U.S. forces boarded and seized a “ghost tanker” in the waters of the Caribbean on Friday as part of the Trump administration’s continuing effort to target sanctioned oil ships traveling to and from Venezuela.
President Donald Trump meets with the executives of oil and gas companies on Friday, January 9.
Facing a global backlash for Grok AI generating deepfake sexualized images of women and children, Elon Musk’s X platform has restricted access to Grok’s image editing capabilities to paying subscribers only.
President Donald Trump will host 17 oil companies at the White House on Friday to discuss investment opportunities to help restore oil infrastructure in Venezuela.
The Supreme Court on Friday did not issue a ruling on President Trump’s tariffs.
The drop in the unemployment rate was much better than expected even though job creation fell short of forecasts.
The number of people being debanked has increased tenfold in less than a decade, with Nigel Farage calling the new-year statistics appalling.
President Donald Trump said that having Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchase $200 billion in mortgage bonds would drive mortgage rates and monthly payments down as the administration works on affordability.
A century-long lease offers the simplest way to secure enduring Arctic access without the political liabilities of ownership.
The United States has withdrawn from the Green Climate Fund and relinquished its seat on the fund’s board, according to a Treasury Department announcement describing the move as aligned with the Trump administration’s exit from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Speaking to business leaders at the Economic Club of Minnesota, Bessent laid out a vision of an economy revitalized by strategic government intervention in trade, sweeping changes to the tax code, and a sharp pivot away from regulations he said had stifled entrepreneurship and innovation.
Worker output climbs to fastest pace in two years as companies respond to tighter labor supply.
Character.AI has agreed to settle multiple lawsuits that accused the artificial intelligence chatbot company of contributing to mental health crises and suicides among teenagers and young users.
A federal judge in California has rules that Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman contains sufficient evidence to warrant a jury trial, rejecting attempts by OpenAI’s legal team to have the case dismissed.
This is the third straight monthly decline in the trade deficit, suggesting that changes to U.S. tariff policy are driving deep changes in the global economy.
Leaders of a farmer’s union arrested as tractors overwhelm police roadblocks to drive into centre of Paris to protest a forthcoming EU deal.
Democrats are using the shooting death of a progressive street protester to magnify their 2026 campaign theme: That President Donald Trump is imposing “chaos” on stable American communities.
President Donald Trump said the 2027 military budget should be increased to $1.5 trillion, pointing to national security needs and strong tariff revenues as reasons the higher amount is both necessary and achievable.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Venezuela will only purchase “American made products” with the money they receive from the new oil deal.
The Somali-dominated Democratic political machine in Minnesota successfully silenced hundreds of government experts who tracked the huge flow of taxpayer funds through Somali-run businesses, a top Minnesota Republican told a House hearing on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump is moving to ban “large institutional investors” from buying up United States homes meant for Americans.
President Trump says companies must prioritize manufacturing capacity over dividends and buybacks.
The Trump administration will sell Venezuelan oil “indefinitely” and control the proceeds, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced Wednesday, as part of the administration’s broader strategy to manage Venezuela’s oil exports and rebuild its energy sector.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has announced that Chinese demand for the company’s H200 advanced AI processors has reached high levels following the Trump administration’s approval of sales to China.
Google cofounder Larry Page has officially moved multiple business entities out of California, completing the transfers before a year-end deadline related to a proposed billionaire wealth tax in the state. Page is currently the second-richest person in the world.
Chinese EV giant BYD has outpaced Tesla in vehicle registrations across Europe’s two largest markets for plug-in electric vehicles during the past year, marking a significant shift in the competitive landscape. The Chinese company is now selling more EVs in both the UK and Germany than Elon Musk’s Tesla.
The retreat in openings reinforces the view that the Federal Reserve kept monetary policy too restrictive for too long, refusing to cut interest rates for several months because it overestimated the inflationary impact of President Trump’s tariff policies.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has warned of a looming “Brexit betrayal” as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has tasked his MPs to craft legislation to outsource British sovereignty on regulations and standards to the European Union.
The operation to remove Nicolás Maduro may prove more economically significant than most commentary suggests.
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on social media that an investigation into alleged fraud in California has begun, pointing to what he described as deep corruption under Governor Gavin Newsom. The statement comes as California faces mounting scrutiny over welfare, education, and unemployment fraud, amid a broader national crackdown following high-profile fraud cases in states like Minnesota.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that the committee will vote next week on a bill to establish a light-touch regulatory framework for the crypto industry, saying that it will help ensure affordability by “democratizing our economy.”
Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann Lecun has publicly questioned the appointment of Alexander Wang as the company’s new AI boss, raising concerns about potential talent retention issues for Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant.
AI chip giant Nvidia has announced a major expansion into autonomous vehicle technology with the launch of its new AI-powered platform for self-driving cars. The company is partnering with Mercedes-Benz to produce a driverless car in competition with Waymo, Tesla, and other tech giants. CEO Jensen Huang says, “Our vision is that someday, every single car, every single truck, will be autonomous.”
Hilton Hotels announced early Tuesday that it will “remove” a Minnesota “franchise hotel from our system” after it was again caught denying rooms to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents investigating local fraud.
Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons, has revealed she is being subjected to “revenge porn” deepfakes created using the tech tycoon’s AI tool Grok, which posts the images on X. Musk has been under fire for a week over Grok acting as a “nudify” tool to manipulate images of women and even children into sexually explicit situations.
A growing share of O-1 “genius” U.S. visas is going to foreign OnlyFans strippers and social-media influencers, according to the Financial Times.
What we’re witnessing in Venezuela is less about one country’s oil production and more about the completion of a shift toward Western Hemisphere energy independence and an embrace of the core reality of fossil fuel-driven global energy production.
Car thefts are plummeting as President Donald Trump’s officials crack down on illegal immigrants and their international theft rings.
Ship tracking services detected around a dozen ships identified as loaded oil tankers departing from Venezuela in the first week of 2026, all of them targeted by U.S. sanctions.
