Stocks Soar After Trump Cancels Threatened Strikes on Iran

P.M. Edition for June 11. After threatening more strikes against Iran this morning and then calling them off, President Trump said this afternoon that there’s an agreement to end the war–although final details still need to be completed. Plus, Trump says he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, a top federal Manhattan prosecutor and former SEC chairman, as intelligence director. WSJ national security reporter Yoko Kubota discusses why this move might help defuse a fight with Congress over a crucial spying tool. And SpaceX officially sold $75 billion worth of shares, making it the biggest IPO ever. Asset managers like BlackRock helped: The Journal learned that it put in an order to buy at least $5 billion worth of SpaceX shares. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices