WSJ Minute Briefing - Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Gives Trump Her Nobel Peace Prize

Plus: The Trump administration proposes an emergency auction where tech companies would bid to have new power plants built. And a federal judge rules work can resume on a massive wind project off Long Island. Luke Vargas hosts.


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WSJ What’s News - Trump to Push Big Tech to Fund New Power Plants

A.M. Edition for Jan. 16. The White House is set to call for an emergency auction in which tech companies can bid to build new power plants. The unprecedented federal intervention comes as local communities push back on new data centers over their effect on electricity costs. Plus, Journal Asia political editor Peter Saidel breaks down Canada’s embrace of China amid rocky relations with Washington. And the Trump administration’s futile campaign to get people to dress better on planes. Luke Vargas hosts. 


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Marketplace All-in-One - Bytes: Week in Review – New chip exports for China, Microsoft to pay electricity for AI data centers, and Gemini will power Apple’s AI

Those massive AI data centers going in across the country can use as much energy as an entire city. President Trump said this week he wants tech companies to "pay their own way," and touted a new Microsoft pledge to bear the full cost of their AI energy needs.


Plus, Apple announces its long awaited new AI Siri will be powered by Google.


But first, Nvidia can once again export its second best H200 chips to China if it follows some new security rules and pays the U.S. government 25% of its sales. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, to discuss all these topics on this week’s “Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Up First from NPR - Trump and Minnesota, Venezuela’s Opposition, Trump’s Healthcare Plan

Protests intensify in Minneapolis after a second ICE-related shooting, as President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota.
Venezuela’s top opposition leader brings her Nobel Peace Prize to Washington to press her case with President Trump, even as the U.S. signals support for an interim leader.
And President Trump unveils what he calls a new healthcare plan, leaning on cheaper insurance with limited benefits as Congress debates the future of ACA subsidies.

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(05:29) Venezuela's Opposition
(09:20) Trump's Healthcare Plan

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The Daily - An I.V.F. Mix-Up and an Impossible Choice

For millions of families, in vitro fertilization is a modern medical miracle. But the field is largely unregulated, and for a small number of parents, things can go terribly wrong.

Susan Dominus discusses her story about how two families navigated an unthinkable I.V.F. mistake that will connect them for the rest of their lives.

Guest: Susan Dominus, a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine.

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Start Here - Trump’s Insurrection Act Threat in Minnesota

President Trump threatens to send in federal troops through the Insurrection Act amid heated clashes between protesters and ICE. Venezuela’s opposition leader offers up her Nobel Peace Prize in an Oval Office meeting. And more than a dozen college basketball players are charged in an alleged point-shaving scheme to fix games.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 1.16.26

Alabama

  • 3 Congressmen for AL vote to fund NED despite reports of corruption
  • Tuberville offers bill with harsher penalties for fraud of taxpayer money
  • A post-election audit bill gets favorable review in AL House committee
  • Lawmaker Rex Reynolds to offer 2 bills to help law enforcement
  • Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson qualifies for GOP senate primary race
  • Iranian national arrested last year in Blount County released by ICE

National

  • President Trump offers framework for healthcare plan for Congress
  • HHS to launch study on cellphone radiation and any links to cancer
  • GOP House members seeks more info on how US obtained device for Havana syndrome
  • US has seized a sixth oil tanker from Venezuela in Caribbean Sea
  • Judges question process by which election clerk Tina Peters was convicted and sent to prison for 9 years
  • US Treasury Secretary placing more sanctions on Iran, says Islamic regime leaders are fleeing like rats on a sinking ship

Money Girl - Should I Choose Traditional or Roth at Age 50?

989. Laura answers a listener's question about choosing a traditional or Roth retirement plan by reviewing the pros and cons of each and a new Roth rule for those over 50.

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Divided Argument - Lake Shrimp

We didn't get the tariffs decision this week, but we discuss two of the opinions we did get -- Bost v. Illinois Board of Elections, a decision about standing and election law, and Case v. Montana, a rare Fourth Amendment case -- in a remarkably efficient episode (after a brief detour into Grok's jurisprudence and the announcement of a major gift to the Constitutional Law Institute).

Unexpected Elements - Science down under

This week the Unexpected Elements team has travelled Down Under to sunny Sydney where we discover some wonderfully Australian science with the help of some wonderfully Australian panellists.

First, we discuss the surprising American origins of Australia’s iconic marsupials and Marnie gets up close and personal with Pez the Tasmanian Devil.

We also talk to Andy Flies from the University of Tasmania who is working on a vaccine to combat a deadly contagious cancer spreading through Australia’s Devil population.

Next, we’re joined by Susan Sawyer from the University of Melbourne as we delve into the debate surrounding Australia’s social media ban for under 16-year-olds. Are the kids alright? Plus, we find out about the tree that seems to be adding fuel to the country’s recent wildfires.

All that, plus many more Unexpected Elements.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton, with Katie Silver and Jonathan Webb Producers: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins, with Ella Hubber, Sophie Ormiston and Lucy Davies