WSJ: The U.S. seized an Iran-linked oil tanker, Skywave, in the Indian Ocean overnight. The tanker was sanctioned in March and likely carried more than 1M barrels of Iranian crude, as the Trump administration keeps pressure on Tehran while weighing possible military strikes.

WSJ visits a little-known room at the New York Stock Exchange, where a group of certified coffee graders perform a job essential to global commerce. 🎥 Watch more:

WSJ's Valerie Bauerlein explains why the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Alex Murdaugh’s 2023 conviction in the double-murder of his wife and son, all but ensuring a do-over of one of the most-watched court cases in memory. Murdaugh, a 57-year-old disbarred lawyer, is imprisoned in the rural western corner of the state and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison on separate financial crimes regardless of Wednesday’s ruling. Read more: 🔗

WSJ: GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen: eBay ‘Needs to Be on Ozempic—It’s Literally Obese’ Great overview by @laurenthomas of my interview with Ryan. READ:

WSJ: Rivian $RIVN CEO RJ Scaringe’s Mind Robotics raised $400M at a $3.4B valuation, bringing total funding above $1B. The AI robotics startup is working with Rivian to train and deploy hundreds of robots at its Normal, Illinois factory

From @WSJFreeEx via @WSJOpinion: It seems laughable to say we are in a competition for the future with China. What do they have? What have they done? TikTok. That’s pretty much it, writes @matthennessey.

The WSJ reports: SpaceX is aiming to go public on June 12, according to people familiar with the matter, setting the stage for what is expected to be the biggest initial public offering of all time. NEW SPACE CAPITALISM is being released just in time for the IPO. NEW SPACE CAPITALISM provides the full background to the success story of SpaceX and the opportunities of the space economy. Recommended by Professor Matthew Weinzierl, the world’s leading expert on the space economy at Harvard Business School:. “Market forces are revolutionizing space and the space economy, and Rainer Zitelmann’s sweeping new book stands out from the crowd in unapologetically making the case for keeping capitalism at the core of our spacefaring future. A must-read for anyone interested in the economics of space and humanity’s exploration of it.”

🎯 @WSJopinion my 2 cents: The real fulcrum of U.S.-China competition is understanding who is rising and who is declining—with the free people of Taiwan hanging in the balance. It’s a mindset as much as a strategic analysis.