Investor anxiety on geopolitics, higher rates, and the sustainability of the AI boom has continued to provide a wall of worry for the market to climb higher...

“This is another step in my years-long journey to ensure the U.S. leads the way on digital assets,”

But after years of false dawns, investors still refuse to believe.

Federal prosecutors say the Mobile crime boss ran a multimillion-dollar cocaine and fentanyl empire and enlisted children to help hide the evidence.

"If policymakers actually want to dismantle the cancer killing the education system and producing this far-left activist class, student-loan reform..." 

 

"We think the Fed could shrink its balance sheet by $1.5tr over the next few years. That headline number sounds large. The market implications may not be." - Morgan Stanley

Proposal would block retailers from using browsing history, social media, and other personal data to set prices...

Britain's latest free speech assault is underway...

...holds water for approximately 40 million people in seven Western states, as well as parts of Mexico.

“Being a big tent party is a strength not a weakness...”

"Apple has held early talks with CXMT about supplying components with..." 

...since March 19, at least 56 people have been executed on national security-related charges, including 27 in cases connected to protests earlier this year...

US expected to be OK with it so long as it doesn’t metastasize into some sort of malign anti-Israel thing...

Morocco and Egypt are emerging as important partners as Europe invests in renewable generation, grid infrastructure, and potential subsea electricity connections...

"The Houthis attacked the port of Mocha in western Yemen, causing several explosions and a large pillar of smoke. Earlier, the Houthis said they attacked a Saudi Aramco oil facility in Jazan." 

The 12 must-see charts for this Sunday.

...is the recent wave of news stories about rogue AI agents deliberate fear-mongering intended to manufacture public consent for AI regulation... and further pretext for restricting ordinary internet use?

In 2008, the EU’s gross domestic product was 131% the size of the U.S. economy...