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Republican Mike Rogers is signaling openness to support from AIPAC as he battles for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat in one of 2026’s most competitive races. The race has drawn national attention partly because it is the only open Democratic-held Senate seat in a state that Donald Trump carried in the 2024 presidential election. Rogers…
Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed clashed fiercely in their first Michigan Senate debate, with tensions so high the arguing continued through commercial breaks. “In 30 years of doing debates, I’ve never seen it continue during the commercial,” WOOD TV moderator Rick Albin said. “But it did.” The debate, hosted by Nexstar’s Grand Rapids…
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) returned to investor attention after completing a landmark integration test connecting TELUS’ terrestrial wireless network with its satellite-based direct-to-smartphone system in Canada. The milestone comes during a turbulent stretch for ASTS, with shares falling 6.13% in a single session and 13.90% over the past month alone. Year-to-date, the stock has declined 31.80%,…
D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) has lost nearly 40% of its value in 2026, yet Wall Street analysts remain almost unanimously bullish on the stock’s recovery potential. The stock currently trades at $15.79, well below the consensus analyst price target of $34.65, implying roughly 119% upside from current levels. Rosenblatt Securities analyst John McPeake holds the…
RTX (RTX) is drawing considerable optimism from Wall Street analysts, with brokerage firms broadly signaling confidence in the defense and aerospace giant. The company currently holds an average brokerage recommendation of 1.80, calculated on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 represents a Strong Buy and 5 represents a Strong Sell. That ABR of…
Tech stocks tumbled after a report revealed OpenAI’s annualized revenue is approximately $20 billion less than previously reported figures. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50 billion, according to the Financial Times. That figure stands well below the $70 billion previously reported by media outlets, including the Financial Times…
The New York Federal Reserve’s latest Survey of Consumer Expectations shows Americans are growing increasingly anxious about rising prices heading into late 2026. The median one-year inflation outlook jumped to 3.9% in September, up 0.3 percentage point from August and the highest reading since May 2023, when it stood at 4.1%. Household spending growth expectations…
Johnson’s comments represent the most candid acknowledgment yet of what a Democratic House takeover would mean for his political future. Speaker Mike Johnson suggested this week that he could leave Congress entirely if Democrats manage to reclaim control of the House in upcoming elections. The Louisiana Republican, who has led the chamber through one of…
ICE has spent the past year scrutinizing nonprofit organizations that help Americans register to vote, raising serious civil liberties concerns across the country. Internal government documents obtained by the legal nonprofit Democracy Forward reveal that Homeland Security Investigations, ICE’s investigative arm, examined hundreds of voter registration organizations nationwide. The review included at least 82 organizations…
Hannah Mann and Abigail Stuart, Co-Founders of Day One Strategy, have been named among The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders for 2026. The prestigious programme was created by private equity investor LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), in partnership with The Times newspaper. Since its launch in 2018, the programme has celebrated…