Gráinne McCarthy

@grainnemcc

Executive News Editor, The Wall Street Journal. Proud WestCorkonian. Former Paris chief. [email protected] @WSJ

London

Joined October 2009

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Jan 28

Colleagues say DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng isn’t one for the trappings of wealth or fame—but he did once say he wanted the respect of the U.S.-led technology world. It is safe to say he has it now. wsj.com/tech/ai/liang-… via @WSJ @GZuckerman @raffaelehuang

grainnemcc's tweet card. The math geek caught the investing bug and launched a hedge fund before founding the company whose AI models took the world by surprise.

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The Wall Street Journal@WSJ · Jul 17

Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. on.wsj.com/3TL8s7C

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Jul 16

“It genuinely feels like hell down there." The hottest place in London is almost always the Tube. And it’s only getting hotter. Great ahed by @AnveeBhutani wsj.com/world/the-lond… via @WSJ

grainnemcc's tweet card. Temperatures have been rising since the world’s oldest underground transportation system opened in 1863, presenting challenges that air conditioning can’t easily fix.

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drew hinshaw@drewhinshaw · May 5

Honored to have been a finalist for the Pulitzer, alongside an excellent team, most notably @evangershkovich, who reported from a Russian jail.

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The Wall Street Journal@WSJ · May 5

“Musk Above the Law” examined Elon Musk’s use of drugs, his secret conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his deep ties with Tesla’s board of directors. The series won the WSJ the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Read the series: wsj.com/articles/musk-…

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The Wall Street Journal@WSJ · May 5

The Wall Street Journal won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for its series on how Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk transformed himself into one of the most powerful forces in the U.S. on.wsj.com/3GHTeNq

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Apr 20

Jennifer Foley didn’t believe her brother had pointed a gun. Then she found recordings of the deputy police chief telling the shooter, “You’re taken care of.” This @vbauerlein blockbuster is really worth your time. (Part 1 too.) wsj.com/us-news/scott-… via @WSJ

grainnemcc's tweet card. Jennifer Foley uncovered secret recordings between the man who shot her brother and the deputy chief in charge of investigations. Second of two parts.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Apr 18

“I know it’s f— up to say, but I had a f—ing blast.” Weldon Boyd broke into a giggle. “I had a good time.”

TThe Wall Street Journal@WSJ · Apr 18

After hours of drinking, Scott Spivey got into his pickup and, by all accounts, was in no condition to drive. His killer caught up with him a couple of miles down the road. on.wsj.com/3Y5Ygcr

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Apr 18

They needed to get the president alone if they were going to convince him. When his tariff-loving adviser was finally away from the Oval Office, they made their move. wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ @ajsaeedy @jdawsey1

grainnemcc's tweet card. The alliance between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick illustrates how fast things can change inside the White House.

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Josh Dawsey@jdawsey1 · Apr 18

An amazing @vbauerlein story from South Carolina: wsj.com/us-news/spivey…

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Apr 4

The question of what triggered a trade war between this barren archipelago and the world’s biggest economy is consuming officials. “We are 6,000 people and export nearly nothing to the U.S., except maybe some tuna." wsj.com/economy/trade/… via @WSJ @MaximColch @Mike_Cherney

grainnemcc's tweet card. Locals in some of the most remote parts of the globe are sifting through records to figure out how they landed on the list

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Feb 25

Elon Musk asked federal workers to detail their week’s work in an email. It evoked anger from unions and employees, but also head scratching from corporate America, where technology tracks workers wsj.com/business/doge-… via @WSJ

grainnemcc's tweet card. Elon Musk’s email to federal employees prompted angst, but lots of employers use technology for continuous feedback on worker performance.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Feb 10

How good is Scrabble’s GOAT? He wins in languages he can’t speak. “He memorizes words as soon as he reads them once...For him, all words are equal in his memory, and he doesn’t need to know their meaning." wsj.com/lifestyle/nige… via @WSJ @natasha_dangoor

grainnemcc's tweet card. With an encyclopedic memory, Nigel Richards conquered the game in English before moving on to French and Spanish. Just don’t ask him what all the words mean.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Feb 5

Trump’s idea upended deeply held assumptions that the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. wsj.com/world/middle-e… via @WSJ @Shayndi

grainnemcc's tweet card. The proposal is in line with President Trump’s modus operandi of bringing the unexpected to the center of American policy.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Feb 4

Trump's moves underscored that he is willing to threaten major economic disruptions to make his point about what he sees as unfair trade practices and other issues such as fentanyl smuggling and illegal border crossings. wsj.com/economy/trade/… via @WSJ

grainnemcc's tweet card. The past 48 hours of tariff policies have stunned markets and boardrooms across the world.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Feb 1

The deadliest plane crash on U.S. soil in decades was a reminder that lives are made up of ordinary moments and there is no way to know when the extraordinary might intervene. wsj.com/us-news/cant-w… via @WSJ @vbauerlein et al

grainnemcc's tweet card. Some were promising figure skaters. Others were teachers or old friends on a hunting trip. They all perished in an instant, part of the worst U.S. air disaster in years.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Jan 31

The U.S. has been engaged in weeks of frantic negotiations with Canada and Mexico, as well as lobbying by North American businesses and labor groups that have argued the across-the-board tariffs would drive up prices. wsj.com/economy/trade/… via @WSJ

grainnemcc's tweet card. The president reiterated that tariffs are coming, even as his advisers are considering several offramps to avoid enacting universal tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Jan 31

The United States’ streak of more than 15 years without a major fatal airline crash has been the envy of other countries and a model for other industries. Privately, pilots and air-safety officials knew America’s luck would eventually run out. wsj.com/us-news/americ… via @WSJ

grainnemcc's tweet card. The crash involving an American Airlines regional jet occurred in a high-risk location feared by safety officials—a crowded airport.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Jan 27

A Chinese artificial-intelligence company has Silicon Valley marveling at how the programmers got close to American rivals with inferior chips wsj.com/tech/ai/china-… via @WSJ @raffaelehuang

grainnemcc's tweet card. DeepSeek is called ‘amazing and impressive’ despite working with less-advanced chips.

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Gráinne McCarthy@grainnemcc · Jan 27

Germany grew into the world’s third largest economy by making and exporting the engineering products others wanted to buy. Now, the world is turning its back on made-in-Germany, and Germany has no plan B. wsj.com/economy/trade/… via @WSJ @TomFairless @BBWSJ

grainnemcc's tweet card. The country is focused on exports, but China is slowing imports and U.S. tariff threats are growing. Politicians are offering few alternatives.

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