the time. Plus, the House has passed a bill to release government files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Alex Ossola hosts.
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Plus: Nvidia and Microsoft will invest $15 billion in Anthropic. Google launches Gemini 3. And fears of an AI bubble hit the stock market. Julie Chang hosts.
Plus, a House vote on the Justice Department releasing its Epstein files is expected today. And President Trump says that the U.S. would sell F-35 jet fighters to Saudi Arabia. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
Companies are firing workers who aren’t sufficiently on-board with the AI revolution. The Wall Street Journal’s Lindsay Ellis explains what this hardline approach looks like Katie Deighton hosts.
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P.M. Edition for Nov. 17. As companies are laying off thousands of workers, they’re using new tactics like texting and emails and listen-only video calls to communicate to workers that they’ve lost their jobs. Chip Cutter, who covers workplace issues for the Journal, discusses what’s driving these new strategies and how workers are responding. Plus, the head of FEMA has resigned after about seven months on the job. And “Baby Shark Dance”—every toddler’s favorite jam—is YouTube’s most watched video ever. But that mind-blowing popularity hasn’t translated to major sales for the South Korean company behind it. Alex Ossola hosts.