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Trump rules out diesel export ban after Europe agrees to tap stockpiles

The president made the announcement hours after Europe caved to U.S. pressure and agreed to release from its stockpiles of the fuel. President Donald Trump said Friday he was ruling out a diesel export ban and never really considered one in the first place, hours after Europe caved to U.S. pressure …

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Trump rules out diesel export ban after Europe agrees to tap stockpiles

The president made the announcement hours after Europe caved to U.S. pressure and agreed to release from its stockpiles of the fuel. President Donald Trump said Friday he was ruling out a diesel export ban and never really considered one in the first place, hours after Europe caved to U.S. pressure …

S&P 500 has something underneath that is quietly falling apart

The number at the top is not the number that matters right now. Stock market indexes are designed to tell a simple story. A number goes up, and …

US regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts

The U.S. government has pitched an obscure accounting rule change that has ignited a firestorm of opposition. If enacted, its effects might be felt …

Trump’s Threat to Ban Diesel Exports Sets Off Global Alarms (shared)

A reduction in refineries has already driven the price of diesel to record highs, threatening economies. An U.S. export ban would be “tremendous shock and blow.” The Iran war has sent diesel prices soaring around the world, straining national budgets, adding costs to businesses and snarling supply …

Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals a staggering AI bet

The number buried inside it is unlike anything Wall Street has seen from an AI company. Anthropic has spent months building toward one of the largest …

Micron beats on earnings and issues strong guidance as data center revenue jumps 11-fold

Micron reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday as the memory maker continues to benefit from soaring demand for AI …

Anne Applebaum on Donald Trump’s global shakedown

Anne Applebaum on Donald Trump’s global shakedown Anne Applebaum joins Paul Wells to discuss her Atlantic magazine cover story, "Empire of Grift." She argues that...

‘Consumers Will Pay the Price’: Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting

"Oil companies will get a windfall from gutting the fuel economy standards, but the rest of us are going to be handing over more of our hard-earned …

Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage instead

In 2023, the International Energy Agency predicted that by 2028 the world’s oil companies would produce more oil than people wanted to buy. Prices …

The Beclowning of Scott Bessent

One iron law of current politics is that nobody who associates themselves with Donald Trump emerges with a shred of credibility. For some, that’s not …

The THAAD Delusion (shared)

The story of a missile system placed in a role for which it was never intended illuminates the broader challenges facing the U.S. military. Mohamed bin Zayed was worried about Iran—so worried, in fact, that he decided to gamble with his nation’s future. “We are living in a dangerous neighborhood,” …

US attempts to control Ukraine’s attacks on Russia reflect a fundamental strategic disconnect

In a recent phone call, Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelensky to stop Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries. Whether a request or a demand, …

Nvidia is touting a software tool to contain runaway AI. How would it work?

Nvidia says a security platform for artificial intelligence that it announced on Monday can help stop autonomous AI agents from misbehaving. The chipmaker unveiled its Open Agent Safety Platform amid an intensifying debate about AI safety, fueled a string of alarming recent incidents involving AI …

It’s a 5% world. We’re just living in it

The cost of borrowing money is moving unrelentingly higher, with profound implications for savers, borrowers and the U.S. government's fiscal outlook. …

Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It

In early March, as President Trump basked in the success of a military intervention in Venezuela, he joined Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in the West Wing for a private celebration. A businessman also attended, and brought along a pile of gold. The president looked approvingly at the 10 Venezuelan …

Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?

Recent hacks have shown that the law is lagging when it comes to holding companies accountable. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers …

Lenders Don’t Trust the United States Anymore

Blame Trump for rising borrowing costs. This has been a week of pain for anyone who borrows money. All over the world, lenders are demanding higher interest rates. The global bond market is extracting higher yields from every borrower, starting with the biggest borrowers of all: national governments. …

Just So You Know, Trump’s Erratic Behavior Makes Life More Expensive for Everyone Else

The interest rate on 30-year bonds rose to 5.4%, the highest rate since July of 2003. It’s not clear exactly why the rate rose, but expectations of …

AI’s Risk to Financial Systems

The tech may soon become an existential risk to humanity, but it’s already a risk to many Americans in a more mundane way: their banks. Updated 2:07 p.m. ET on September 25, 2026 Today’s AI agents have become exceptional hackers, and they’re already posing a threat to some of the most important …

Bond sell-off continues as 10-year yield hits 5.19%

Another day, another tough session in the bond market, with yields on U.S. government debt continuing to push toward levels seldom seen in …

Trump, Xi and the Tech Moguls

The state visit by Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, so far has been long on pomp but short on substance on issues like artificial intelligence. Andrew here. We’ve got a full rundown of the state dinner for Xi Jinping, China’s leader, and the C.E.O.s who made the pilgrimage to the White House. Many …

Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security

Amid the chorus of voices calling for a slowdown in AI advancement and more government regulation and oversight of the technology, one prominent …

The Deferential President (shared)

Not long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. The 747 slowly wheeled to a stop last night on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews, just outside Washington. Portable stairs were put in position, while a …

Government hacks, rogue agents and no transparency: can we ever fully trust AI?

You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You do not answer to corporations or governments and never …

Clues to Why a Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Eventually Stops Working (shared)

Researchers are asking why patients, like former Senator Ben Sasse, inevitably develop resistance to the drug daraxonrasib. Last week, the former senator from Nebraska Ben Sasse announced that his Stage 4 pancreatic cancer had developed resistance to a cutting edge treatment. Cancer specialists were …

‘Consumers Will Pay the Price’: Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting

"Oil companies will get a windfall from gutting the fuel economy standards, but the rest of us are going to be handing over more of our hard-earned …

An AI model has found a new ‘CRISPR-like’ biological system. Here’s what it means for science

Anthropic announced today that its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) system identified a previously unknown biological system in the DNA of viruses …

What the U.S. Supreme Court’s pesticide ruling means for gardeners and farm workers

In June, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state goverments’ duty-to-warn laws do not oblige chemical manufacturer Monsanto to disclose a …

Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown. Concerns that artificial …

How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios

Earlier this month, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he …

End of humanity? Blow-by-blow account of what would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now

Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US. During what is thought to …

RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count

Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human …