Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has started talking about inflation in a way that puts President Donald Trump’s trade policy squarely in the frame. In his latest press conference, Powell linked today’s stubborn price pressures to the White House’s sweeping tariffs, even as he insisted the central bank is acting independently. I read his comments…

Bitcoin’s latest slide has ripped through the crypto market, knocking the benchmark token below $80,000 and triggering a wave of forced selling across leveraged bets. The break of that psychological line has intensified an already sharp downturn, with prices briefly lurching toward levels last seen in early 2025 as traders scramble to de‑risk. The move…

Across store shelves and online listings, familiar products are quietly changing shape. Features vanish, materials get cheaper and packages shrink, even as prices hold steady or creep up. Behind many of these tweaks is a strategy known as tariff engineering, a way for companies to redesign goods so they fall into lower tax categories while…

Oracle’s stock has been hammered, dropping 47% from its peak as investors question whether its aggressive artificial intelligence spending and new role in TikTok are worth the risk. The sell-off has turned a former market darling into a battleground name, with some on Wall Street now arguing the pessimism has gone too far. The key…

Tesla is no longer just tweaking its cars, it is rebuilding its entire business around artificial intelligence and humanoid robots, and spending like it intends to own the core technology that will power them. The company is pouring tens of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure, robotics hardware, and a new ecosystem of software that…

Representative Ro Khanna has become one of the most prominent national voices backing California’s proposed wealth tax on billionaires, aligning himself with organized labor even as some of his own Silicon Valley constituents revolt. Rather than brokering a formal deal between billionaires and unions, he is using his platform to pressure both sides in public,…

President Donald Trump’s hard line on immigration is no longer just a political fight in Washington. It is now a boardroom issue for some of the country’s biggest companies, as investors demand to know how aggressive enforcement and new rules are reshaping workforces, supply chains, and reputations. The result is a rare collision between shareholder…

Bitcoin’s latest lurch lower has revived the nightmare scenario that a cascade of forced selling could wipe out more than a trillion dollars in paper wealth in a matter of weeks. The fear is not just about price, but about what a violent unwind would do to investor psychology, regulatory plans, and the narrative that…

New York’s newest budget fight has quickly turned into a personal and political clash. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is warning that New York City faces a $12 billion shortfall and demanding higher taxes on the wealthy, while Gov. Kathy Hochul is publicly dismissing his alarm as a manufactured emergency and resisting his “tax the rich” drumbeat….

President Donald Trump has used a new opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal to claim that his sweeping tariffs did not just protect American industry, but “brought America back” from the brink. In the op-ed, he casts his trade policy as the central reason the United States went from what he calls a “DEAD”…