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William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), during a news conference at the Federal Housing Finance Association (FHFA) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Eric Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has begun a new spate of firings within the ranks

The sun rises behind the skyline of midtown Manhattan, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building on a day with an extreme heat warning in New York City on July 2, 2026, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images A prolonged and dangerous period of extreme

Courtroom sketch of James Patten, left, and attorney Ira Sorkin at N.J. District Court in Camden, N.J., Oct. 11, 2022 Source: Elizabeth Williams Federal prosecutors are recommending a relatively light prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the notorious $100 million New Jersey deli stock manipulation case — and some

More than a decade ago, before we were talking about “AI agents,” Amazon launched its digital voice assistant Alexa and the smart speaker branded Echo. I remember using one and thinking there was definitely a future here for these kinds of devices. Fast forward to now, with huge leaps in AI models, Alexa has received

President Donald Trump speaks with CNBC’s Joe Kernen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on July 2, 2026. CNBC 1. Trump feels bad for his kids over investment scrutiny The president defended his family’s business and said he feels bad that the presidency creates a conflict of interest in any of

A job seeker meets with a recruiter during the HIRE360 Diversity Hiring Expo & Mega Career Expo at the Carson Event Center on June 30, 2026, in Carson, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The U.S. economy saw job creation cool sharply heading into the summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Nonfarm payrolls

The South Korean government has used its regulatory authority to discriminate against U.S. companies and has waged an unprecedented campaign against online retailer Coupang, according to a House Judiciary Committee report released Wednesday. The report is the result of an investigation opened by the committee in February. It highlights the treatment of Coupang, which is

Companies added slightly fewer workers than expected in June, with hiring targeted heavily toward healthcare-related sectors, ADP reported Wednesday. Private sector employment grew by a seasonally adjusted 98,000 for the month, down from an unrevised 122,000 in May and a bit below the Dow Jones consensus forecast for 110,000, the payrolls processing firm reported. The

President Donald Trump‘s annual financial disclosure report was released on Tuesday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, revealing income of hundreds of millions of dollars from proceeds of crypto tokens and holdings of hundreds of individual company stocks. Trump’s disclosure report for 2025, which was the first year of his second non-consecutive term in

Millions of older Americans in Medicare are about to receive a benefit that has never existed before: coverage of obesity drugs.  Starting Wednesday, eligible beneficiaries can get GLP-1s to treat obesity for a copay of just $50 per month. It’s a watershed move that could unlock a vast new patient population for Novo Nordisk and

A Waymo vehicle exits a charging lot on Jan. 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Waymo robotaxi rides are no longer available via the Uber app in Phoenix, Arizona, the companies confirmed on Monday. “Phoenix was our first pilot market with Waymo and was an intentionally limited deployment, reaching just over

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 2026 Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. and Iran are poised to hold fresh talks on Tuesday in Qatar’s capital, President Donald Trump said via

The ‘Al-Riqqa’ oil tanker (L) and ‘Al-Yarmouk’ oil tankers sail in the Arabian Gulf waters, off the coast of Kuwait City on June 27, 2026. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images) / Yasser Al-zayyat | Afp | Getty Images Talks to end the U.S. war with Iran are reportedly on hold after

Injection pens for the weight loss treatment Wegovy, manufactured by Novo Nordisk A/S, on display during a news conference in Mumbai, India, June 24, 2025. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Millions of older Americans in Medicare are about to gain access to obesity drugs for the first time — but that landmark shift

In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency on June 18, 2026, vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz. Amirhossein Khorgooei | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. military attacked a number of Iranian targets after a commercial tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was reported to have been

Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 6, 2025. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Earlier this year, Mono Technologies assembled and shipped nearly 1,000 units of its flagship product, a $600 router development kit. Co-founder Tomaž Zaman, who started

An F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, takes off from the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 13, 2026. Courtesy: U.S. Navy The U.S. military struck Iran on Friday after President Donald Trump accused the Islamic Republic of “foolish violation” of a ceasefire agreement

This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Rollercoaster. That’s probably the most accurate word to describe SpaceX’s opening two weeks as a public company.  The stock surged for several successive days following a record-breaking IPO, briefly overtaking both Amazon and Microsoft in terms of market

Workers clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on June 25, 2026, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A group of Senate Democrats is probing President Donald Trump‘s troubled renovation of the reflecting pool in Washington that has drawn scrutiny for running over budget and rapidly deteriorating. The Democrats, in a