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What This Year’s Dealmaking Boom Means for 2026

Edition for Dec. 24. This year has been a big one for deals, with some blockbuster mergers and big-name breakups. WSJ lead deals reporter Lauren Thomas discusses what drove all that activity in 2025, and what she’ll be keeping her eye on in the year to come. Plus, the heirs to Texas billionaire Robert Brockman will pay $750 million in the biggest U.S. tax fraud case ever. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposes a demilitarized zone in the eastern region of Donetsk as part of a potential peace deal. Alex Ossola hosts. Programming note: What’s News is publishing once a day through Jan. 2. 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 Tyson Plant That Shaped This Nebraska Town Is Closing. What Comes Next?

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  The U.S. Oil Blockade of Venezuela Is Pushing Cuba Toward Collapse

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  Why Toxic Fumes on Planes Are Being Blamed for Illnesses and Deaths

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  What’s Next in the Fight Over Healthcare Subsidies

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  The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

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  What’s News in Markets: Memory Chips, Corporate Drama, Mega IPO

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  DOJ Releases First Batch of Jeffrey Epstein Files

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  EU Backs $105 Billion Ukraine Loan

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  Why Economists Are Urging Caution About November’s Inflation Report

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  The ‘New Silk Road’ of Cheap Chinese Goods

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  Frustrated Republican Centrists Join Democrats to Force ACA Vote

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  Trump Takes Aim at Venezuela’s Maduro With Tanker Blockade

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  U.S. Unemployment Rises to Highest Level Since 2021

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  Delayed U.S. Jobs Data to Fill In Labor Market Blanks

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  Ford Pulls Back From EV Plans After $19.5 Billion Hit