Justice Department Drops Investigation Into Jerome Powell

Justice Department Drops Investigation Into Jerome Powell

From WSJ Minute Briefing by The Wall Street Journal

April 24, 2026 · 3 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the Justice Department's decision to drop its investigation into Jerome Powell, highlights China's DeepSeek AI model, and covers X-Energy's significant IPO.

Plus: China’s DeepSeek unveils what it calls the most powerful open-source AI model on the market. And nuclear-energy company X-Energy’s $9 billion IPO means big gains for high-profile investors. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Pierre Bienaimé

Topics covered

  • Justice Department
  • Jerome Powell
  • AI model
  • nuclear energy
  • IPO
  • investors

Keywords

  • Justice Department
  • Jerome Powell
  • AI model
  • X-Energy
  • IPO
  • investors

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Organizations: Justice Department, China’s DeepSeek, X-Energy, Wall Street Journal

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