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Analysts expect the Fed to hike rates Wednesday for the first time since 2023, a move that clashes with President Trump's demand for lower borrowing costs amid renewed war-driven inflation.
A Russian frigate fired flares at a Danish Fennec helicopter during a routine tracking mission in the Baltic, prompting Copenhagen to summon Moscow's ambassador. The episode landed the same day NATO downed a drone over Lithuania.
The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new mail-ballot rules just 50 days before the midterms, siding with states and voting-rights groups that sued to preserve the existing system.
The yield on 10-year Treasury bonds climbed to 5% for the first time in nearly three years as oil surged past $108 a barrel. The move sets up a difficult decision for the Federal Reserve this week.
Trump dismissed AI risk warnings from industry executives as a "hoax" and said the only guardrails needed were a strong president, as Anthropic's Jack Clark called for a mandatory kill switch.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration's plan to slash FEMA staffing by 50% was unlawful, citing a 2006 statute Congress wrote after Hurricane Katrina.
Drone attacks launched from Iraqi soil forced Saudi Arabia to shut its east-west crude pipeline, pushing oil above $108 a barrel as Houthi forces widened their grip on a critical Red Sea chokepoint.
A Russian drone struck a train near Ukraine's border with Poland shortly after a group of visiting European dignitaries passed through the area. No one was hurt, but officials debated whether the timing signaled deliberate escalation.
President Trump dismissed calls from the CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI to slow artificial intelligence development, framing the race against China as one the U.S. cannot afford to lose.
Canada announced drone manufacturing, air-defense interceptors and energy loan guarantees for Ukraine during a three-day visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the two nations moved to codify a long-term partnership.
LG denies allegations from an online investigation claiming its smart TVs record ambient audio and track users even when offline. The dispute reignites scrutiny of smart-TV data collection.
President Trump closed the first-ever midterm-year Republican convention with a blunt warning to base voters and a pledge of $5,000 checks if the GOP holds Congress. Democrats and some conservatives questioned the strategy.