Gloria Allred’s lifelong crusade against men accused of sexual misconduct has made her a high profile feminist lawyer. But little is known about what happens between Allred and her clients, mostly women, behind the scenes. WSJ’s Khadeeja Safdar reports.
Companies, investors, and countries are all having a hard time knowing what the future holds. And that makes forecasting hard.
(00:21) Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger discuss:
- The market’s correction reaction to tariffs, and what higher prices might mean for consumers that are already spending less.
- The market’s questions around Tesla’s tough start to 2025, slipping european sales, and Elon Musk.
- Earnings from Adobe, Vail, and Docusign.
(19:22) Macro-focused investor Richard Bernstein walks Ricky Mulvey through the big picture he’s seeing, and how tariffs, trade uncertainty, and how it all flows into what we’ve seen in the stock market over the past few weeks.
(32:51) Jason and Matt break down where they turn to celebrate Pi Day and two stocks on their radar: Ansys and Starbucks.
Trump & company aren't even attempting to create a pretext for why they're punishing the free speech of political opponents. They are basically confessing in writing to violating the First Amendment. At the same time, the administration claims it's throwing a Hamas supporter out of the country in the name of fighting antisemitism—while giving jobs to the 'right kind' of antisemites. Plus, MAGA turns on Amy Coney Barrett, Trump sees Canada as 'our Ukraine,' and we're looking at a party that is governing like it will never give up power.
David French joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
In Syria about a decade ago, while the Assad regime was focused on crushing an uprising that challenged its rule, it faced a problem. It had too many children in detention, who had been swept up when their mothers were arrested. An NPR investigation has found that hundreds of children were separated from family and placed in orphanages around Damascus by government intelligence agents. They ordered the orphanages to keep this a secret.
Now that the Assad regime has fallen, families are searching the Syrian capital for their missing children. We go to Damascus to learn more.
Legislative attempts to compel price transparency from health care providers ignores an important factor: Price transparency emerges naturally from well-functioning markets. Michael Cannon explains.
From television, to a royal wedding…and back to TV, Meghan Markle is carving out her own niche.
Guest: Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay, cohosts of Slate’s ICYMI.
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Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as the legal battle between the SEC and Ripple may soon reach a resolution.
Ripple is in settlement talks with the SEC, while Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is closing a $540 million token sale and reportedly discussed acquiring a stake in Binance.US. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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This episode was hosted by Christine Lee. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Christine Lee and edited by Victor Chen.
We announce the new Divided Argument blog! After discussing the blog and some listener feedback, we break down two recent 5-4 decisions -- the shadow docket fight over USAID funding in Department of State v. Aids Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and the Section 1983 exhaustion decision in Williams v. Reed (or should we say Rev. Stat. 1979?).
France's far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, is visiting Chad this weekend where she will meet President Mahamat Déby. It's her second visit following a meeting with Déby's late father, President Idriss Déby, in 2017. Why is the French opposition leader back in Chad?
Also, why do some African parents choose to send their children back home to Africa for school?
And the blind football coach in Tanzania, who thinks anything is possible if you love the game!
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Technical Producer: Craig Kingham
Producers: Joseph Keen and Alfonso Daniels
Senior Journalist: Sunita Nahar
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins CoinDesk with the latest updates on the crypto task force initiated under President Donald Trump's resumed presidency. Plus, the significance of a transparent, rule-based approach to crypto regulation in the U.S.
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