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Congress Stares Down a Pre-Election Spending Fight

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Sep. 9. Lawmakers come back from summer recess and prepare to tackle a deadline to keep the government funded so they can head back on the campaign trail. The WSJ’s Siobhan Hughes previews what’s likely to be a supercharged few weeks. Plus, Apple prepares to unveil its iPhone 16 lineup, hoping new artificial intelligence features boost sales. And fresh data out of China raises the specter of deflation. Luke Vargas 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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The DOJ's antitrust case against Google's ad tech practices goes to trial.

0:24.2

Plus Apple prepares to unveil new AI-equipped iPhones,

0:29.0

and Congress stares down a deadline

0:31.2

to fund the government with election differences looming large.

0:35.0

Lawmakers universally want to get out of Washington and get back on the campaign trail.

0:40.0

But don't forget that the capital becomes a venue essentially for the campaign trail and so you should expect to see the whole

0:46.7

Baileywick of supercharged issues that get discussed around the country concentrated under that big white capital dome.

0:53.0

It's Monday, September 9th.

0:55.0

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News?

0:59.7

The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:05.7

The Justice Department's blockbuster antitrust case against Google kicks off today.

1:11.4

In what is the second monopoly case Google faces in less than a year, the DOJ

1:16.4

will try to prove that the tech giant has an unlawful grip on the market for software used

1:21.3

to buy and sell digital ads.

1:24.0

Google says its success is due to a long record of innovation

1:28.0

and has criticized the DOJ as being out of touch with market realities.

1:33.0

The trial in Northern Virginia is expected to last four weeks

1:37.0

and comes a month after a federal judge in Washington, D.C.

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