Nearly half of the country is now flashing recessionary warning lights, with twenty-three states already meeting a common rule-of-thumb definition of contraction and several others hovering just above the line. As growth cools and regional economies diverge, the risk is shifting from isolated slowdowns to a broader drag on national GDP that could be harder…

The destruction of a vast Russian stockpile of Iranian-made attack drones has abruptly removed a major threat from Ukraine’s skies and exposed how vulnerable Moscow’s supply chain has become. By wiping out roughly 1,000 Shahed systems in a single operation, Ukrainian forces did not just erase an estimated nine-figure cache, they also signaled that Russia’s…

US shoppers pushed Black Friday e-commerce to a new high, with Adobe estimating that online spending reached about $11.8 billion as discounts and flexible payment options drew consumers to digital checkouts. The record haul underscores how holiday demand is increasingly shifting to the web even as households juggle inflation, higher borrowing costs, and lingering economic…

The United States is confronting a long running erosion in its public finances that has already produced past credit rating downgrades and continues to worry investors who track the country’s debt, deficits, and political gridlock. Even without a fresh cut in the headline sovereign rating right now, the underlying story is that the fiscal picture…