President Donald Trump had to lean on First Lady Melania to help him understand a reporter’s question while hosting tech leaders at the White House. The first couple hosted Silicon Valley giants, including Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, in the State Dining Room on Thursday evening. Missing…
Macy’s posted fiscal second-quarter earnings Wednesday that easily topped Wall Street’s expectations, as it said revamped stores helped sales trends. The department store operator also raised its full-year earnings and sales guidance. It now expects adjusted earnings of between $1.70 and $2.05 per share, compared with $1.60 to $2 per share, and revenue between $21.15…
Elizabeth Quay in Perth City Merr Watson/women Who Drone | Photodisc | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street as investors assessed rising global bond yields and the latest developments on the trade front. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 declined by 0.5%, ahead of the release of its GDP reading for the second quarter ended…
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and Mongolian President Ukhnagiin Khurelsukh (not seen) get together for a trilateral meeting in Beijing, China on September 2, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Russia and China on Tuesday signed a legally binding deal to build the long-delayed Power of Siberia 2…
Elizabeth Quay in Perth City Merr Watson/women Who Drone | Photodisc | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose investors assessed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting of leaders in Tianjin, with tariff uncertainty weighing on sentiment. This comes after a U.S. federal appeals court on Friday ruled that most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs are…
A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 25, 2025. NYSE U.S. stock futures were little changed on Monday night, with investors weighing the latest developments on the trade front to kick off a seasonally poor month for equities. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 41 points, or 0.09%. S&P 500 futures…
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Aug. 26, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday called on pharmaceutical companies to “justify the success” of their Covid drugs days after the Food and Drug Administration set new limits on who can receive…
For all his fiery passion on the topic, President Donald Trump appears to be struggling to remember who is and isn’t in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. “PUT ROGER CLEMENS IN THE HALL OF FAME, NOW—NOT LIKE YOU DID WITH PETE ROSE, WHEN YOU WAITED UNTIL HE WAS DEAD!” the president posted to Truth…
White House trade advisor Peter Navarro speaks to members of the media near the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 21, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro said Sunday that “it will be the end of the United States” if the president’s sweeping tariffs…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the signing of executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade agenda hit a significant snag this week when a federal appeals court ruled that most of his “reciprocal tariffs”…