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Why These Louisianans Are Still Struggling to Rebuild After Hurricane Ida
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-10 15:45
I'm at the Butch Hill Boat Lodge in Raceland, Louisiana. It's the only way where people like Brent Story can make their way to their little bit of heaven. >> I worked all my life to be able to retire and live out here.We fish, we hunt, grandkids come out, we do everything. >> Since the 1960s, the fishing camps along the bayou here have been receiving power from the local utility. But after Hurricane Ida, the utility decided to rip out all the power lines instead of repairing them.And then they filed for aba ...
The New Group of Women Helping Reshape Republican Politics | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-09 17:00
- [Jessica] What are you looking for. Hayes, are you eating Coke for breakfast. - It's Diet Coke.- [Jessica] You cannot open a Diet Coke for breakfast. Hayes, can you just wait. That's not part of our branding.- [Eliza] Jessica Reed Kraus is a MAHA influencer and blogger who is known online as House Inhabit. She built a following covering Robert F. Kennedy Jr's presidential campaign, and now has access to him and the rest of Trump's inner circle too.- There's a great one. This is Secretary Hegseth coming do ...
How Elite U.S. Forces Are Trained to Survive Behind Enemy Lines
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-09 14:00
Air Force crews learn how to eat bugs, find water, and otherwise survive behind enemy lines. I went and spoke to experts that told me about how the training works. The training is called SERE, survival, evasion, resistance, [music] and escape. Survival training means minimizing stress [music] and minimizing calorie burn.An Air Force video I reviewed showed pilots enduring [music] stressful situations in the Arctic and in deserts. They build shelter out of palm leaves. They [music] forage for food, which mig ...
Youth Sports Has One Winner: Dick's Sporting Goods
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-08 19:54
Catchy BT, Claude, and Dick Sporting Goods. Not long ago, these were the most downloaded apps in the app store. And to understand why, you have to look at the $40 billion game of youth sports.Today, teens on travel baseball teams roll into tournaments wearing thousands of dollars in apparel and equipment. In fact, the average family's annual spending on baseball increased nearly 70% between 2019 and 2024. And when it comes to youth sports, there's no bigger winner than Dick Sporting Goods.Over the last deca ...
McDonald's CEO Shares His Advice for Eating on Camera
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-08 13:36
You got any advice for somebody to how to eat on camera. >> Well, I'd say the biggest thing is just dive right in. So, I'm I'm looking forward to taking a nice bite out this uh chicken nugget.>> It's a little weird to watch each other eat. >> Yeah. Well, imagine how I felt. ...
The Tiny, Folding Helicopter Key to Rescuing the U.S. Aviator in Iran
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-07 22:16
This tiny helicopter played a key role in rescuing the US aviator who was trapped in Iran for 2 days after his fighter jet got shot down. It's called an AH6 Littlebird and it's flown by Army Special Operations Forces. >> We took three helicopters over there which were very strongly used and couldn't have lived without them.They did they performed unbelievably well. >> Several little birds flew up to the mountain where the airman was hiding in a crevice. According to US officials, at least one of them was ab ...
Why U.S. Allies in Asia Are Caught Between War, Trade and Trump | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-07 14:00
- I've arrived in Tokyo pretty much a month into the conflict in the Middle East, and which shows no signs of letting up anytime soon. How do you assess that what's going on over there is impacting the economies in this part of the world. - Asia gets something like 80% of its oil from through the Strait of Hormuz, from the Persian Gulf.Some of these economies have big reserves, so Japan, Korea, China have lots of reserves. They can really see things out for a pretty long time. But even there, we're starting ...
McDonald's CEO: My Kid Said, 'You've Gone Viral, and Not in a Good Way'
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-07 12:53
I got a call from one of my kids and they said, "Dad, you've gone viral. " Not in a good way. >> That is so good. >> And uh so that's when I knew like, okay, something's going on. And then uh yeah, I started getting texts and emails and calls. You know, invariably they were all like, hey, have you seen this? And it's like by the thousandth time, "Yeah, I've seen it. " What do you think of the reaction? >> For me, it was one of those things where it's great that people are talking about uh the big arch. And ...
McDonald’s CEO Responds to the Viral Big Arch Backlash | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-06 16:01
- Welcome to our test kitchen. Looks like we've got fries, our iconic fries and some chicken nuggets here. - So what makes these the gold standard.- Oh, there's a lot that goes into it. - You know, you want to pick up the fry and you look at the length, you want to see sort of a nice even color across everything. You're also then looking at the texture and then, of course, it's gotta taste like a McDonald's fry, so.- You got any advice for somebody to how to eat on camera. - Well, I'd say the biggest thing ...
How Much Money Do You Need to be Upper-Middle Class?
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-04-06 13:50
This graph shows something surprising about the middle class. The core middle class is shrinking from about 36% of the population in 1979 to about 31% of the population in 2024. But one analysis found that this is not because Americans are getting poorer.In fact, the share of Americans who are considered poor or lower middle class is shrinking too. These economists think that the middle class is shrinking because Americans are actually getting wealthier. Take a look at the upper middle class.In this graph, ...