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The UK government is drawing up a £2bn raid on retirement savings by reducing tax benefits from salary sacrifice pension schemes ahead of the Budget this month.⁠ ⁠ Claer Barrett explains why we need to talk about it.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to read more.

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The pharma industry has seen a crazy wave of deals, including Merck's $9.2bn takeover of Cidara Therapeutics. Is it a sign of strength or weakness for the industry? ⁠ ⁠ Today on the show, Rob Armstrong talks with US finance editor James Fontanella-Khan about the pressures on drug companies from Washington and the market.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to listen to the full episode.

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Renting a two-bedroom apartment in Atlanta costs nearly $2,000 a month on average, well above what the typical renter in the city can comfortably afford.⁠ ⁠ Many of them are turning to fraud as a way to secure fancier accommodations.⁠ ⁠ Reporter: Deborah Acosta and Rebecca Picciotto⁠ Host/Producer: @juliamunslow

@wsjmag

A Gustav Klimt painting sold for a record-breaking $236.4 million on Tuesday night, making it the most expensive piece of modern art ever sold at auction. The record was set in the inaugural sale at Sotheby’s new home in New York’s Breuer building. With the sale, “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” joins a rarified group of art trophies that have sold for over $100 million, led by the reigning titleholder, a $450 million Leonardo da Vinci, “Salvator Mundi.” Reporter: @kellycrowwsj Editor: Jacob Ohara

@apnews

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is making bold predictions about the impact that artificial intelligence and humanoid robots will have on society in the not-too-distant future. Speaking at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum Wednesday, Musk claimed that work will become optional for human beings, poverty will be eliminated and monetary currency will be "irrelevant."

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Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House where the East Wing once stood. Here are new images showing the ongoing construction.

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“America,” a sculpture of a solid-gold toilet, was priced to sell for its weight in gold at Sotheby’s, which amounted to $9.9 million in gold markets on Tuesday.⁠ ⁠ The auction house kicked off the competition by rounding up its asking price to $10 million, but the piece only attracted a lone bid over the telephone. With Sotheby’s fees, that meant the toilet totaled $12.1 million.⁠ ⁠ The 18-carat toilet was created by Maurizio Cattelan—the same artist behind last year’s $6.2 million duct tape banana. After the sale, the house said the buyer was a famous American brand, but it declined to elaborate.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Sotheby's

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A 21-gun salute, a sprawling Marine Corps band, a fighter jet fly-past — and threats against American journalists who might offend the US president’s guest. ⁠ ⁠ Donald Trump’s Oval Office welcome for Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was quite a display for a man US spies have said was responsible for a murder so shocking that it rendered the kingdom, in Joe Biden’s words, a 'pariah'. ⁠ ⁠ But Trump had deals to make: advanced US weapons and chips to sell and $1tn worth of Saudi investment to tout in return.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in our bio to read more about the meeting between the US president and the crown prince.

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Parents of students kidnapped from Nigerian boarding school react as authorities continue search for 24 girls. One of the students escaped.

@politico

President Donald Trump called for the House to vote to release the Epstein files — but only after hearing GOP lawmakers would be voting in favor of it, says our @DashaBurns. The strategy now is to give Republicans “a perceived win so they can go back to the districts and say, ‘I voted to release the Epstein files,’” she says on #playbookpod. 🎧 Search "The Playbook Podcast" in your favorite audio app to hear why Trump is concerned the public won’t be satisfied even after the files are released.

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Trump’s fallout with MAGA loyalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been dramatic. One reason he may be lashing out at MTG: Her sudden — and very public — break with the president on a range of key issues, from Epstein to health care and affordability. “He fears, I think, that she's creating this permission structure for more lawmakers, more people within that base just to break from him,” says our @DashaBurns on today's #PlaybookPod. 🎧 Search "The Playbook Podcast" in your favorite audio app to hear the full episode.

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The White House is on the brink of unveiling a major new peace agreement with Russia that officials say will finally bring the years-long war with Ukraine to an end. A senior White House official told our @DashaBurns they expect a framework for ending the conflict to be agreed on by all parties by the end of this month — and possibly “as soon as this week.” Dasha and co-host @jack_blanchard_ discuss peace in Ukraine, war in Congress and more on today’s episode of #PlaybookPod — listen at the link in bio. https://pod.link/1169056746

@nytimes

At least 25 people were killed and some 73 wounded in Ternopil, Ukraine, when a Russian missile hit a residential building, the Ukrainian emergency service said. The attack was part of a wave of strikes across the country as President Volodymyr Zelensky seeks to revive stalled peace talks. Read more at the link in our bio.

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Seven years ago, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia was effectively banished from Washington. When he arrived at the White House on Tuesday, he got F-35s, the world’s fastest chips and the central role in the remaking of the Middle East. Our reporter explains how Salman, a pariah after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, has reset relations on his own terms – and read more at the link in our bio. Video by David E. Sanger, Melanie Bencosme, Leila Medina, James Surdam and Rebecca Suner/The New York Times

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The House approved a bill directing the Justice Department to release all files related to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, in a near-unanimous vote. Hours later, Senator Chuck Schumer won unanimous agreement for the Senate to pass the measure as soon as it arrived in the chamber. Our congressional reporter Annie Karni explains the vote to release the Epstein files. Tap the link in our bio for the latest on this developing story. Video by Annie Karni, Claire Hogan and James Surdam/The New York Times