Josh Jamerson
@joshjame
deputy politics editor @WSJ
"A cabinet in a bathroom obscured the entrance to a tunnel where Guzmán escaped as special forces moved in." wsj.com/world/americas…
NEW: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in recent days privately laid out his case to President Trump for why he believed Trump shouldn’t try to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Story w/ @NickTimiraos wsj.com/economy/centra…
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“The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the…
Trump, in Iowa, says there will be UFC championship fight “on the grounds of the White House” as part of 250th celebration.
NEW: President Trump has completed at least 2 trade deals but “90 deals in 90 days” is proving difficult. Enter the private talks with Japan which have been tense with Trump admitting he doubts the sides can come to an agreement. Story with @GavinBade wsj.com/economy/trade/…
It is just so incredibly meaningful that Detroit is getting its WNBA team back. This is not only continuing the momentum of Detroit’s overall resurgence, but it will allow the Shock to take its rightful place and continue a proud tradition. The Shock is the most disrespected…
Scoop: Meta has poached three OpenAI researchers: Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and Xiaohua Zhai, according to people familiar with the matter. An OpenAI spox confirmed the three have left the company.
Stephen Miller’s fingerprints are now on every issue from immigration to cutting university funding. Some of his colleagues say they are alarmed by some of the legal maneuvers he has proposed for executing the agenda—and Trump has gently ribbed him for being too “happy” about…
NEW: President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off on giving the final order to see if Tehran will abandon its nuclear program, three people familiar with the deliberations said.
From Feb: “The [U.S.] intelligence analysis concluded Israel would push the Trump administration to back the strikes, viewing [Trump] as more likely to join an attack than former President Joe Biden” wsj.com/world/middle-e…
Trump giving TikTok another lifeline, will sign 90-day extension sparing app from ban. "As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark." wsj.com/livecoverage/s…
"So it’s possible—even plausible—that these phones would initially come from China" wsj.com/tech/trump-t1-…
Unexpected bop on the playlist at the Army festival: Drake’s Nokia
Asked by @meridithmcgraw what effect the attack on Iran could have on the markets, Trump said, "I think ultimately, it would be great for the market because Iran will not have a nuclear weapon." Dow / S&P / Nasdaq opened lower today wsj.com/livecoverage/i…
NEW: Inside the battle with Elon Musk taking on Donald Trump and congressional Republicans trying to pass the president's signature tax reform legislation. Trump is not happy with Musk's broadsides against the bill. He's making the point privately that Musk's attacks reflect…
Trump's political team commissioned a poll that showed Marjorie Taylor Greene losing against Jon Ossoff by double-digits in Georgia, and Trump communicated the results to her in a bid to keep her out of the race. She fires back against Trump's team here. wsj.com/politics/elect…
Lateset on #USCHINA by @schwartzbWSJ and me: U.S. and Chinese officials wrapped up their first, high-stakes trade talks, with Beijing saying the two sides agreed to start a formal negotiation process and Washington touting progress toward a deal. wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ
For the first time in in more than *a half century*, the U.S. completed successful test flights of a reusable hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft. We are inching toward closing the gap with China in superfast weapons. wsj.com/politics/natio… via @WSJ
“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-…