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EPA Chief Zeldin Touts U.S. Oil Gains From Iran Conflict — While Gas Prices Remain Above $100 a Barrel

EPA Administrator Uses Newsmax Appearance to Spin Middle East Military Escalation as an American Energy Opportunity Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency — an agency he has spent his tenure systematically weakening — told Newsmax on Wednesday…

  • John Garcia
  • April 30, 2026
  • BUSINESS, TRENDS

Anthropic Built an AI That Can Hack Entire Systems Autonomously — Then Locked It Away. That May Not Be Enough.

Anthropic Built an AI That Can Hack Entire Systems Autonomously — Then Locked It Away. That May Not Be Enough.

Anthropic’s Mythos Can Exploit Critical Vulnerabilities Autonomously. Withholding It Raises More Questions Than It Answers. Anthropic has developed an AI model capable of autonomously identifying, exploiting, and chaining together software vulnerabilities to take control of entire digital systems — and…

  • John Garcia
  • April 29, 2026
  • BUSINESS, TRENDS

Trump Defends “Fake Math” on Drug Prices, Claims Reductions Over 100% Are Possible

Trump Defends "Fake Math" on Drug Prices, Claims Reductions Over 100% Are Possible

Former President Donald Trump doubled down Thursday on mathematically impossible claims about prescription drug price reductions, defending statements that his administration cut costs by “500%, 600%” during a White House event with drugmaker Regeneron. Trump acknowledged making the inflated claims…

  • Samuel Davis
  • April 25, 2026
  • BUSINESS

Citi lifts Jane Fraser’s pay to $42 million after a strong year for the stock

Jane Fraser pay rises to $42 million at Citigroup

Citigroup said on Thursday it approved $42 million in total compensation for chief executive Jane Fraser for 2025, a rise of nearly 22% from the prior year, as the bank pointed to performance across core businesses and progress on regulatory…

  • Emily Williams
  • February 22, 2026
  • BUSINESS

Tariff bills surge in election battlegrounds as affordability dominates the 2026 campaign

Tariff bills in battleground states tied to import duties

Several of the states expected to play an outsized role in the 2026 midterm elections are also among those paying the largest tariff bills, according to an analysis of U.S. Census trade data compiled by Trade Partnership Worldwide and published…

  • John Garcia
  • February 21, 2026
  • BUSINESS

Trump repeats “Dow 100,000” prediction after index crosses 50,000 milestone

Dow 100,000 forecast as Wall Street screens show Dow above 50,000

President Donald Trump has again predicted the Dow Jones Industrial Average could reach 100,000 before he leaves office, after the blue-chip index closed above 50,000 for the first time in early February. The Dow finished above 50,000 on Feb. 6,…

  • Samuel Davis
  • February 20, 2026
  • BUSINESS

Stocks turn mixed after January jobs report beats expectations

Traders watch market screens after the January jobs report and a move higher in Treasury yields
  • Emily Williams
  • February 16, 2026

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