IMF urges US to work with partners to ease trade restrictions
The IMF on Wednesday called on the United States to work with trading partners and find ways to mutually ease trade curbs, as it issued a review of the world’s biggest economy. The International Monetary Fund’s findings covered the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency, in which he unleashed wide-ranging tariffs on allies and […]
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Warns U.S. Debt Path is a Rising Global Risk
The International Monetary Fund delivered a mixed but pointed message about the U.S. economy: the near-term growth outlook remains resilient, yet Washington’s fiscal deficits are large enough to threaten long-run stability and to worsen the country’s external imbalances. In its annual “Article IV” review, the IMF projected U.S. growth of 2.4% in 2026, broadly consistent […]
Defense Department Pressures Anthropic to Loosen AI Safeguards
The Pentagon has begun asking major defense contractors—including Lockheed Martin and Boeing—to assess how dependent they are on Anthropic’s AI services, a step that signals the Defense Department is seriously weighing whether to treat the company as a potential “supply-chain risk.” The outreach was first reported by Axios, which said the inquiries come as the […]
Trump’s Culture-War Victories Could Shape America’s Narrative Heading into Its 250th Anniversary.
A Wall Street Journal analysis argues that Donald Trump has moved quickly to dominate the “culture wars” in his second term—using highly visible institutions and public symbols to project power—and that the next, bigger confrontation is about America’s national story heading into the country’s 250th anniversary in 2026. This pronunciation frames Trump’s strategy as more […]
Flavor Flav Invites Team USA Women’s Hockey Champs to Las Vegas After They Skip Trump’s SOTU
After winning Olympic gold in Milano-Cortina, the U.S. women’s ice hockey team found itself at the center of a culture-and-politics crossover that quickly spilled beyond sports. The team declined an invitation to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, and soon after, rapper and Public Enemy co-founder Flavor Flav stepped in with an […]
Victims’ Families Press House to Pass Rotor Act Mandating Aircraft Tracking After Deadly D.C. Midair Crash
Families of victims from the January 2025 midair collision near Washington, D.C., joined lawmakers in urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a major aviation safety measure intended to prevent a repeat of the tragedy. The legislation—known as the ROTOR Act—responds to recommendations made after the collision between an American Airlines regional jet and […]
Trump Pushes Tech Giants to Self-Supply Electricity as AI Demand Strains The Grid
President Donald Trump says his administration has instructed major technology companies to build their own power plants to supply electricity for their fast-growing data center fleets, arguing the move is needed to prevent household utility customers from footing the bill for the AI boom. Trump made the comments during his 2026 State of the Union […]
Northeast Blizzard Locks Down Major Cities, Cancels Thousands of Flights and Knocks Out Power
A powerful winter storm slammed the U.S. Northeast, trapping millions indoors from Maryland to Maine as blizzard warnings, road travel bans, and widespread closures reshaped daily life across the region. The heavy snow is generating damaging winds that knocked out power, immobilized transportation, and forced governments and institutions to shut down. Meteorologists said the storm […]
Trump’s First Year Back: Markets and Prices Up, Job Engine Slows
The Wall Street Journal’s year-one snapshot of President Trump’s second-term economy paints a picture of uneven performance: some headline indicators look stable or even strong, but several underlying pressures—especially jobs, housing, and trade—remain stubborn or have worsened. On the labor market, the biggest shift is slower job creation. The U.S. added 181,000 jobs in 2025, […]
Oil Slips as Trump’s Tariff Hike Stirs Global-Growth Fears, Offsetting Middle East Risk Premium
Oil prices fell about 1% after a weekend jolt from U.S. trade policy revived worries about global growth and fuel demand, even as tensions between Washington and Tehran had pushed crude sharply higher the week before. In Asian trading, Brent futures dropped roughly 1.2% to about $70.89 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]
