U.S. President Donald Trump attends a reception with business leaders during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Trump’s latest retreat from a trade war has catalyzed an international asset rally — and revived investors’ talk of “TACO” — “Trump Always Chickens Out.” Speaking to…
A fishing boat navigates around icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier and are floating in Disko Bay on March 10, 2025, in Ilulissat, Greenland. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Europe spent much of 2025 scrambling to bolster its defenses against Russia — but just a week into the new…
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Friday, November 15, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House of Representatives will vote Thursday on overriding President Donald Trump‘s first vetoes of his second term. Trump last month vetoed a pair of bills…
On Dec. 8, Federal prosecutors in Texas unsealed documents that revealed an investigation into a massive smuggling network that stretched across the U.S. and the world. Dubbed “Operation Gatekeeper” by the feds, the investigation wasn’t focused on drug smuggling or stolen goods but rather an alleged secret, underground network of suppliers for Nvidia‘s graphic processing…
“This is the wrong approach — and most likely illegal,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said in a post on X Thursday. “We need a strong federal safety standard, but we should not remove the few protections Americans currently have from the downsides of AI,” Klobuchar said. Trump’s executive order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to…
Construction crews continue to remove the East Wing of the White House and prepare for construction of the new ballroom, as seen from the newly reopened Washington Monument, Nov. 14, 2025. Andrew Leyden | Getty Images A nonprofit group tasked with preserving U.S. historical sites sued President Donald Trump on Friday, seeking to halt construction…
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks with reporters outside his office on day 41 of the federal government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday night said he signed a bill ordering the Department…
Untere Schleuse wooden bridge in Thun, Switzerland. Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Switzerland’s government on Thursday cut its 2026 economic forecast for the country, citing the Trump administration’s punitive tariffs as a “heavy burden” on its industries. Officials held their forecast for the Swiss economy to expand by 1.3% this year,…
Trump administration last Friday Announced A new $ 100,000 annual levy on H -1B visa, allowing 85,000 skilled foreign workers to enter the US every year. This fee is applied to companies that hire these workers, mainly in technology. This is not the veteran enterprise capitalist Michael Moritz. In a new, scary Financial Times OddFormer…
Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel said Monday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs appear to have pushed inflation up higher than CBO analysts had initially expected. His views differ from those of Wall Street analysts, many of whom have been bracing for tariff-driven price hikes, but have yet to see them in materialize. Speaking on CNBC’s…
