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NYC Mayor Adams: ‘This Is Not a City of Handouts’ | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-26 18:39
I'm so proud to be here to say to the people of the city of New York, I am seeking reelection to be your mayor of the city of New York. This election is a choice between a candidate with a blue collar and one with a soup silver spoon. A choice between dirty fingernails and manicured nails.A choice between someone who delivered lower crime, the most jobs in history, and the most new housing built built in decades, and an assembly member who did not pass a bill. None. It's a choice.Selection is a choice betwe ...
Thailand Stubs Out $1 Billion Cannabis Market | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-26 15:48
Thailand is reigning in the sale of cannabis without prescriptions. When the country liberalizes cannabis rules a few years ago, it was seen as a bold but controversial move in a region that has some of the most stringent drug laws in the world. For instance, I'm here in Singapore where trafficking certain amounts of drugs can carry the death penalty.This is estimated to be a billiondoll industry in Thailand. So, changing the rules could have major implications for people's livelihoods. When the rules were ...
Hegseth: Iran Strikes Were 'Most Complex, Secretive Military Operation' | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-26 14:38
President Trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history and it was a resounding success resulting in a ceasefire agreement and the end of the 12 day war. There's been a lot of discussion about what happened and what didn't happen. Step back for a second.Because of decisive military action, President Trump created the conditions to end the war, decimating, choose your word, obliterating, destroying Iran's nuclear capabilities. You know for certain that the uranium was removed fr ...
Trump Criticizes Fed Chair Jerome Powell at NATO Summit | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-26 00:50
You were criticizing the Federal Reserve chair before coming to this summit. I think he's terrible. I was wondering if you've begun interviewing different candidates for the Fed pick.Yeah, I I I know within three or four people who all going to pick. I mean, he goes out pretty soon fortunately because I think he's terrible. He's an average mentally person.I'd say low in terms of what he does. Low uh low IQ for what he does. Okay.Uh wait. So unsaid instead of paying $900 billion dollars, we don't want to pay ...
Trump’s Judicial Nominee to Senate: ‘I Am Not Anybody’s Henchman’ | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-25 21:17
President Trump nominated his former lawyer, Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, to a judicial seat on the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #emilbove #senate #judicialnominee ...
Trump Calls Putin ‘Difficult’ Partner in Ending War in Ukraine | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-25 19:18
You've now been in office for 5 months and 5 days. Why have you not been able to end the Ukraine war. Because it's more difficult than uh people would have any idea.Uh Vladimir Putin has been more difficult. Frankly, I had some problems with Zillinsky. You may have read about him.My question to you is whether or not the US is ready to sell anti-air missile systems Patriot to Ukraine. We know that Russia has been pounding Ukraine really heavily right now. Are you living yourself now in Ukraine.My husband is ...
Fed Chair Powell: AI’s Effect on Economy ‘Probably Not Great’ Right Now | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-25 18:06
Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said generative artificial intelligence “has enormous capabilities to make really significant changes in the economy and the labor force.” Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #ai ...
Trump Says U.S. and Iran Will Talk Next Week, Nuclear Deal Not ‘Necessary’ | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-25 15:34
Are you interested in restarting negotiations with Iran. And if so, have they received. So, are people Marco could answer this, but our people are um not I'm not The way I look at it, they fought the war's done and you know, I could get a statement that they're not going to go nuclear.We're probably going to ask for that, but they're not going to be doing it, but they're not going to be doing it anyway. They've had it. They've had it.Now, maybe someday in the future we'll want that. But, uh, I've asked Marc ...
Is Iran's Nuclear Program ‘Obliterated’? WSJ Analyzes Trump's Claim.
WSJ News· 2025-06-25 14:16
Initial Impact Assessment - Defense Intelligence Agency's initial assessment indicates US strikes degraded Iranian nuclear facilities but did not destroy them, potentially setting back the program by a few months [2] - The Trump administration disputes this assessment [2][3] - It's difficult to fully assess the damage due to site inaccessibility [6] Program Status and Future Prospects - The Iranian nuclear program's ability to reconstitute and continue uranium enrichment is uncertain [9] - The IAEA is focused on assessing the preservation of nuclear material and the potential for capability reconstitution [7] - Iran denies working towards nuclear weapons capability [9] Strategic Objectives - Israel and the Trump administration aimed to eliminate Iran's uranium enrichment capability [8] - The Trump administration claims the Iranian nuclear program has been set back decades and Iran will no longer enrich uranium [4]
Hegseth Says FBI Is Probing Leak of Iran Strike Report | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-06-25 12:30
Given the 30,000 pounds of explosives and capability of those munitions, uh it was devastation underneath Foro and the amount of munitions, six per location. Uh any assessment that tells you it was something otherwise is speculating with other motives. And we know that because when you actually look at the report, by the way, it was a top secret report.It was preliminary. It was low confidence. All right.So this isn't you make assessments based on what you know. and it said it could be very devastating, ver ...