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Forecasters are leaving virtually no room for doubt: El Niño is here, it is intensifying, and it is not going anywhere for a long time. Columbia University climate scientist Azhar Ehsan presented a chart to media this week showing the probability of El Niño lasting through spring had reached an extraordinary threshold. The chart showed…
Political leaders across party lines face growing pressure to formally commit to protecting press freedom in the United States. Opinion contributor Dan Perry, writing in The Hill, argues that courts and news organizations alone can no longer carry the weight of defending a free press. Perry calls for a short, bipartisan statement of principles to…
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) CFO Andy Johnson offered investors a qualified reassurance on the Q2 2026 earnings call, warning that revenue “will likely be weighted towards the fourth quarter.” That single sentence now frames the entire company’s 2026 financial story, placing enormous pressure on one three-month window to deliver. The math is unforgiving: AST SpaceMobile booked…
Quantum computing stocks are extending their recent rebound Thursday as investors continue to process a series of technical developments reshaping the industry’s commercial outlook. IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) stock is up 4% to $44.08, while D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) is gaining 3% to $17.23 and Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) is adding 2% to $16.28. The broader…
OSI Systems (NASDAQ: OSIS) is heading into fiscal 2027 with significant financial momentum, following a record fiscal year ended June 30 that produced $1.79 billion in revenue. The company’s operating cash flow reached a record $276 million for the full year, with a particularly strong $182 million generated in the fourth quarter alone. Cash and…
A former pastor earning just $30,000 annually says he retired comfortably, and he wants financial media to start talking about why that was possible. The man’s central argument is straightforward: living within your means is one of the most underreported and underappreciated paths to a secure retirement in America. His story challenges a persistent assumption…
France is once again at the center of a brewing fiscal and political crisis, with investors demanding a sharply higher risk premium to hold French government debt. The yield on France’s 10-year government bonds, known as OATs, climbed above 4.5% for the first time since 2008 and was last seen trading at 4.6696%, reflecting deep…
A bipartisan coalition of 14 senators is pressing President Donald Trump to withdraw his invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the G20 summit. The summit is scheduled for December 14-15 in Miami, with the gathering set to take place at Trump’s Doral resort. Senators Roger Wicker and Jeanne Shaheen spearheaded the letter, representing both…
A new poll shows Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) and Democratic challenger Annie Andrews are virtually tied in the race for South Carolina’s Senate seat. The survey, conducted by right-leaning polling firm Trafalgar Group, shows Graham leading Andrews by just one point, well within the poll’s nearly three-point margin of error. Approximately 8 percent of likely…
Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds found himself at the center of a political firestorm after reports surfaced that his gubernatorial campaign quietly scrubbed several references to President Trump’s endorsement from its website. President Trump pushed back hard on Saturday, taking to Truth Social to dismiss the coverage as “Another Fake Story” and pointing to his…