Zusha Elinson

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Essay | The Ideological Gurus Battling for the Soul of Trump World

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Joshua Chaffin |Zusha Elinson

When President Trump announced last month that he would upend decades of American trade policy by imposing massive tariffs even on longtime allies, he aroused the competing spirits of his closest advisers. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, was all too aware of the disruption tariffs would pose to his electric vehicle company, Tesla, with factories and suppliers around the world.
A Hippie-Cop Alliance Reformed Crisis Response. ‘Defund the Police’ Brought It Down.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Zusha Elinson

April 27, 2025 10:00 am ETHoodie-clad hippies from Eugene, Ore., emerged as the unlikely solution to violent police encounters that sparked protests across America five years ago. Riding in vans, these unarmed counselors and medics had a knack for defusing mental-health crises that too often ended in shootings by police. After the 2020 killing of George Floyd, cities rushed to replicate the program dubbed “Cahoots,” sending teams of mental-health workers to calls instead of armed officers.
波士顿高端妓院丑闻内幕

1 month ago | cn.wsj.com | Zusha Elinson

这是哈佛大学附近一家面向精英的高端性服务会所，一小时收费高达600美元，包括议员、公司高管、律师在内的许多知名人士都光顾过这里，如今其神秘面纱随着一起案件的聆讯而被揭开。这是一家座落在哈佛大学(Harvard University)附近的高级会所。生物技术公司高管、医生、律师和政治家都渴望光顾这里，他们为此填写了申请表，还提交了身份证、工作证和介绍信。这个精英会所是一家高档妓院，开在马萨诸塞州剑桥市的豪华公寓中，一小时收费高达600美元。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8立即订阅热门文章热门视频
Colorado’s New Tack on Gun Control: Make It Harder to Reload

1 month ago | wsj.com | Zusha Elinson |Cameron McWhirter

First-of-its-kind legislation could reshape national gun-control debate as gun-rights groups say it will ban America’s most popular firearmsColorado has taken an unprecedented approach to a decades-old dilemma for gun-control advocates: limiting the firepower of the popular AR-15 rifle. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, this past week signed one of the strictest gun laws in the nation.
Inside Boston’s Luxury Brothel Scandal

2 months ago | wsj.com | Zusha Elinson

A high-end sex work operation catering to city elites charged up to $600 an hour before federal prosecutors brought it downEager to gain access to an exclusive establishment near Harvard University, biotech executives, doctors, lawyers and politicians filled out applications and handed over IDs, work badges and personal references. This elite club was a high-end brothel charging up to $600 an hour for sexual encounters in luxury apartments in Cambridge, Mass.
Inside Boston’s Luxury Brothel Scandal

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Zusha Elinson

1 hour agoBen Whelan is not the kind of carpenter to wax poetic about the joys of framing a wall or redoing a roof. Like a lot of men he knows, he started working in residential construction as a teenager because it was a reliable way to earn money. But he has a craftsman’s pride in knowing the details that …
Trump Wanted an Apology. He Got Maine’s No-Nonsense Governor Instead.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Zusha Elinson

President Trump wants an apology from Maine Gov. Janet Mills for her prickly refusal to go along with his executive order banning trans athletes from women’s sports. But Mills, a flinty former prosecutor who stands just over 5 feet tall, won’t give it to him even as his administration launches several probes into Maine and threatens to pull federal funding.
A Former Child Star Is Taking On the Dark Side of Utah’s Mommy Bloggers

2 months ago | wsj.com | Zusha Elinson

Utah mom influencers sharing their traditional Mormon home lives are booming on Instagram and YouTube. Now, the state is poised to enact dramatic protections for the kids in those videos by giving them the right to remove embarrassing clips when they are older and to share in the revenue. The governor is expected to sign a bill that would make Utah the first red state among a handful of others that have passed laws extending the rights of child TV stars to child internet stars.
A Former Child Star Is Taking On the Dark Side of Utah’s Mommy Bloggers

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Zusha Elinson

Teen Escaped a Cult After a Forced Marriage to a Stranger. Her Husband Did Too — Then They Fell in LoveAngela and Cade Johnson were married at a laundromat in 2003 when she was 16 and he was 19. They exchanged vows not by choice, but because the notorious polygamist cult they grew up in — the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints — forced them to do so. The cult Angela and Cade …
He Built the Museum of Failure Into a Success. Now He Wants It to Flop.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Zusha Elinson

March 11, 2025 5:30 am ETSAN FRANCISCO—The founder of the Museum of Failure, which celebrates product flops like Crystal Pepsi and a golf club that doubles as a urinal, has one wish for its highly anticipated exhibition slated to open here next month—that it bombs as spectacularly as the items on display. Samuel West is begging people not to buy tickets to the internationally acclaimed show, and he isn’t joking. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.