Chief News Editor, The Wall Street Journal. Proud WestCorkonian. Former Paris chief. [email protected] @WSJ
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Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
"The Defector" - a 5,500-word espionage tale in today's WSJ that I can guarantee is worth your time.
I spent months speaking to one of the deadliest saboteurs in recent military history, a Russian officer who helped Kyiv kill hundreds of his fellow troops wsj.com/world/russian-defect…
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
NEW: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently said in an interview that he believes in the idea of "fired if fired upon" in how to respond to people.
Inside Treasury, his management of the agency has featured him, at times, ripping into agency staff and battling with officials leading to multiple departures.
Some of his defenders, including former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, admit Bessent has a temper, is intense, passionate and demanding but that's all by design to keep Treasury staff in check with the president's agenda. "He brings a Wall Street mentality to Washington," another said.
Our deep dive on what's been happening in an agency that's seen high turnover with alumni of Bessent's hedge fund coming in to help him.
Exclusive w/ @jdawsey1, @PhilipWegmann and @GZuckerman
wsj.com/politics/policy/bess…
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
Read the first excerpt from @evangershkovich’s excellent book in @wsj and get yourself a copy when it’s out on Tuesday! wsj.com/world/russia/evan-ge…
Five Takeaways from the Birthright-Citizenship Hearing wsj.com/livecoverage/supreme… via @wsj
Trump tells @WSJ he was leaning toward choosing either former Fed governor Kevin Warsh or National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett to lead the Federal Reserve next year and that the next chair should consult with him on interest rates. wsj.com/economy/central-bank… via @WSJ
Over the course of 10 nerve-racking hours, Machado hit 10 military checkpoints, avoiding capture each time, before she reached the coast by midnight for her perilous trip across the open Caribbean Sea to Curaçao. wsj.com/world/americas/disgu… via @WSJ
The documents detail plans for U.S. firms and other businesses to tap roughly $200 billion of frozen Russian assets for projects in Ukraine. The outcome stands to profoundly alter the economic map of Europe. wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-blu… via @WSJ @JoeWSJ @benoitfaucon @drewhinshaw
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
“I hope Mamdani is going to give out free Xanax!”
New York’s upper crust believe they’re on the verge of being disenfranchised.
My dispatch from the Upper East Side, the single best place to observe the anxieties of the 1%. wsj.com/us-news/zohran-mamda…
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
We often hear Ukraine’s side of this war. But we rarely hear from Russian soldiers.
I spent months on this piece about one Russian who left a good life in St. Petersburg to join Moscow’s brutal war machine.
His story is hard to believe - but it’s true.
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Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. on.wsj.com/3TL8s7C
“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-london-tub… via @WSJ
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
Honored to have been a finalist for the Pulitzer, alongside an excellent team, most notably @evangershkovich, who reported from a Russian jail.
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
“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-above-…
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
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
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-spivey… via @WSJ
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
“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.”
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
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/policy/trum… via @WSJ @ajsaeedy @jdawsey1
Gráinne McCarthy retweeted
An amazing @vbauerlein story from South Carolina: wsj.com/us-news/spivey-killi…
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/tariff… via @WSJ @MaximColch @Mike_Cherney