Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and other crypto executives took to Capitol Hill this week as part of a regulatory showdown between the industry and banks with potentially trillions at stake. Banking advocacy groups are urging lawmakers to prohibit crypto exchanges like Coinbase from offering customers rewards that are structured like interest payments banks offer. “I’m…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters in a departure lounge before returning to Washington following meetings with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 25, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel early next week…
LAS VEGAS — The jury trial for Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances with Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls, is expected to begin Tuesday in Las Vegas. Prosecutors allege he used his reputation as a spiritual leader and healer to take advantage of his victims over two decades. Chasing Horse…
Julian Edelman and the “NFL on FOX” Postgame show reacted to the biggest games across the NFL in Week 6. <
Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday admitted he and his family had lunch on the private island of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein years earlier. “I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation” in 2012, Lutnick said in testimony before the Senate Appropriations…
Some stocks that have seen meaningful gains in recent days could be set to change course, a technical indicator shows. The S & P 500 ended Friday little changed , weighed down by trade policy concerns among investors after President Donald Trump reportedly called for more tariffs on the European Union. However, the broad market…
This aerial view shows the Taiwanese cargo ship Yang Ming sailing out of the Panama Canal on the Pacific side in Panama City on October 6, 2025. Martin Bernetti | Afp | Getty Images A simmering dispute over two container ports at either end of the Panama Canal risks becoming a geopolitical flashpoint between the…
Gold’s pullback is exposing a rare shift in the market: after years of relentless accumulation, some central banks are now selling bullion as Iran war-driven pressures force a scramble for cash. Spot gold , which is currently trading at around $4,838 per ounce, has fallen about 10% from its late-January peak, slipping into correction territory…
Investors who want to protect against artificial intelligence disruption may want to consider securitized products, including asset-backed securities, according to Nuveen’s Nicholas Travaglino. AI fears, along with rising oil prices and the Iran war , have rattled the market this year. While fixed-income investors haven’t necessarily looked for a refuge from the AI threat ,…
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Friday the White House could deploy alternative measures if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping levies. “There was a big call last night with all the principals to talk about if the Supreme Court were to rule against this…
