The S&P 500 ends the week up 4% even as hopes for a quick trade war truce fade – Yahoo Finance
Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) US stocks ended almost a week in high notes after a calm opening on Friday, as trade war pessimism replaced the S&P 500’s fourth-day profit. Meanwhile, Tesla (Tesla (Tesla (TSLA) Spiked 9.8% as CEO Elon Musk spread the word to reduce the time it promotes mass firing via Doge. […]
Sen. Elissa Slotkin Admits ‘War Plan’ To Defeat Trump Agenda Is Not Enough To Retake Senate
Democrat Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin implied that her “war plan” to counter President Donald Trump and seize political control in Washington, D.C., would not be enough to seize control of the Senate at least in 2026. Slotkin is a freshman democratic senator. I was led The party’s rebuttal to Trump’s joint speech to Congress in […]
Trump’s Bold Claim: Ending the Ukraine War on Day One—Just a Joke?
President Trump is nearing his initial 100 days before entering the White House and states that his campaign promise to conclude the war in Ukraine from day one was not intended as a serious commitment. In a discussion with Time Magazine released on Friday, when questioned about his assertion that he could quickly resolve the […]
If nuclear talks falter, Trump says he’ll be ‘leading the pack’ to war with Iran
President Donald Trump may prefer a diplomatic solution to stop Iran’s creeping towards nuclear weapons, but he insisted that if talks weakened, it would “lead the pack” into war with the administration. “I think we’re going to do business with Iran,” he said. time magazine In an interview released Friday, President Joe Biden claimed he […]
EUR/USD slumps on increasing hopes of easing US-China trade war – FXStreet
As the US dollar increases the likelihood of elimination of escalations in the US-China trade war, the EUR/USD drops to near 1.1350. Beijing is considering suspending additional duties on some products from the US. ECB Holtzmann warns of the structural weakness of the eurozone economy. EUR/USD During North American trading hours on Friday, trading will […]
CEOs stay mum but quietly fear Trump won’t pull off ‘Art of the Deal’ in trade war
The market loves Donald Trump’s latest 180 trade. He now appears to be softening about tariffs after the market rebelled against his previous hardline approach. But when it comes to money, business leaders (the people who decide to decide to spend on investments and hire and fire people) still have a lot more optimism about […]
Pete Hegseth’s Chief of Staff Joe Kasper out at Pentagon as ‘turf war’ rages
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses lost another member of his team on Thursday as former Chief of Staff Joe Casper reportedly left the Pentagon during the “Turf War.” Casper, who left his role as Chief of Staff last week, was expected to maintain a different capacity with the Pentagon, but according to Politico, he decided to […]
Asia-Pacific markets climb as investors assess a possible thaw in U.S.-China trade war – CNBC
Pedestrians walking through busy traffic at Shibuya intersection in Tokyo, Japan. Jaczhou | E+ | Getty Images The Asian market rose after Wall Street won for the third day in a row when tech stocks gathered. Investors are assessing the trade environment when the US reportedly overthrows tariff rhetoric and China will suspend tariffs. China […]
How DEI took a sledgehammer to the US military’s war ethos
American civic relations are based on fundamental contradictions. The United States operates as a liberal society. It was designed to protect individual rights and freedoms. However, the military defending society cannot function under the same liberal principles. To succeed, the military must remain effective. Liberal norms have not been translated into battlefield reality. Trust and […]
Civil war among Florida Dems breaks out after Senate Leader Jason Pizzo bails on ‘dead’ party
Knife has come out within the Florida Democrat, who has lost morale after Jason Pizzo, a state Senate minority leader, jumped over the ship, and has made headlines about his potential governor’s bid as an independent, declaring him the party “dead.” Pizzo, 48, lamented that Democrats, who his father volunteered in the 1960s, “not the […]