Jay Clayton appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Aaron Schwartz | Getty Images The Senate on Tuesday evening is scheduled to vote on Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump‘s pick for director of national intelligence, a role that would grant him access to…
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is under strain as massive stockpile releases in response to wars in the Middle East and Europe have stressed old infrastructure in need of repair. The SPR this week fell to its lowest level since March 1983 after the U.S. withdrew 352 million barrels of crude oil in four years…
U.S. President Donald Trump returns from a trip to Michigan on July 27, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected at the White House on Tuesday for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, as he looks to shore up support for…
US President Donald Trump makes an announcement on American Nuclear Innovation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2026. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. has collected more than $13 billion from the sale of Venezuelan crude oil since…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walks through the Hart Senate Office Building following meetings on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 3, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters OpenAI is in discussions with Nvidia about a backstop of up to $250 billion that would help fund its ambitious plans to lease a massive new artificial intelligence data center,…
U.S. and Chinese companies have come to dominate the global artificial intelligence race. Imen Ben Youssef | Afp | Getty Images Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. As Chinese startups build…
Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. Elke Scholiers | Getty Images Oil prices extended their losses Tuesday after a pause in fighting between the U.S. and Iran held, raising hopes for a de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that has upended energy supplies. …
SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean semiconductor shares tumbled on Tuesday, extending a rout in chipmakers after another weak session on Wall Street. SK Hynix plunged more than 10%, while Samsung Electronics fell over 8%….
Bank employees work in front of multiple monitors at the Hana Bank dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, on May 12, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Wall Street tech moves and South Korea’s stock market are becoming increasingly intertwined as artificial intelligence spending binds together the fortunes of U.S. technology giants and Korean…
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 21: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appears during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics including his presidential pardons…
