New York Times columnist @andrewrsorkin and his colleagues help make sense of major business and policy news — and the power-brokers who shape them.
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"It's a real weakness to want to be liked," @elonmusk told @andrewrsorkin at the 2023 DealBook Summit.
Hear more insights from top business leaders at the annual DealBook Summit, back November 18.
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How do the CEOs of some of the world's biggest companies stay focused while juggling competing demands?
We put that question to top executives from PayPal, Land O'Lakes, Southwest Airlines, Nordstrom and GSK during a panel at this year's DealBook Summit.
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Sen. Chris Coons said the Democratic Party's long-term support for Israel is at risk "unless there is a basic change" in how the country addresses the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
"The Palestinians have to have a seat at the table and to be part of the solution going forward," he said at the 2025 DealBook Summit.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turned a victory into a "problematic situation" after the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack that set off the war in Gaza, said former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
"We are blocking some of the better opportunities which are now at the table," Barak said at the 2025 DealBook Summit.
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Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk told @andrewrsorkin that she still supports the Second Amendment.
At this year's DealBook Summit, Kirk said that the assassination of her husband, the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was not the result of a "gun problem."
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has faced scrutiny over his financial and personal ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
"I now deeply regret having any association with him," Barak said at this year's DealBook Conference.
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Erika Kirk called it "ironic" that so many women voted for Zohran Mamdani in New York's mayoral election at the 2025 DealBook Summit.
She expressed concern that career-driven women view the government as a "replacement" for family, potentially leading them to delay marriage and having kids.
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Cailfornia Gov. Gavin Newsom made a surprising suggestion to the Democratic Party at the DealBook Summit: "Be more culturally normal."
@GavinNewsom has been on a quest for the last year to examine why Democrats lost so badly in 2024.
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp defended the work his company was doing to help the Trump administration carry out its immigration policies at the DealBook Summit.
Karp said that he cares about two issues: "immigration and restoring the deterrent capacity of America." Any suggestion that Trump is a fascist, he said, is "stupid."
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told @andrewrsorkin that he sees prediction markets as an alternative to traditional media at the 2025 DealBook Summit.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, not so much. "This is not how I'm going to live my life," he said.
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Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, is YouTube's most popular entertainer.
In an interview with @andrewrsorkin at the DealBook Summit, he frequently dismissed TikTok — despite reportedly trying to bid on the app — as more overrun with "brain rot" than YouTube.
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Israeli Prime Minister closed the door on any questions about his intent to try to stay in power through next year's elections and beyond.
"When history is within reach, you don’t step aside, you step forward, and that is what I am doing," he said at the 2025 DealBook Summit.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu challenged New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's pledge to arrest him, stating he will "come to New York" anyway.
"Of course I will," he told @andrewrsorkin at the 2025 DealBook Summit.
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Are we in an A.I. bubble? That’s the question @andrewrsorkin asked @DarioAmodei at the DealBook Summit.
The CEO of Anthropic, which makes the A.I. chatbot Claude, acknowledged that the enormous amounts of spending could come back to haunt at least some A.I. companies.
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Can the U.S. auto industry stay competitive around the world?
This question is top of mind for General Motors CEO Mary Barra, whose biggest challenge is to keep the company profitable while dealing with Trump administration tariffs that are costing it billions.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he changed his mind on the merits of tariffs since 2024, when he was a skeptic in the private sector.
"I've had an open mind, and I've evolved on this, and that the president's been right," @SecScottBessent told @sorkinsays at the DealBook Summit.
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Larry Fink said his "thought process has evolved" on crypto at the 2025 DealBook Summit.
But the chief executive of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, still warned that Bitcoin is heavily influenced by "leveraged players," contributing to its recent price crash.
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Taiwan's president Lai Ching-te said that China was accelerating its military intimidation campaign toward the island.
"We can see that China's military drills targeted at Taiwan are becoming increasingly frequent and intense," @ChingteLai told @andrewrsorkin at the DealBook Summit.
