Money, Wealth & Power—A Daily Look at the Financial World
Workers across the United States are acting as if a downturn has already arrived, tightening their budgets, clinging to existing jobs and bracing for layoffs even as official data still points to growth. Their anxiety is not abstract, it is rooted in concrete signals from their employers, their paychecks and their communities that suggest the…
The most aggressive political spenders heading into the 2026 midterms are not parties or candidates, but a new constellation of AI, crypto and Trump-aligned super PACs quietly stockpiling unprecedented sums. Together, they have assembled war chests that run into the hundreds of millions of dollars, positioning themselves to dominate the airwaves and shape which candidates…
The balance of power in the global electric vehicle market has flipped, and nowhere is that more visible than in China. One Chinese champion is accelerating into the lead on the back of surging sales, while the American pioneer that once defined the segment is watching its momentum stall. The result is a sharp divergence…
President Donald Trump has turned tariffs into a personal brand, casting himself as the only leader clever enough to wield trade barriers as a political and economic weapon. In his latest outbursts, he has framed duties on foreign goods not as a last-resort tool of economic policy but as proof of his singular toughness and…
Officials have cleared the way for a $4.5 billion megaproject that is being sold as a once‑in‑a‑generation jobs engine, promising work for thousands of people across construction, operations, and supporting industries. The price tag alone puts it in the same league as some of the most ambitious infrastructure, energy, and industrial investments now reshaping labor…
The Federal Aviation Administration has once again been pulled into Washington’s budget crossfire, with a fresh funding lapse triggering a partial shutdown and reviving memories of last year’s record disruption. While planes are still flying, the renewed uncertainty is already rippling through airports, work schedules and political negotiations, raising new questions about how long the…
The global food system is being squeezed from three directions at once: escalating conflict, a destabilized climate, and a relentless cost-of-living crunch. Together, these forces are turning local emergencies into a structural crisis that is pushing global food security to the brink. Hundreds of millions of people are already caught in this squeeze, and the…
Foreign money has quietly poured into a Trump family cryptocurrency venture, tying the president’s business interests to a powerful security chief from the United Arab Emirates. The scale and secrecy of the investment have raised urgent questions about whether a sitting president is now financially entangled with a foreign government’s national security apparatus. At stake…
The electric vehicle boom that once looked unstoppable has slammed into a wall of consumer hesitation, policy whiplash and corporate missteps. Instead of a smooth glide path to mass adoption, the market has lurched into a painful reset that is hitting automakers, suppliers and buyers harder than many expected. The crash in demand is not…
Political risk is no longer a background worry for global markets, it is the story. As President Donald Trump settles into his second term, the swirl of tariffs, personnel shocks and foreign policy gambits is already eroding the sense that U.S. assets are the world’s safest default. The result is not a sudden stampede out…