American Incomes Hit A Record High

P.M. Edition for Sept. 15. The annual Census report on households’ financial well-being showed that median household income notched a new record (wsj.com/economy/consumers/american-incomes-hit…) last year. But as WSJ economics reporter Rachel Wolfe (wsj.com/news/author/rachel-wolfe?mod=WSJ_WNPOD) explains, not all Americans are seeing the gains. Plus, a landmark bill that would regulate the crypto industry failed (wsj.com/politics/policy/landmark-crypto-bill-f…) in a procedural vote in the Senate. We hear from reporter Vicky Ge Huang (wsj.com/news/author/vicky-ge-huang?mod=WSJ_WNPOD) about where the measure goes from here. And the Kennedy Center’s board voted to close the venue (wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-name-cant-be-reinst…) for renovations, even as President Trump threatened to block them over a naming dispute. Alex Ossola hosts.

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