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Epstein Fallout Continues to Ripple Out

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Feb. 9. The latest revelations from the Epstein files bring down the top aide to Britain’s prime minister. Will Keir Starmer be next? WSJ U.K. correspondent Max Colchester weighs in. Plus, Novo Nordisk shares are rallying after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threatened to restrict access to the ingredients needed for knockoffs of popular GLP-1 medicines like Wegovy. And SpaceX delays its Mars plans to focus on the moon instead. 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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0:32.5

Japan's NICA notches a new record after the country's prime minister secures a powerful mandate in snap elections.

0:40.4

Plus, Epstein Files' revelations bring down the top aid to Britain's Prime Minister.

0:45.7

What we're seeing in the UK, which is different to the U.S., is a very real fallout that the Epstein files

0:50.7

in terms of people having their professional careers curtailed.

0:55.4

And SpaceX puts the red planet on hold, setting its sights on the moon.

1:00.0

It's Monday, February 9th.

1:01.6

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

1:05.9

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:14.4

Japan. headlines and business stories moving your world today. Japan's benchmark Nikai Stock Index has surged to a record high after Prime Minister

1:19.7

Sinai, Takahichi won a powerful mandate to deepen ties with the U.S. and rev up Japan's

1:25.6

economy. The landslide victory in yesterday's elections

1:28.7

gives Takeichi's government to more than two-thirds majority in Japan's lower house and the ability

1:34.3

to overrule the smaller upper house to push through its agenda.

1:38.8

Shares in Weight Loss drugmaker Novo Nordisk are rallying today after American telehealth

1:43.6

company Hems and

1:44.5

Hers dropped its plan to offer a knockoff version of Wigovi over the weekend. The move came

1:50.2

after the Food and Drug Administration threatened to restrict access to the ingredients that

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