Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Market Monitor Urges Regulators to Block Plant Sale
A watchdog for the nation’s largest electricity grid is urging federal regulators to reject the sale of a Maryland power plant, arguing the transaction could worsen an already tightening supply picture if the plant’s output is diverted to serve data centers instead of staying available to the broader grid. The objection was filed by Monitoring […]
White House Summons Defense Giants to Speed Missile Output as Iran Strikes
Senior executives from America’s largest defense contractors are expected at the White House for talks focused on accelerating weapons production, as the Pentagon scrambles to rebuild inventories depleted by strikes on Iran and other recent military demands. The meeting, scheduled for Friday, reflects the urgency in Washington that the U.S. has spent years drawing down […]
U.S. Quietly Readies Possible Indictment of Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez to Tighten Leverage After Maduro’s Ouster
Trump´s administration is privately escalating pressure on Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, by preparing a draft U.S. criminal indictment that could charge her with corruption and money laundering—an approach aimed less at immediate prosecution than at increasing Washington’s leverage over Caracas. Four people familiar with the matter said that federal prosecutors have assembled potential charges […]
Iran War Shock Raises Risk of an Oil-price Spike and Tests The Fed
Federal Reserve officials are starting to assess how an expanding U.S.-Iran conflict could affect the American economy—and investors are already reacting by pushing expectations for interest-rate cuts further into the future. The conflict, which has spread through attacks by Iran and its regional proxies and has heightened global risk aversion, could hit the U.S. through […]
Texas Test For Trump: Energy Pitch and Midterm Politics Collide in South Texas Battleground Territory
President Donald Trump is traveling to Corpus Christi, Texas, to promote his economic and energy agenda at a moment when his political influence is being tested by competitive Republican primary races and early warning signs ahead of the 2026 midterms. The trip is designed to highlight Trump’s push for expanded fossil-fuel production—his “drill, baby, drill” […]
NASA Adds a 2027 Docking “Dress Rehearsal,” Pushing First Artemis Moon Landing to 2028
NASA is restructuring its Artemis moon program by inserting an additional test mission in 2027—a move designed to reduce risk before astronauts attempt the program’s first lunar landing.The new plan turns Artemis III into a mission focused on practicing spacecraft docking in low-Earth orbit, rather than going directly to the Moon for a landing attempt. […]
International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Warns U.S. Debt Path is a Rising Global Risk
The International Monetary Fund delivered a mixed but pointed message about the U.S. economy: the near-term growth outlook remains resilient, yet Washington’s fiscal deficits are large enough to threaten long-run stability and to worsen the country’s external imbalances. In its annual “Article IV” review, the IMF projected U.S. growth of 2.4% in 2026, broadly consistent […]
Trump’s Culture-War Victories Could Shape America’s Narrative Heading into Its 250th Anniversary.
A Wall Street Journal analysis argues that Donald Trump has moved quickly to dominate the “culture wars” in his second term—using highly visible institutions and public symbols to project power—and that the next, bigger confrontation is about America’s national story heading into the country’s 250th anniversary in 2026. This pronunciation frames Trump’s strategy as more […]
Flavor Flav Invites Team USA Women’s Hockey Champs to Las Vegas After They Skip Trump’s SOTU
After winning Olympic gold in Milano-Cortina, the U.S. women’s ice hockey team found itself at the center of a culture-and-politics crossover that quickly spilled beyond sports. The team declined an invitation to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, and soon after, rapper and Public Enemy co-founder Flavor Flav stepped in with an […]
Trump’s First Year Back: Markets and Prices Up, Job Engine Slows
The Wall Street Journal’s year-one snapshot of President Trump’s second-term economy paints a picture of uneven performance: some headline indicators look stable or even strong, but several underlying pressures—especially jobs, housing, and trade—remain stubborn or have worsened. On the labor market, the biggest shift is slower job creation. The U.S. added 181,000 jobs in 2025, […]
