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U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran testifies during a House Appropriations and Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing Thursday, April 16, 2026, in the Rayburn Building. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesA senior official with the U.S. Secret Intelligence Service said Wednesday that the “threat environment” for the agency’s protected personnel, including President Donald Trump, is “the highest we have ever seen.””What we’re seeing now is something we’ve never seen before,” the official told reporters at a background briefing on the condition that his name not be disclosed before the public briefing.According to a comprehensive report from the MS…

Substack has launched a new feature that lets you view your favorite newsletters created using AI. This week, the newsletter and writing platform announced an integration with AI write detection software Pangram. This will allow users to scan posts, comments, and replies on the Substack app and estimate how much of the content is written by humans and how much by AI. In the short term, this move may not be good for Substack’s business. This is because many newsletters on the platform that are not entirely written by humans can be published. That could erode trust in the platform’s…

CHICAGO – MARCH 28: On March 28, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois, traders in 10-year Treasury options indicated increased offering activity at the Chicago Commodity Exchange Commission after the Federal Open Market Committee announced it would raise short-term interest rates by an additional 0.25 percentage point.Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesInvestors concerned about the stock market and looking for ways to prepare their portfolios for potential stock market declines typically turn to the U.S. Treasury market as a “flight to safety” allocation. But if you’re following the dual stock and bond market warning issued this week by JPMorgan…

Iranian officials said Tehran would retaliate by targeting “energy facilities in which the United States has an interest.”Published July 22, 2026July 22, 2026President Donald Trump has warned that U.S. forces will target Iranian civilian infrastructure every time Iranian forces shell ships in the Strait of Hormuz.If Wednesday’s warning comes true, it would significantly escalate conflicts already swirling across the region.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”From now on, every time the Islamic Republic of Iran fires on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether by missiles, rockets, drones, or other devices or weapons, the United States will bomb…

As China’s promiscuous AI models grow in capabilities and popularity, the debate over what to do about them is heating up again. There is talk that the Trump administration may try to ban them (though it has not yet acted on that idea). Meanwhile, manufacturers of proprietary models, particularly OpenAI and Anthropic, seem increasingly concerned about them. Openweight models such as Moonshot AI’s Kim K3 and Alibaba’s Qwen provide inference at a fraction of the token cost of closed-source models offered by large US labs. The scary thing is that they pose some sort of threat. Indeed, they threaten the…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 21, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Pratt | Getty Imagesof S&P500 Stocks rose slightly on Wednesday, weighed down by higher oil prices as investors looked ahead to another busy day for corporate earnings.The broader market index rose 0.2%. Nasdaq Composite It traded near the flatline. of Dow Jones Industrial Average Added 185 points (0.4%).brent crude oil futures Prices rose 2% to more than $93 per barrel, the highest price in about a month, and at one point exceeded $95. West Texas Intermediate Futures The price…

1. X marks the spotSamuel Boivin | Null Photo | Getty Imagesspace x The stock rose 3% yesterday, ending a seven-day losing streak. Tuesday’s rally for Elon Musk’s rocket company came after it released its first earnings report on Aug. 4 and said it was preparing for the expiration of a major stock lockup period.Here’s what you need to know:SpaceX investors will be able to sell at least 20% of their locked-up shares on August 6, two business days after the company’s first earnings report. Short seller bets on SpaceX now account for nearly a third of the company’s publicly…

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a bill Wednesday afternoon that would ban members from buying individual stocks while they are in office, potentially taking the first meaningful action on an issue that has vexed lawmakers for years.For decades, there is broad public support for banning members from trading while they are in office, as their well-timed trades and booming portfolios have raised concerns of insider trading among ethics watchdogs and drawn intense public scrutiny.But the Republican-led House bill, called the Stop Insider Trading Act, falls far short of what the most vocal anti-trading advocates in Congress…

US President Donald Trump has approved a deal that will allow Saudi Arabia to develop a civilian nuclear program that could enrich uranium on its soil, marking a major shift in long-standing US nonproliferation policy, according to media reports.The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported Tuesday that President Trump is expected to ask Congress to approve the deal, which could pave the way for U.S. companies to help build Saudi Arabia’s nuclear power industry, citing people familiar with the discussions.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe timing is likely to be controversial, as the United States…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Federal Reserve’s Semiannual Monetary Policy Report on July 14, 2026 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesAlthough he’s not as unknown as former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, new Fed chief Kevin Warsh has settled on a few phrases that are notable for their repetition and lack of clarity.In five public appearances, starting with his nomination hearing in April and ending with his first press conference, a roundtable in Portugal, and two congressional testimony, Mr. Warsh has used the phrase…