The U.S. and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks as Trump sends the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Mideast
Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday.After the first discussions, U.S. President Donald…
A stock market doom loop is hitting everything that touches AI
The stock market turmoil unleashed by the artificial-intelligence industry reflects two fears that are increasingly at odds. The dueling anxieties have been brewing for months. But they’ve shifted to the center…
Trump’s border czar says ‘small’ security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown. ‘We’ll get back to the original footprint’
A “small” security force will stay for a short period to protect remaining immigration agents and will respond “when our agents are out and they get surrounded by agitators and…
Gasoline-starved California is turning to fuel from the Bahamas
US supplies of gasoline are being shipped out of the country to travel thousands of miles via the Bahamas before finally ending up in California, a state battling shrinking fuelmaking capacity…
U.S. military tracks down a sanctioned oil tanker from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean and ‘shut it down’
“The vessel tried to defy President Trump’s quarantine — hoping to slip away,” the Pentagon said. “We tracked it from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, closed the distance, and…
EU foreign policy chief pushes back on U.S. claims that ‘woke, decadent Europe’ is heading toward ‘civilizational erasure’
A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration.“Contrary to what some may…
U.S. literally can’t afford to lose superpower status as debt looms—so we’re stuck in an ‘increasingly loveless’ marriage with Europe, analyst says
Despite fears the trans-Atlantic alliance would break up over President Donald Trump’s desire to take over Greenland, the U.S. and Europe are too intertwined militarily and economically to split, according…
The punk rock economist: why the founder of Warped Tour refuses to gouge fans
In 1997, the Warped Tour boasted a killer pop-punk lineup: Pennywise, The Descendents, Limp Bizkit, Social Distortion, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Blink-182 were all on the bill. The poster…
One of Stanford’s original AI gurus says productivity liftoff has begun after doubling in 2025 amid transition to ‘harvest phase’ along J-curve
The K-shaped economy has dominated discourse lately, but the J-curve is entering the chat too amid debate over AI’s impact on productivity.The curve refers to the idea that general-purpose technologies…
China expanding aid for Russia’s war, Western officials say
China increased its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine in 2025 and is likely to deepen cooperation with Moscow further this year, Western officials said, casting doubt on efforts by…