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Some were heavily marketed. Many were championed by critics. Most had star power. But not one of the 25 dramas and comedies that movie companies released in North American theaters over the past three months has become a hit. nyti.ms/4pelwQL
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U.S. employers added 177,000 jobs in April, a slight dip in hiring from 185,000 in March. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2%. Read more on the latest jobs report: nyti.ms/4k23hLM
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A pair of scoops in today's DealBook: Kalshi, the online predictions market, taps Wall Street for growth. And K5 Global, the venture capital firm co-founded by the former Hollywood agent, Michael Kives, reaches a big settlement with FTX. nyti.ms/3EizYot
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The sudden popularity of DeepSeek, the Chinese chatbot, drove a huge plunge in shares of Nvidia. But other AI powerhouses rallied. Here’s why: nyti.ms/4jwdAZ1
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Budget travelers: Mark your calendar to take advantage of sales, slow periods and the best travel deals. by @ElaineGlusac nyti.ms/42bRmFe
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As astrotourism booms, the northern lights get a boost from digital photography. by @ElaineGlusac nyti.ms/40eh1e4
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When the moderator @jess_sims asked "What does branding mean to you?" the seven panelists gave one-word answers: money, self, authenticity, truth, education, opportunity and exhausting.
Watch the full conversation here. piped.video/watch?v=ZLvsUjyC…
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"There’s no better branding then we you can get direct to your consumer," said @ReneeMontgomery, co-owner and vice president of the @AtlantaDream.
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The @minnesotalynx forward and the co-founder of @Unrivaledwbb explained at the DealBook Summit how she uses her social media accounts to show fans that being a professional athlete is not without its hardships. piped.video/watch?v=ZLvsUjyC…
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"If you want to be good at anything, it doesn’t have to be sports, it takes work and sacrifice," said @PHEEsespieces. "This is a lifelong sacrifice that I’ve made to get here."
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Watch the full conversation between @hopesolo, @JustinTuck, @ReneeMontgomery and other athletes here. piped.video/watch?v=ZLvsUjyC…
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The World Cup and Olympic champion @hopesolo came of age as a soccer player in the early years of social media. To her, it was divisive. nyti.ms/3OZxk9t
ALT A portrait of Hope Solo sitting at a table with a microphone. A quote reads: "We looked at social media during the World Cup as toxic. Players would care more about what was being seen."
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Watch the full conversation, "The Other Game: How Athletes Become Brands," with @ChilesJordan, @hopesolo, @JessePalmerTV and others. piped.video/watch?v=ZLvsUjyC…
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The gold-medal winning Olympic gymnast @ChilesJordan pointed out the different level of judgment for female athletes on social media during a DealBook Summit panel discussion.
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Watch the full conversation with @SpeakerMcCarthy, @KellyannePolls, @VanJones68 and more here. piped.video/watch?v=CHBFl17R…
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"When we covered the first Trump administration, I told a lot of reporters, 'Do not get emotional about this,'" @MajorCBS said during a DealBook Summit panel about the election and its aftermath.
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Watch the full conversation, moderated by @jodikantor, here. piped.video/watch?v=5gxCXYJA…
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"The idea that you can be successful from your dining room table is about as much of a joke as work-life balance conversations," @EmmaGrede said. "You aren’t going to get far unless you surround yourself with people, because nobody is successful on their own."
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Watch the full conversation from our DealBook Summit panel "The Other Game: How Athletes Become Brands," moderated by @jess_sims, here. piped.video/watch?v=ZLvsUjyC…
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@ReneeMontgomery, co-owner of the @atlantadream, explains why it feels more difficult for athletes to retain their individuality and still be financially successful.
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Watch the full conversation with @ChilesJordan, @hopesolo, @ReneeMontgomery and more here. piped.video/watch?v=ZLvsUjyC…
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"I think it’s important too that the people who are in your circle are genuinely behind you and happy for your success, which I think, as athletes, sometimes isn’t always the case," @JessePalmerTV said.
