China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held a press conference on May 23, 2026, at the end of the APEC trade ministers’ meeting in Suzhou, China. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng SUZHOU, China — Just over a week after the U.S. and Chinese presidents met in Beijing, the world’s two largest economies are sending different messages about…
U.S. treasury bonds typically occupy a special place in an investor’s portfolio — the asset class against which all other market risk is measured. But a surge in long-dated yields is forcing investors to rethink this assumption. The yield on the 10-year treasury recently surged to a level it had not seen in over a…
U.S. drivers will pay gasoline prices near four-year highs when they fuel up for travel over the long Memorial Day weekend and should expect more pain at the pump this summer if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen. The average gasoline price stood at $4.55 per gallon on Friday, an increase of more than…
Customers shop for eggs at an H-E-B grocery store on May 11, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Egg prices are finally cooling in a welcome shift for consumers. But now a new challenge is sending producers scrambling: they have too many eggs at a time when their input costs are rising….
Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves a check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his release from a detention in Pennsylvania, on Dec. 12, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images A federal judge in Tennessee on Friday dismissed human smuggling charges against Kilmar…
US President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. walk on the south lawn toward the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2026. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday said he won’t attend the wedding this weekend of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to socialite Bettina Anderson….
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a press briefing, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as President Donald Trump‘s director of national intelligence, she announced Friday. Gabbard, in a resignation letter addressed to Trump, said she has to step…
The Micron Technology offices in San Jose, California, Dec. 16, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Quantum stocks jumped this week on news that the U.S. government was taking equity stakes in nine companies, including IBM, as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to acquire shares of private sector companies. So where might…
US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday defended the controversial new Department of Justice “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” saying, “I gave up a lot of money” in…
Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it is exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers and order identifiers to the open Internet. Chris Walker, a spokesman for the Trump-branded phone maker, told TechCrunch that the company is investigating the exposure and has found no evidence that material or financial information was leaked…
