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The Trump administration has begun erecting 30-foot wall panels along a stretch of southwest Texas’s Big Bend region, pressing forward over objections from local leaders and residents. Customs and Border Protection confirmed to the Associated Press that installation was already underway, with the agency posting a photo showing a crane lifting one of the panels…
President Trump announced plans to create an “AI Force” and appoint a new “czar” to oversee the development of artificial intelligence across the United States. Trump made the announcement in a lengthy Truth Social post, dismissing concerns about the absence of federal AI guardrails as a “hoax.” The president framed his proposals as a necessary…
New polling from Bowling Green State University shows Ohio’s gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races are extremely close heading into the November election. The BGSU survey found Democratic candidates in both races hold 3-point leads over their Republican opponents among likely Ohio voters. Despite those slim leads, respondents believe Republicans are more likely to ultimately win…
Quantum computing stocks are trading as a thematic basket Thursday morning, with IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) leading a sector-wide surge on a single research disclosure. IonQ reported progress on generating quantum optimization circuits using a generative machine learning method developed alongside NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the University of Tennessee. The approach held…
RTX (NYSE: RTX), the aerospace and defense giant behind Collins Aerospace, is facing fresh cost pressure after the FAA estimated tariffs could add roughly $100 million to its air-traffic-control modernization program. Shares fell approximately 1.1% to $191.49 on Friday, reflecting investor unease over the potential financial impact of the tariff burden on a high-profile government…
ValueWorks founder Charles Lemonides argues that investors are too fixated on dominant companies, missing significant value in smaller, overlooked rivals. Lemonides, whose firm manages approximately $400 million through a hedge fund and other investment strategies, made his case in a recent interview. He told MarketWatch that “there’s a winner-take-all fallacy in certain industries, and there…
Consumer sentiment in the United States has been tumbling, and Goldman Sachs thinks it knows why the gloom refuses to lift. The consumer sentiment index tracked by the University of Michigan hit record lows this year, falling 13% year over year in September alone. That monthly drop included a decline of almost 8% from August,…
As House Republicans left Washington for a seven-week pre-midterm recess, cracks in party unity were on full display before lawmakers departed. A perfect storm of affordability issues is developing for Republicans heading into November, and the party has largely abandoned hopes of passing meaningful legislation before Election Day. Seven Republicans broke ranks this week and…
The relationship between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has grown increasingly strained following Carney’s visit with the European Union earlier this week. The two nations have continued trading tit-for-tat tariffs on American and Canadian goods, with no signs of a diplomatic breakthrough on the horizon. Adding further friction, European Commission President Ursula…
Iowa Republicans face an increasingly delicate balancing act as midterm elections approach and Democrats work aggressively to tie GOP candidates to the Trump administration. The tension was on stark display in Council Bluffs, where gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn joined Vice President Vance on the campaign trail while Republican Senate candidate Rep. Ashley Hinson skipped the…