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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent looks on as he speaks to the media at the World Bank on the day of a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, in Washington, D.C., US, Sept. 23, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters Soaring Treasury yields aren’t just bad for the government and its $40 trillion debt. They

McDonald’s Corp. signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s on Wednesday announced plans for its own media network, pricey restaurant upgrades and ways to win over GLP-1 users during an investor presentation at its

Qantas Airways plans to start selling seats on its first nonstop between New York and Sydney next August, with flights set to launch in 2028, as the Australian carrier fills out the details for another marathon route with a special Airbus plane. The route will take about 18 hours, which puts it close to what

President Donald Trump on Tuesday focused on a wide range of threats the U.S. faces from abroad during an address to the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan. Trump defended his decision to launch a war against Iran, accusing the Islamic Republic of seeking to erect a defensive missile arsenal before making a “mad dash

Meta’s Muse AI personal agent tool has only been out for nearly two weeks, and it’s topping the app store charts. The social media giant’s Muse app is currently ahead of popular services like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Polymarket and Kashi on Apple‘s iOS app store for the category of free smartphone programs in the U.S. as

MS NOW, CNN and Politico sued President Donald Trump on Monday morning, seeking to reverse his total ban on those three media outlets from the White House. Journalists from the outlets were prevented from entering the White House on Saturday, a day after Trump announced he would bar them from working there. “This ban could

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands during trade talks at OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) headquarters in Paris, France, March 16, 2026. The U.s. Treasury | Via Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he had a successful meeting with Chinese Vice Premier

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (L) looks on as Congressional Black Caucus Chairperson Yvette Clarke (D-NY) speaks during a news conference in opposition to the SCORE Act in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images This year’s Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference,

Nscale, a cloud provider specializing in infrastructure for artificial intelligence models, has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “NSCL.” The company had a $1.02 billion net loss on $140.6 million in revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2026, according to its prospectus for an initial

President Donald Trump on Friday announced an agreement with Greenland and Denmark that gives the U.S. what he described as “permanent control over security, and all other needs” in the Danish island territory. “We will immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland, of which there are

Google said on Friday that its Gemini model had hacked three other companies, the first time the search giant has disclosed that one of its models autonomously gained access to third-party computer systems without permission. In May, the Gemini model accessed three separate private computer systems by guessing passwords and by twice using a repository

Dario Amodei, Anthropic Co-Founder and CEO, and Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO and Co-Founder, attend Dreamforce 2026 summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., Sept.15, 2026. Carlos Barria | Reuters At Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce mega-conference in San Francisco this week, the keynote conversations between CEO Marc Benioff and the heads of Anthropic, OpenAI and Nvidia delved into

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks on the phone as he walks from his office to the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The House of Representatives adjourned Wednesday, leaving Washington and almost certainly punting action on a ballooning artificial

US President Donald Trump is seen aboard Air Force One checking a Kennedy Center large printout after landing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on September 16, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images A new photo shows President Donald Trump eyeing a poster that appears to reference the John F. Kennedy Center for the

Mark Walter chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, primary owner and chairman of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers and a 12.7% of BlueCo, a holding company that controls Premier League club Chelsea on the field after the FIFA Club World Cup Final against Paris Saint-Germain on July, 13, 2025 at MetLife Stadium in East

(From L) Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for a speech during European Commission President’s annual State of the Union address at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France on September 16, 2026. Jean-christophe Verhaegen | Afp |

The House could vote as early as Tuesday night on a bill that aims to curb data center-related utility bill rate hikes, as backlash to the proliferating facilities grows ahead of the 2026 midterm election. The bipartisan bill — dubbed the Ratepayer Protection Act — would establish standards that state regulators could adopt to require

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel industry executives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted the Supreme Court for blocking a new controversial U.S. Postal Service rule on mail-in ballots

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during the Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “The President’s 2026 Trade Policy Agenda,” in Dirksen building on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren will rip the cryptocurrency market structure bill known

Novo Nordisk on Monday said it is rebranding its name to “Novo” and updating its corporate culture, as the company works to win back market share in the obesity drug space.  The Danish drugmaker called the changes the beginning of a new chapter, as it has been grappling with stiff competition from chief rival Eli