Just saw a play about a morally bankrupt music exec who blackmails his assistant into whitewashing a problematic rock star, whose exploitation of a young fan enrages an aging patriarch clinging to power, all while a celebrity-obsessed public turns a blind eye: Bye Bye Birdie.

ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE 2023 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD! #CardboardEdisonAward cardboardedison.com/award

🧵 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip and remains in prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

Listen 🎧: How was Hamas's attack missed? How would a wider conflict shake out? In a special edition of What’s News, we answer listener questions about the Israel-Hamas war. Yaroslav Trofimov, Shayndi Raice & Spencer Jakab join hosts Luke N. Vargas and Annmarie Fertoli. on.wsj.com/3o375VH

Listen 🎧: Who benefited most from strong Black Friday sales? And how did investors like Tesla’s Cybertruck launch and General Motors’ stock buyback? Francesca Fontana runs through what’s news in markets. on.wsj.com/3o375VH

Very excited to announce a project I’ve been working on: Chasing the Base: The Road to the GOP Nomination, from WSJ Podcasts and hosted by Jimmy Vielkind. Check out the trailer now and the first episode this Saturday: wsj.com/podcasts/whats…

Listen 🎧: What is driving Republican voters’ support for Donald Trump? Jimmy Vielkind travels to key GOP primary states in Chasing the Base, a new series on the What’s News podcast. Starting this Saturday. on.wsj.com/3o375VH

White Christians in Iowa will have an outsize influence on picking the GOP presidential nominee. Here’s what some of them say about the candidates. on.wsj.com/48SEUuo on.wsj.com/48SEUuo

As they’ve crisscrossed Iowa, the major GOP presidential candidates have paid special attention to churchgoers and their leaders. Some white evangelical conservative voters influential in the Iowa caucuses are split on their support for the candidates. wsj.com/politics/elect…

Being in Chicago for the first time and having just heard about it from the @constantpodcast, I had to swing by the James R. Thompson Center. It did not disappoint.

New Hampshire has a more centrist electorate than other critical GOP primary battlegrounds, leading some analysts to see it as the best chance for Donald Trump's rivals to notch a win. But the reality is far more complicated. on.wsj.com/3vRTKTt on.wsj.com/3vRTKTt

In our second installment of Chasing the Base, we look at the complex ways the cases against Trump are playing out among the New Hampshire GOP base:

Petition to make “Drop the Pilot” the next “Running Up That Hill.”

My friend and The Wall Street Journal colleague Evan Gershkovich has been held in a Russian prison since March 2023 just for doing his job. He now faces a sham trial, and Russian authorities shaved his head. We continue to stand with Evan in every way. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan

“Evan is free and on his way home.” The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was released in a multilateral prisoner exchange in Ankara, Turkey, earlier today after 491 days of wrongful detention in Russia. Read the full statement from Almar Latour, Publisher of The Wall Street Journal

Listen 🎧: Abortion laws in the U.S. have created significant waves for both Democrats and Republicans. WSJ’s new podcast series, Chasing the Vote, travels to Arizona to find out how voters are weighing the issue as they prepare to head to the polls. on.wsj.com/3o375VH

The biggest audio project I’ve ever been involved in just dropped its final episode. Chasing the Vote (and Chasing the Base before it) spoke to hundreds of people as a pulse check on what’s animating voters this election. Check out the whole series here: wsj.com/politics/elect…

A WSJ reporter behind the “Chasing the Base” and “Chasing the Vote” podcasts looks back on the campaign and his journey on.wsj.com/3UAVdHi

Listen 🎧: What do this season’s earnings reports say about what’s going on under the hood of the U.S. economy? Chip Cutter hosts a bonus What’s News episode, What’s News in Earnings, with Sean McLain alexander saeedy Sarah Nassauer Miles Kruppa. wsj.com/podcasts/whats…

In great-power rivalries, it matters who's on your side. In the first episode of our series on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Lingling Wei 魏玲灵, Gabriele Steinhauser, Kevin P. Gallagher, and Eyck Freymann explain how it won Beijing influence. Listen 🎧: on.wsj.com/3o375VH