Politics

It had been thought Iran would be unlikely to close the Strait of Hormuz. How events are shaping China’s designs on Taiwan.

A state court jury in Los Angeles awarded $3 million to a woman who said addictive design in social media apps caused her mental health to spiral downwards as a child.

GasBuddy’s live price-tracker says the average gas price nationwide is $3.983 a gallon. That’s $1.01 higher than last month as fuel prices continue to climb.

Defense stocks are mostly lower since the conflict began.

The springtime fate of shares could be determined over the next few days.

Initial support for the latest Department of Homeland Security funding deal fizzled out.

Oil prices projected to keep rising, shutdown deal nears, Arm Holdings to make its own AI chips, and more news to start your day.

President Trump posted on Monday that his representatives were negotiating to end the war. Iran posted back that it was a lie. What should investors do?

Maria Corina Machado says she thinks Venezuela can produce more than five million barrels of oil per day,.

Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said credit score pricing and credit bureau pricing should be more affordable.

The chief of Kuwait’s major national oil company, says a rapid recovery is out of the question because so many wells have been shut.

Digital asset prices rallied even as benchmark oil futures rose early Tuesday.

Another day of chaos for air travelers, Chevron CEO says energy markets should be more worried, cruise operators get a boost, and more news to start your day.

Cruise stocks have seen the sharpest declines since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28. 

New York’s LaGuardia Airport reopened Monday afternoon following a collision between an Air Canada plane and a Port Authority vehicle.

Brent and WTI fell sharply after President Donald Trump said Iran had agreed to no nuclear weapons on Monday.

The U.S. will postpone the threatened strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure following discussions between the two countries.

Fink shared his thoughts on everything from AI to tariffs to Social Security in his annual letter to shareholders on Monday.

Iran war has sparked a supply chain mess, Trump sends ICE to airports, Musk unveils Terafab AI chips project, and more news to start your day.

President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t cleared for shipping traffic.

The remarks come after President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked Powell and the Fed for not bringing interest rates lower, raising pointed questions about the central bank’s independence.

It will be tough for Wall Street to rebound until energy prices subside. Value stocks and Big Tech could hold up well, though.

All three major indexes were once again down for the week. Blame it on oil, gold, and the Fed.

Ackman brought his campaign directly to administration officials this month, according to people familiar with the matter.

He made a strategic bet that an open world order no longer works in America’s favor. The U.S. is paying it, Marc Chandler writes in a guest commentary.