U.S. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was freezing $10 billion in…
Berkshire Vice Chairman Greg Abel speaks with shareholders during the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual shareholders’ meeting, in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 2, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Greg Abel, the newly minted Chief Executive of Berkshire Hathaway, is getting a bump in salary as he takes over from the legendary investor Warren Buffett. Abel, who…
Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises over Sydney harbor and city center skyscrapers. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Wednesday as investors parsed Australia’s inflation data. The country’s benchmark ASX/S&P 200 rose 0.38% after domestic inflation data…
An oil tanker is docked at a pier at the El Palito refinery of the state oil company PDVSA. Jesus Vargas | Picture Alliance | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that the interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United…
Meta said Tuesday that it hired former Microsoft legal executive Curtis Joseph Mahoney to become its chief legal officer. Mahoney will replace Meta’s previous head lawyer, Jennifer Newstead, who announced in December that she would be leaving Meta to become Apple’s general counsel in March. He joins Meta at a time when the company is…
Signage for Bitcoin cryptocurrency in Hong Kong, Nov. 26, 2025. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images Following President Nicolás Maduro’s deposition last weekend, all eyes are on Venezuela and its vast oil reserves. But there’s another resource Maduro’s regime is believed to have had in abundance — an asset that, if liquidated or seized,…
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to address House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 6, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump and his team are considering “a range of options”…
Prediction market traders ramped up bets that more international shake-ups may lie ahead in the wake of President Donald Trump‘s raid on Venezuela. Traders on the burgeoning platforms have recently committed money based on where the White House might turn its focus next. The amped up bets come as Wall Street and Main Street note…
Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images California Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa died Tuesday, his office announced. He was 65. “Early this morning Congressman Doug LaMalfa returned home to the Lord….
Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images As part of an ongoing effort to give 401(k) investors more access to guaranteed income in retirement, a bipartisan bill in Congress would allow some workers to use their retirement savings to buy annuities outside of their plan. The Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act, or H.R. 6324, would…
