The Wall Street Journal home page highlights a mix of political, market and technology stories. In politics, the White House defended U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff after a reported leak of a conversation with a Russian official. Lawmakers and committees are active on several fronts, including a Senate panel questioning auto-safety mandates and Democratic lawmakers saying the FBI is probing them over public calls to disobey allegedly unlawful orders. International coverage notes Ukrainians resisting pressure from Russia and analysis of why Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro is unlikely to resign peacefully.
Technology and markets center on Artificial Intelligence and the hardware that runs it. Headlines report that Alphabet’s rally extended as investors reassessed the Artificial Intelligence trade, with a line noting Alphabet took another step toward “? trillion” in market value. Coverage focuses on a shifting chip landscape: Google is challenging Nvidia’s dominance, and meta is reportedly in talks to use Google’s chips and TPUs for its Artificial Intelligence models. Retail and commerce moves include Walmart exploring ads inside its new Sparky Artificial Intelligence shopping agent as companies look for new revenue opportunities in chatbot-guided e-commerce.
Business and consumer stories run across health care, finance and retail. The federal government negotiated lower prices for Ozempic and 14 other drugs, a change expected to save Medicare billions in prescription-drug spending. Corporate items include Campbell’s defending its ingredients after a controversy, a judge backing Elliott’s “? Billion” bid for Venezuela’s citgo, and Robinhood’s prominence among aggressive retail traders. The site also points to local and lifestyle pieces, from Atlanta’s first government-funded supermarket to holiday shopping and weekend reads about the changing role of Artificial Intelligence in workplaces.
