White House taps Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The US will offer to loan energy producers up to 40 million barrels of oil.
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Trump, Johnson preview a new AI self-policing pact
The still-unreleased pact raises questions about enforcement.
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Trump to stop in Alaska, other Senate battlegrounds ahead of midterms
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles briefed senators on the president’s campaign travel on Monday evening.
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Anthropic's IPO prospectus details steep losses, existential risks
The existence of Anthropic’s 401(k) benefits assumes a world where we’re all still here.
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OpenAI unveils its Muse competitor: Dots
The consumer-facing agent tool integrates with Slack and Microsoft Teams and will eventually be available via texting.
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Solomon leaves Waldron with a clean slate
There’s little drama here: Waldron has followed a step behind Solomon since the 1990s.
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Oura delays IPO citing 'uncertainty'
Indications that the smart ring’s shares were likely to price at the low end of the $40-to-$44 range delayed the plans,…
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Trump antitrust chief Gail Slater plans a comeback
Slater brought a tough enforcement mindset to the early months of Trump’s second term.
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Thoma Bravo finds the SaaSpocalypse hasn’t killed off all the deals
The private equity giant is selling a $1.5 billion stake in healthcare cybersecurity and software company Imprivata.
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An 'impassioned defense' of Edgar Allan Poe
Emily Ogden blends literary criticism and biography in this captivating portrait of the American writer and poet.
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Africa and Asia expected to drive a boom in refining capacity
The outlook found Africa and the Asia-Pacific region would account for 95% of total refining growth.
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Trump plans for AI czar languish ahead of CEO meeting
it’s not clear that naming a czar and putting together a task force are on the White House AI priority list right now.
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US cancels visas of several Latin American officials
The move intended to support politicians Washington regards as friendly to its regional ambitions.
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Beijing vows to boost economic growth as domestic consumption lags
Though Beijing has largely resisted economists’ calls for fiscal stimulus, the pressure has piled on policymakers.
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Europe scrambles to up gas supplies ahead of winter
Europe typically refills its gas stockpiles over the summer, but curbs on tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz…
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Oil flows out of Middle East increase
Shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and routes bypassing it reached nearly 80% of prewar levels last week, research…
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Around 11 million US workers may face AI displacement
Voters globally have soured on AI because of existential risks the technology poses as well as concerns such as job…
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AI leaders talk latest models, tech risks at Trump lunch
AI regulation will top the agenda when leaders from the two firms lunch with US President Donald Trump alongside the…
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Dugongs won’t move the needle for US businesses in China
The US-China trade deal is good for politics, not-so-good for business.
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More Republicans express confidence in the press, poll finds
But fewer Americans than ever believe the US media have a lot of freedom, according to new polling from Gallup.
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Democratic whip plans cross-country midterm sprint
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark will do a whirlwind tour of districts in California, Michigan, Ohio, New York,…
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Bipartisan AI safety talks stall out in Senate
At this point, it’s unclear whether senators will even be able to introduce a bipartisan bill before the election.
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African innovators are reinventing their regulators
Many of the problems African startups come across and are trying to solve are institutional.
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Irish factory could face EU sanctions over ties to Russia
An Irish factory supplying alumina to Russia could face EU penalties in the bloc’s upcoming sanctions package.
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Ukraine and South Korea spar over secret POW deal
South Korea demanded an apology from Ukraine for “unilaterally and abruptly” revealing that Kyiv transferred North…
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SpaceX’s Starship enters orbit, deploys satellites in landmark launch
Starship is slated to replace SpaceX’s reusable workhorse, the Falcon 9, which has allowed the Elon Musk-owned company…
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Nvidia adds $150 billion to its historic stock buyback
The record buyback is CEO Jensen Huang’s bet that he can fund huge swaths of the AI buildout while still rewarding his…
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Shein underwhelms in first post-IPO earnings
Geopolitical and economic headwinds have dented the Chinese fast-fashion giant’s already-battered business model.
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Nvidia unveils tools to keep rogue AI agents in check
The new software platform can monitor the behavior of agents and quarantine suspicious ones, the company said.
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Bond selloff deepens on oil fears
The US 10-year Treasury yield returned to highs not seen since 2007, as faltering US-Iran diplomacy rekindled fears of…
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Democrats prepare to spend in red districts
Democrats’ campaign arm is rolling out $11 million in ads across 35 districts.
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Kenya in ‘advanced’ talks with US on critical minerals deal: minister
Plans to increase local mineral processing are part of a drive to increase the contribution of mining to Kenya’s…
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Cruz wants Republicans to campaign on college sports bill
The GOP senator said he and Trump are leaning on the House to return and pass the measure before the midterms.
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Euractiv relaunches as ‘Rapporteur’ in Brussels
The newsroom, founded in 1999, has rebooted in recent years as a competitor to Politico Europe.
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Pretoria needs US reset, says minister
DA’s Dean Macpherson’s conciliatory tone exposes a rift with ANC coalition partner over how to handle Washington.
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An 'engrossing' account of the Hindenburg
Catherine Grace Katz explores the political impact of the famed zeppelin’s demise.
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