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With two weeks to go before the November 3 midterms, Donald Trump is reaching deep into his wallet. In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, he announced that the Trump 2026 midterm spending drive has already plowed more than $300 million into the fight — and that the total will pass $400 million by Election … Read more
The September CPI report came in hotter than anyone wanted. Inflation ran at 3.7% year over year through September, the Labor Department said on October 14 — a touch above what economists expected, and a fresh reminder that the fight against rising prices isn’t over yet. But investors didn’t just worry about the Federal Reserve … Read more
The Trump fraud whistleblower program is officially live — and it comes with a twist nobody quite expected. Standing in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon alongside Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump announced a $25 million initiative that will pay Americans up to $30,000 for tips that lead to fraud convictions. Then he … Read more
The India US trade deal is almost done. That was the message U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio carried into Mumbai on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, as he began his second visit to India with one headline objective: close out the India US trade deal both governments have been negotiating for months. “We’re very, very … Read more
A powerful October nor’easter is taking shape off the US East Coast this week, and it might earn a name. The National Hurricane Center says the system has a 40% chance of developing into Subtropical Storm Josephine sometime mid-to-late week. Named or not, the impacts will be the same: days of high surf, dangerous rip … Read more
Amazon is weighing up to 5,000 job cuts across its US operations, a move that would hit delivery contract workers hardest — and could shutter 15 warehouses in New York City, the New York Post reported on Oct. 19, 2026. The planned Amazon 5000 job cuts hinge on a single piece of legislation: the proposed … Read more
The Tenstorrent Series E funding round closed at $1.5 billion on Monday, valuing the US AI chipmaker at $6.2 billion — the largest startup round announced that day, and one of the biggest private AI financings of the year. Investors are pouring money into semiconductor infrastructure beyond Nvidia, betting that the AI boom’s appetite for … Read more
The Colts fired general manager Chris Ballard on Monday morning, ending a long tenure that produced plenty of roster-building praise but never the results Indianapolis wanted. USA Today reported the move as the first major leadership shakeup of the 2026 NFL season, and few around the league seemed surprised. Search interest for “Colts fire Chris … Read more
President Trump lit a fuse under Capitol Hill on Friday, and by Sunday morning the smoke was everywhere. The Trump Russia sanctions waiver — his executive order shelving a sweeping new sanctions package against Russia, legislation Congress passed with overwhelming bipartisan support just weeks earlier — has turned into an open revolt inside his own … Read more
By late Monday afternoon, the mood on Wall Street had shifted ahead of this week’s Fed rate decision. The tech stocks that have been beaten down for weeks suddenly found their footing, the Nasdaq climbed, and traders started doing the thing they always do before a Fed meeting: trying to read the future in the … Read more
