A ‘terrible spiral of escalation’: World braces for intensifying Iran-Israel conflict
Chances at diplomacy are looking bleak as Iran and Israel continue to trade increasingly deadly blows. ...
Economy
Trump rips into ‘too late’ Jerome Powell after Fed holds rates steady
President Donald Trump has long criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates. ...
Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever’s $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO
Meta plans to hire Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross and former GitHub Nat Friedman to beef up the company's AI…
In race to attract data centers, states forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue to tech companies
Amazon, Meta and Google are among the beneficiaries of state tax exemptions for data centers that help power AI. ...
Social Security retirement trust fund may be depleted in less than a decade, new trustees’ report finds
The Social Security Administration has updated its projections for how long the trust funds it relies on to help pay…
‘Tariff engineering’ is making a comeback as businesses employ creative ways to skirt higher duties
Global manufacturers are rethinking their products design, looking to tap into a lesser-known legal technique known as "tariff engineering" to…
Los Angeles Lakers owners sell majority stake in the team at $10 billion valuation
The Buss family has agreed to sell a majority stake of the Los Angeles Lakers to businessman Mark Walter. ...
Trump meets with national security team on Iran as U.S. prepares to evacuate citizens from Israel
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Iran's "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" ...
Fed holds key rate steady, still sees two more cuts this year
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released its decision on interest rates following its two-day meeting this week. ...