Press Digest: Wall Street Journal - October 16

Whirlpool

16/10/2025 06:28

Oct 16 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Canada's Industry Minister Melanie Joly threatened Stellantis STLAM.MI  with legal action over the car company's plan to make midsize Jeeps in Illinois instead of Ontario.

- The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service that would allow the agency to pursue criminal inquiries of left-leaning groups more easily.

- More than three dozen organizations and individuals, including companies with business before the federal government, attended a dinner with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening.

- Federal officials say they have found no evidence of widespread undervaluing of imported appliances after Whirlpool WHR.N last month accused its rivals of possible tariff evasion.

 - A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with mass firings of federal employees while the government is shut down.

 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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