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Most members of the DealBook Summit panel described immense benefits from artificial intelligence and saw its risks as manageable. Watch the full conversation here. piped.video/watch?v=AhiYRseT…
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Watch their full conversation, moderated by @jodikantor, here. piped.video/watch?v=5gxCXYJA…
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While women had now achieved a "base camp" of rights, "there’s another mountain to climb," Thasunda Brown Duckett, president and CEO of @TIAA, one of the world’s largest pension funds said.
"Talent is created equally. Opportunity is not."
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Watch the full conversation here. piped.video/watch?v=AhiYRseT…
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According to @superwuster, a professor at @ColumbiaLaw and a former White House special assistant for technology and competition policy in the Biden administration, people’s resistance to AI is driven by economic insecurity.
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The task force discussed why women have made limited progress in gaining leadership positions in business. Watch the full conversation moderated by @jodikantor here. piped.video/watch?v=5gxCXYJA…
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"We’ve got to hunker down, pivot, shift our strategies, really think about how we harness all the power that we have accumulated over the last few years, and put it to use," said Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios.
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"Why at the time when women are really, in so many ways, doing better than ever in society," @jodikantor asked, "why is progress still limited in the business world in leadership positions?" piped.video/watch?v=5gxCXYJA…
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"You have to be honest about what it takes to be a leader and what those trade-offs are," @emmagrede said during a panel that discussed a range of topics for women in business, including how freezing eggs to postpone motherhood did not always work out.
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Watch the full conversation, moderated by @jodikantor, on why women have made limited progress in gaining leadership positions in business. piped.video/watch?v=5gxCXYJA…
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"We have to often ask ourselves, 'Why do we have the most educated population of women with the least amount of participation in the labor force?'" @reshmasaujani said. "It’s because we become mothers."
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Watch the full conversation between female business leaders, entrepreneurs and activists here. piped.video/watch?v=5gxCXYJA…
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For women thinking about their reproductive futures, “more information is power,” @brookeshields said at a panel discussion moderated by @jodikantor on why women have made limited progress in gaining leadership positions in business.
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Watch the whole conversation, moderated by @maggieNYT, on the ongoing political shifts in the U.S. here. piped.video/watch?v=CHBFl17R…
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Anita Dunn, former senior adviser to President Biden, on how he pardoned his son: "I absolutely agree with the president’s decision here. I do not agree with the way it was done. I don’t agree with the timing and I don’t agree, frankly, with the attack on our judicial system."
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Experts in politics, the media and advocacy shared their views at the election round table at the DealBook Summit on Dec. 4. Watch the full conversation moderated by @maggieNYT here. piped.video/watch?v=CHBFl17R…
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“Is prosecuting people who held those positions of power in the previous administration, his own administration, the proper way to go?” @MargaretHoover asked @KellyannePolls about President-elect Trump’s vow of retribution against those he considered disloyal.
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Watch the full conversation — moderated by @maggieNYT — from our 10-member election task force on these ongoing political shifts. piped.video/watch?v=CHBFl17R…
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The only other time a president was re-elected to a nonconsecutive second term was also during a time of economic and cultural disruption, @MajorCBS said during a DealBook Summit discussion about the election.
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Why the Democrats lost and what the future of the two political parties — and the country — will look like, is still the subject of fierce debate. Watch the full conversation from our 10-member election task force here. piped.video/watch?v=CHBFl17R…
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Kellyanne Conway thinks the 2024 election was "a rejection of wokeness."
Here's what @KellyannePolls, the campaign manager for the 2016 Trump campaign and former senior counselor, had to say at a lively DealBook Summit discussion moderated by @maggieNYT.
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Watch the full conversation from our 10-member election task force here. piped.video/watch?v=CHBFl17R…
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Watch the full AI discussion here. piped.video/watch?v=AhiYRseT…
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