Politics

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares have slumped as investors fear the administration may keep the companies under government control rather than pursue an IPO.

President Donald Trump is expected to discuss his plan for improving housing affordability at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week. 

It would mean the end of NATO. The costs would be high.

The odds that Kevin Warsh could be nominated to the job spiked to 60% on the betting market Polymarket following the president’s remark.

A bill to ban trading individual stocks advanced this week. The time is ripe, Casey Burgat writes in a guest commentary.

Taiwan companies offer U.S. chip investment for lower tariffs, Goldman sees possible opportunities in prediction markets, Verizon offering $20 credits after resolving service outage, and more news to start your day.

Banks have retreated from home loans because of increased capital requirements and low margins, leaving the field to upstarts like UWM and Rocket.

The agreement will lower tariffs, boost semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., and provide credit guarantees for Taiwanese companies.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration will sanction members of Iran’s regime and warned that countries doing business with Tehran could face 25% tariffs.

The administration suspended processing immigration visas for applicants from 75 countries on Wednesday.

Trump puts 25% tariffs on chips, oil prices slide, consumers continue to borrow and spend despite affordability concerns, and more news to start your day.

Stocks have shrugged off…practically everything in the first two weeks of the year.

The Danish Ministry of Defence said Wednesday that it is ramping up its military presence around Greenland, and Sweden sent military officers to the island.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve parliament and call a February snap election. The move could reshape Japan’s bond market, weaken the yen further, and ripple across U.S. portfolios.

Inflation, he said, is still the main reason many households feel under pressure.

If he wants Venezuelan oil, he needs to decide how he wants to get it, Gregory Makoff writes in a guest commentary.

There has been progress on the U.S. trade deficit, however.

Bill Pulte took aim at home builders’ stock buybacks, sending shares in D.R. Horton and Lennar lower.

Consumer inflation doesn’t signal January rate cut, banks join resistance to credit card rate cap, tech addresses AI power use, and more news to start your day.

Investors are debating whether Washington’s latest moves are flooding markets with too much liquidity.

The White House is having its “break-the-glass” moment on affordability ahead of the November midterm elections.

The Department of War is investing $1 billion in the defense contractor.

Analysts are looking to see if a diplomatic off-ramp can be found to avert another geopolitical crisis as President Donald Trump seeks control of the island.

That was just one of the messages delivered in an address in Detroit.

Locking subprime borrowers out of credit access won’t help the economy, Andrew Schwartz writes in a guest commentary.