The swipe-fee settlement that could spell trouble for your rewards card

Merchants could soon decline popular premium credit cards as part of a settlement between Visa and Mastercard. Josyana Joshua of Bloomberg explains why. The shutdown stalled the release of key inflation and jobs numbers. The Wall Street Journal’s Harriet Torry discusses why that missing economic data could hamper employers and policymakers. In this week’s Apple News In Conversation, Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario breaks down key moments from a documentary about her life and career, ‘Love+War.’ Plus, a day-care worker wrongly detained by ICE was freed, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new military mission, and what happened to guests when the company running their hotels went bankrupt. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.