Treasury Cuts Off Anthropic’s Claude After Trump Order and Shifts to OpenAI
The U.S. Treasury Department is ending all use of Anthropic products—including its Claude AI platform—after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop working with the company. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the decision in a post on X on Monday, framing the move as a national-security necessity and arguing that no private company should […]
High Risk, High Reward: Trump’s Decision to Hit Iran Reshapes Presidency and Middle East
President Donald Trump’s decision to launch strikes against Iran—coordinated with Israel—represents the most consequential foreign-policy gamble of his second term, one that could either reinforce U.S. deterrence or spiral into a regional conflict that undermines his domestic agenda. The operation marks a sharp departure from Trump’s campaign posture as a dealmaker who promised to avoid […]
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” […]
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 […]
Victims’ Families Press House to Pass Rotor Act Mandating Aircraft Tracking After Deadly D.C. Midair Crash
Families of victims from the January 2025 midair collision near Washington, D.C., joined lawmakers in urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a major aviation safety measure intended to prevent a repeat of the tragedy. The legislation—known as the ROTOR Act—responds to recommendations made after the collision between an American Airlines regional jet and […]
Trump Pushes Tech Giants to Self-Supply Electricity as AI Demand Strains The Grid
President Donald Trump says his administration has instructed major technology companies to build their own power plants to supply electricity for their fast-growing data center fleets, arguing the move is needed to prevent household utility customers from footing the bill for the AI boom. Trump made the comments during his 2026 State of the Union […]
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, […]
Oil Slips as Trump’s Tariff Hike Stirs Global-Growth Fears, Offsetting Middle East Risk Premium
Oil prices fell about 1% after a weekend jolt from U.S. trade policy revived worries about global growth and fuel demand, even as tensions between Washington and Tehran had pushed crude sharply higher the week before. In Asian trading, Brent futures dropped roughly 1.2% to about $70.89 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]
Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Sweeping “Emergency” Tariffs, Forcing a Fast Pivot to a New Global Levy
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt Donald Trump a major defeat on tariffs, ruling that he did not have authority to unilaterally impose sweeping global import duties by declaring a national emergency. The ruling struck at a core pillar of Trump’s economic strategy, immediately upended the leverage his administration had used for months to pressure other […]
