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How Doug McMillon Turned Walmart Into a $1T Tech Giant | WSJ Leadership Institute
WSJ News· 2026-02-09 10:00
We're from Arkansas. We love being underestimated. And [laughter] Sam Sam Walton was underestimated.So, we're better when we're when we're David rather than Goliath. And we were definitely in the David box um at that time. I'm here in Bentonville, Arkansas, home office of Walmart, with CEO Doug McMillan in his very last week on the job.Uh he's had an extraordinary 12-year run to build what is now the the world's largest company. Doug, thanks so much for taking the time. >> Thanks.Good to see you, Alan. >> U ...
Trump Says He ‘Didn’t Make a Mistake’ Posting Video Depicting Obamas as Apes | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-02-07 04:21
Mr. . President, a number of Republicans are calling on you to apologize for that post. Is that something you're going to do.>> No, I didn't make a mistake. I mean, you give I looked at a lot of thousands of things. Um, and uh I looked at the beginning of it.It was fine. And they had that one post and I guess it was a takeoff. By the way, a lot of people were covered.If you look at where it came from, a lot of I guess it was a takeoff on the Lion King and uh certainly it was a very strong post in terms of v ...
President Trump Wants a New Nuclear Treaty With Russia |WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-02-05 22:05
- [Reporter Jennifer] Can you say, is there a temporary agreement with Russia to stand by the terms of the New Star Treaty while negotiations are happening. - Not to my knowledge. Again, to your point, Jennifer, I just do wanna reiterate exactly what the President said he wrote just moments ago.The United States is the most powerful country in the world. I completely rebuilt its military in my first term, including new and many refurbished nuclear weapons. I also added Space Force, and now continue to rebui ...
FBI Offers $50,000 Reward in Nancy Guthrie Case | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-02-05 21:51
- And we're gonna start today by announcing a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. And this will be the missing persons with the reward that will be going out. Next, regarding the ransom letter.We are aware of a ransom letter that was sent to the local media and then to national outlets. As with every lead, we are taking it seriously. We are in communication with the family.And while we advise and re ...
Homan Announces Withdrawal of 700 Federal Officers from Minneapolis | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-02-04 15:29
Given this increase in unprecedented collaboration and as a result of the need for less law enforcement officers to do this work in a safer environment, I have announced effective immediately we will draw down 700 people effective today. 700 law enforcement personnel. We have also fully integrated CBP personnel into the ICRO team structure under one unified chain of command.Not two chains of command. There'd be one chain of command here. Any large enforcement operation I've ever been involved with, there's ...
Trump Supports Bodycam Deployment to Minneapolis | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-02-02 22:46
Christine Gnome just announced that you're deploying body cameras to Minneapolis. What's your thinking behind this decision and do you want to see this. >> Well, it wasn't my decision.I would have, you know, I leave it to her. Uh they generally tend to be good for law enforcement because people can't lie about what's happening. So, it's uh generally speaking, I think 80% good for law enforcement, but uh if she wants to do that, I'm okay with it.Remember one thing, we closed the border. We had a I got electe ...
What the Slide in the U.S. Dollar Means for Consumers | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-01-30 19:33
- The dollar's value has plunged recently to some of its lowest levels in years. So what does that mean for Americans. The dollar index measures the value of the dollar against a basket of foreign currencies of major trading partners.In recent weeks, that value has plunged extending declines from last year. The US dollar has been historically strong for the last decade or so, but since the pandemic, the value of the dollar has shot upward. Now, this afforded consumers a lot of benefits, at least in the shor ...
Trump Calls Kevin Warsh ‘Perfect Candidate’ for Fed Chair | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-01-30 18:47
Did Kevin Marsh commit to you that he will push to cut interest rates if he is confirmed. >> No. But we talk about it and I've been following him and I don't want to ask him that question.I think it's inappropriate. Probably it probably would be allowed, but I want to keep it nice and pure. But he certainly wants to cut rates.I've been watching him for a long time. >> Did you have any concerns about his hawkish history of pushing for rate hikes. >> He's going to want to do the same thing.I think that yeah, ...
Justice Department Releases More Epstein Documents
WSJ News· 2026-01-30 17:47
Today, we are producing more than 3 million pages, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. In total, that means that the department produced approximately 3 and a half million pages in compliance with the act. Just a quick note about the the videos and images. The 2,000 videos and 180,000 images are not all videos and images taken by uh Mr.. Epstein or someone around him. President Trump has said for years what I think everybody will find to be exactly true. Um which is detailing his relationsh ...
Trump Says U.S. Will Open Commercial Airspace Over Venezuela | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2026-01-29 18:28
We have the major oil companies going to Venezuela now, scouting it out and picking their locations, and they'll be bringing back uh tremendous wealth for Venezuela and for the United States. And the oil companies will do fine, too. Venezuela will actually make for themselves more money than they've ever made before.And I just spoke to the president of Venezuela informed informed her that we're going to be opening up all commercial airspace over Venezuela. American citizens will be very shortly able to go t ...