Dr. Marty Makary has criticized the Food and Drug Administration for being "captured" by Big Food and Big Pharma. Now, the surgeon and former professor is in charge. In an interview with host Jessica Mendoza, the new FDA head talks about food dyes, AI, vaccines and the big changes he has in store for an agency that regulates one-fifth of consumer spending.
Fights over Congressional maps never used to be this intense. On Tuesday, Texas Republicans voted to issue civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the state.
The GOP is trying to redraw house districts, and the proposed new map could give Republicans as many as five more House seats. That change could easily decide control of Congress.
This fight is rippling out to other states too with President Trump urging Republicans to follow the lead of Texas. And Democratic governors saying they might follow the same path.
Trump can be this transparent because there are no federal restrictions on redrawing districts for purely partisan gain. The Supreme Court said so in 2019.
Gerrymandering has been part of U.S. politics for hundreds of years. How did it become a bloodsport?
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Plus: Linda Yaccarino, former CEO of X, lands at eMed Population Health. And NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy directs the agency to support more private space stations. Julie Chang hosts.
A Palestinian activist who helped make the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land" was shot dead in a suspected Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank. We go to his community to hear about the man and the incident that lead to his death.
From overvalued stocks to outsized returns, some capital compounders keep breaking the mold.
Today on Motley Fool Money, Emily Flippen, with analysts Sanmeet Deo and Jason Hall, dig into four market beaters and ask: can the flywheels keep spinning? They unpack:
- Earnings from old-school winners Axon and MercadoLibre, including how they turned skeptics into believers with consistent execution
- Results from new-school contenders Hims & Hers and Palantir, both of which face high levels of scrutiny despite strong performance
- Tariff math that matters and where pricing power may blunt cost headwinds
Companies discussed: MELI, AXON, HIMS, PLTR, ZBRA
Host: Emily Flippen, Sanmeet Deo, Jason Hall
Producer: Anand Chokkavelu
Engineer: Dan Boyd, Natasha Hall
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Voters in the seven swing states that elected Trump in 2024 thought he'd make the economy better. His perceived strength on the economy is the cornerstone Jenga piece of the whole Trump Tower. And he keeps making the economy worse. Meanwhile, Democratic voters are highly engaged—but just not with the party, whose brand is struggling. Plus, Republicans are still trying to steal the House, and how a stronger, re-imagined local news media can help restore trust in national news.
Insights into the latest Litecoin treasury move with creator Charlie Lee and GSR Chief Strategy Officer Joshua Riezman.
Litecoin is entering the corporate treasury world as Nasdaq-listed biotech firm MEI Pharma raised $100M to fund a Litecoin treasury strategy. Charlie Lee, creator of the altcoin, joins GSR Chief Strategy Officer Joshua Riezman to discuss the recent move and what's next on Litecoin's roadmap.
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Plus: The U.S. trade gap shrank to its lowest level in June since 2023. And India defends its ability to buy Russian oil, despite President Trump’s threats of higher tariffs. Alex Ossola hosts.
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Bonus Episode for Aug. 5. Six of the so-called Magnificent Seven companies have reported quarterly earnings, with only Nvidia, the most-valuable of them all, yet to release its results. Heard on the Street’s Asa Fitch talks about how much better it can get for the stocks harnessing AI-mania to propel the stock market. Asa, who also writes the Journal’s new AI newsletter, says that the hyperscalers show no sign of slowing their furious pace of capital investment in infrastructure, but he cautions that continuing to top investors’ lofty expectations is becoming more of a challenge.
Markets AM writer Spencer Jakab hosts this special bonus episode of What's News in Earnings, where we dig into companies’ earnings reports and analyst calls to find out what’s going on under the hood of the American economy.