Hegseth: Trump's $1.5T defense budget request 'a message to the world'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday declared President Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget “a message to the world” in reestablishing America’s military power. Speaking to employees at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Hegseth announced that the Trump administration is “rebuilding our military,” and plans to enhance U.S. defense… Source link

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JPMorgan Chase (JPM) earnings Q4 2025

Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during the America Business Forum in Miami, Florida, US, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase reported fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street analysts surveyed by…

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Meta taps Trump alum as new president

{Beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick president. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced Monday that it has selected former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick to serve as president and vice president. © AP Photo/Evan Vucci Powell McCormick, who served as deputy national security adviser during President Trump’s……

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Global central bankers defend Fed Chair Jerome Powell

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a video message in which he states that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has threatened him with a criminal indictment related to the Federal headquarters renovation, in this screengrab obtained from a video released on January 11, 2026. U.s. Federal Reserve | Via Reuters Global central bankers…

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Judge allows offshore wind farm to keep building after Trump tries again to halt it

A federal judge on Monday temporarily allowed an offshore wind farm to continue construction following another attempt by the Trump administration to stop it. Reagan-appointed Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction to block a stop-work order issued by the Trump administration against Revolution Wind. The Trump administration ordered Revolution Wind, along with four similar……

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