P.M. Edition for Aug. 1. The jobs report, which showed sharply lower revised numbers for May and June, may open the door for the Fed to cut interest rates at its next meeting in September. WSJ finance news editor Christina Rexrode joins to discuss. Plus, software company Figma’s stock market debut yesterday saw its stock price jump 250% in its first day of trading, leaving some $3 billion on the table. We hear from Corrie Driebusch, who covers U.S. capital markets for the Journal, about why that happened. And President Trump says he will position two nuclear submarines “in the appropriate regions” in response to criticism from a former Russian leader. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What Is MAGA Without Trump?
The “Make America Great Again,” or MAGA, movement stands for loyalty to President Trump above all else. We discuss what happens to the movement once Trump’s term ends and whether there is someone else who can take up the mantle. This episode: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, political reporter Stephen Fowler, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro. This podcast was produced by Bria Suggs and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics . For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon have collectively spent ~$90B on capex in their most recent quarters and are expected to spend over $344B for the year — If there’s any lesson to take from the spending plans issued by the world’s largest technology companies over the past two weeks …
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After Hillary’s email resurrection in 2016, was it really condescending to be sceptical of another October surprise especially with Rudy Giuliani as the courier?
— DarthVaper (@CrownJuuls) August 1, 2025