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Apple faces fresh legal challenges as five tech companies file suit over its app store.

Plus, Speaker the House Mike Johnson says,

enough's enough to dissident Republicans

and plans to rely on Democrats to avoid a government shutdown.

In state capitalism, what is it and why do American

presidents love it so much? The government doesn't actually go out and buy

companies or order them around, but it sort of intervenes regularly and says, hey

businesses, this is what we think is the national interest, this is what you should be doing.

It's Thursday, March 21st.

I'm Peter Granitz for the Wall Street Journal,

filling in for Luke Vargas,

and here's the AM edition of What's News,

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

Meta platforms, Microsoft X, Spotify, and Match Group have filed legal petitions protesting Apple's App Store policies.

The five companies are objecting to how the Tech Giant has complied with a federal court ruling

that ordered Apple to allow alternative payment methods.

Apple charges up to a 30% commission for purchases in the App Store for services or

one-time fees, a rate that developers say is too high, which Apple has defended saying it invests in privacy and security measures that protect users.

Sam Schechner is the journal's European tech reporter.

These rivals are going to continue trying to fight to force the maker of iPhones to loosen its

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