Congress has effectively nullified President Donald Trump’s attempt to gut the nation’s civil space program, approving a bipartisan spending package that keeps NASA’s budget largely intact and protects its core science portfolio. Instead of the sweeping reductions the White House requested, lawmakers delivered a modest trim that still signals long term support for exploration, climate…

Federal Reserve officials are lining up behind the idea that the next policy move could be a cut, and that it might come as soon as the January meeting. After two years of aggressive tightening, the central bank is now signaling that the balance of risks between inflation and jobs has shifted enough that easing…

Wall Street is fixated on when the Federal Reserve will finally cut interest rates, but the market’s real vulnerability sits deeper inside the institution itself. A central bank that is divided, politically pressured and wrestling with its own balance sheet is far harder for investors to price than a simple “higher for longer” path. The…

Traders went into the latest policy lull convinced the Federal Reserve was in no rush to ease, only to watch the odds of an early rate cut swing sharply as fresh labor data landed just as officials fell silent. With the Federal Open Market Committee now locked in its pre‑Meeting blackout, markets are being forced…

Inflation in 2025 ended neither as a crisis nor as a clean victory. The headline numbers finally look close to what central bankers call normal, yet the lived experience of prices for rent, groceries and other essentials still feels punishing for many households. The new data for December 2025 captures both sides of that story,…

With market indexes hovering near record territory, finding genuine bargains is getting harder, not easier. Yet investors willing to look beyond the usual mega-cap names can still put $1,000 to work in companies that trade at modest prices while offering solid cash flows and growth potential. I see two such opportunities today in a classic…

Riot Platforms stock is ripping higher after the company pulled off a deal that pushes it far beyond its roots as a pure Bitcoin miner. The market is suddenly treating the company less like a simple crypto proxy and more like a potential heavyweight in the data center arms race powering artificial intelligence and high…

China has quietly stepped back from financing Washington’s deficits, selling U.S. government debt for nine straight months even as global demand for Treasuries hits record highs. The shift leaves Beijing holding its smallest stash of U.S. bonds since the global financial crisis, while other foreign investors rush to fill the gap. The divergence captures a…

Warnings about the United States economy are no longer coming only from predictable partisan corners. A growing chorus of Republican veterans, including alumni of George W Bush’s inner circle, now argue that President Donald Trump’s approach to power, policy, and the Federal Reserve is steering the country toward a serious downturn. Their message is blunt:…