Workers clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on June 25, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A group of Senate Democrats is probing President Donald Trump‘s troubled renovation of the reflecting pool in Washington that has drawn scrutiny for running over budget and rapidly deteriorating. The Democrats, in a…
A person holds a sign reading “Save Our Social Security” during a rally against President Donald Trump’s tax plan, near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 10, 2025. Bryan Dozier | Afp | Getty Images Washington lawmakers have a new deadline by when to fix Social Security‘s retirement trust fund, based on a new annual…
On Semiconductor has agreed to buy Synaptics in a nearly $7 billion all-stock deal to bolster its push into physical artificial intelligence technology. The Arizona-based company said the deal will give its total addressable market a $30 billion boost to $243 billion by 2030 and strengthen its intelligence systems portfolio. It’s also the company’s largest…
US President Donald Trump, alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks to the press on the way to a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is turning a series of would-be…
A view of commercial cargo vessels and crude oil tankers are anchored in the Gulf of Oman, off the coast of Muscat, Oman, on June 21, 2026, as they prepare to transit through the critical Strait of Hormuz. Shady Alassar | Anadolu | Getty Images Iran was behind an attack on a cargo ship near…
Julia Pentasuglio, a student at Loyola University and managing editor of The Loyola Phoenix newspaper, types on her laptop at the university newsroom in downtown Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 11, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters A federal judge temporarily blocked a new Trump administration rule that limits how much certain graduate students can borrow based on…
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks at a press conference at the Department of Justice on May 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images A federal judge on Thursday said a lawsuit challenging the Department of Justice‘s creation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund will proceed, citing the DOJ’s refusal to…
Priscilla Chan (R) and her husband Mark Zuckerberg announce the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to “cure, prevent or manage all disease” by the end of the century during a news conference at UCSF Mission Bay in San Francisco. Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Biohub, a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-funded non-profit research organization, announced Thursday that it will open…
JPMorgan Chase on Thursday promoted two of its top executives into newly created co-president roles, marking the latest step in CEO Jamie Dimon’s long-running succession planning while announcing the retirement of one of Dimon’s most prominent potential successors. Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh, who have jointly led the bank’s commercial and investment banking division since…
Signage for a Wendy’s restaurant in Brampton, Ontario, on April 21, 2026. Mike Campbell | Nurphoto | Getty Images Wendy’s shares failed to extend their rally for a second day on Thursday after the fast-food chain became the latest target of retail traders. The company’s stock fell nearly 7% after surging by double digits earlier…
