After second Minneapolis shooting, Congress hurtles toward a partial government shutdown over DHS funding

After second Minneapolis shooting, Congress hurtles toward a partial government shutdown over DHS funding

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrats’ news conference in the U.S. Capitol on the deadline for the release of the Epstein files on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The U.S. government is nearing the brink of a partial shutdown by the end … Read more

Auto executives are hoping for the best and planning for the worst in 2026

Auto executives are hoping for the best and planning for the worst in 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump and CEO of Ford Jim Farley clap, as President Trump visits a Ford production center, in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters DETROIT — The only consistency has been inconsistency for the U.S. automotive industry during the first half of this decade — a trend that’s expected … Read more

From Bill Gates to Emmanuel Macron: How the world’s most powerful people communicate and exert influence

From Bill Gates to Emmanuel Macron: How the world’s most powerful people communicate and exert influence

French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing sunglasses, speaks during a meeting on the institutional future of New Caledonia at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Jan. 16, 2026. Yoan Valat | Via Reuters Every January, the world’s most powerful people gather on the snowy peaks of Davos to talk about the most pressing global issues, and … Read more

Japan PM vows to act against speculative market moves after yen spike

Japan PM vows to act against speculative market moves after yen spike

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Sunday her government will take necessary steps against speculative market moves, in the wake of a yen spike that heightened traders’ alert over the chance of currency intervention. Japanese government bonds and the yen have sold off in recent weeks on concern Takaichi’s expansionary fiscal policy and the … Read more

U.S. to inject $1.6 billion into rare earths miner for 10% stake, FT reports

U.S. to inject .6 billion into rare earths miner for 10% stake, FT reports

Alex Jech walks past equipment that will become part of the production line at USA Rare Earth’s facility in Stillwater, Oklahoma on June 20, 2025. Nick Oxford | The Washington Post | Getty Images The United States is planning to inject $1.6 billion into Oklahoma-based miner USA Rare Earth and will receive a 10% stake … Read more

Buy low, sell high: How we navigated the wild week on Wall Street

Buy low, sell high: How we navigated the wild week on Wall Street

It was a tumultuous week for investors. President Donald Trump ‘s threat to increase tariffs on eight European countries for opposing his bid to take over Greenland sent the stock market into a tailspin on Tuesday, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq posting their worst days since October. Both averages rebounded the next … Read more

Gov. Walz calls on Trump to halt ICE operations in Minnesota after another fatal shooting

Gov. Walz calls on Trump to halt ICE operations in Minnesota after another fatal shooting

A federal agent cordons off the area as people gather at the scene of a shooting involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 24, 2026. Tim Evans | Reuters Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday called on President Donald Trump to end sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the state after … Read more

Trump threatens to impose 100% tariff if Canada makes deal with China

Trump threatens to impose 100% tariff if Canada makes deal with China

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 13, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday warned Canada that the U.S. would impose 100% tariff on goods sold in the U.S. if the country strikes a trade deal with … Read more

U.S.-brokered peace talks break off without a deal after overnight Russian bombardment of Ukraine

U.S.-brokered peace talks break off without a deal after overnight Russian bombardment of Ukraine

Ukraine and Russia ended a second day of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Saturday without a deal. Future meetings were mooted after overnight Russian airstrikes that knocked out power for over a million Ukrainians amid subzero winter cold. Statements following the talks did not indicate that any agreements had been reached, but both Moscow … Read more

Meta’s Reality Labs cuts sparked fears of a ‘VR winter’

Meta’s Reality Labs cuts sparked fears of a ‘VR winter’

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries on Orion AR glasses at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta‘s deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses has chilled the industry, leading to concerns about its … Read more