US Sanctions Russian Oil Giants; China Says U...

Today's top stories, with context, in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: 1) The Supreme Court refused to clear the Postal Service to enforce new restrictions on mail-in ballots for the congressional midterm elections, rebuffing the Trump administration’s request to intervene. T ...  Show more

Today's top stories, with context, in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:1) Anthropic and OpenAI are promising measures to rein in the pursuit of cutting-edge AI models to better understand the risks posed by the technology following a series of security breaches. The two compani ...  Show more

President Trump is imposing sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to pressure President Putin to end the war in Ukraine. In a fresh show of force, Russia runs nuclear arms drills. North Korea runs some tests of its own. And Elon Musk uses Tesla’s earnings call to lobby ...  Show more

A.M. Edition for Oct. 23. In a first for President Trump’s second term, the U.S. is imposing direct sanctions on oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, crippling Russia’s war chest. WSJ’s Laurence Norman says it’s a milestone moment for the U.S. and its allies, as they look to end the wa ...  Show more

Oil and natural gas prices see-sawed as global stocks fell on Monday after a US push to ban Russian crude faced German resistance, the US Treasury warns banks to be on high alert for sanctions evasion, sanctions on Russia could aid Beijing’s efforts to internationalise the ren ...

US President Donald Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil companies shook energy markets on Thursday, and the US president pardoned Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao. Plus, President Javier Milei’s economic plan rests in the hands of this weekend’s midterms elections in Argentina.Ment ...  Show more