The Google logo outside the company’s offices in London on June 24, 2025. Carlos Jasso/Reuters Alphabet’s Google on Friday said it had changed its spam policy in Europe to address EU concerns that could have resulted in an antitrust fine. The U.S. tech giant found itself in EU regulators’ crosshairs after publishers complained about its … Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivers remarks at the grand opening of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Texas headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2026. Jeremy Lock/Reuters NEW YORK—The New York Stock Exchange has opened a new regional headquarters in Dallas, joining Wall Street’s expedition to the financial boomtown known as Y’all Street. A … Read more
An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on Aug. 27, 2026. Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images WHAT HAPPENED IN NEPAL? * A glacier collapse unleashed a huge torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris through Himalayan mountain river systems across Nepal and … Read more
Wall Street closed a volatile week mixed, caught between two competing forces: strong earnings reports led by Nvidia that reignited AI investor sentiment, and a hawkish Jackson Hole speech from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh that reminded investors inflation remains elevated. Nvidia on Aug. 26 posted $96 billion in revenue for the quarter ending July … Read more
The bond market swung as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, dipped Friday but not by much after economists said a speech by Chairman Kevin Warsh helped strengthen faith that the Fed will do what’s needed to bring … Read more
Volunteers and mothers paint the U.S.-Mexico border wall in tribute to the mothers of persons who have disappeared, as part of an Amnesty International campaign to raise awareness of missing people and the families searching for them, in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2026. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images Volunteers and … Read more
Pumpjacks draw oil and gas from a wellhead near Calgary on May 6, 2025. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh Commentary As Canada’s trade war with the United States continues, more voices within and outside Alberta are proposing using Western Canada’s resources as leverage in trade negotiations. The federal government can impose export tariffs or even curtail … Read more
Health workers care for an Ebola patient in Ituri, Congo, on June 18, 2026. Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo People from Ebola-affected countries will continue to be banned from entering Canada for an additional 30 days, extending the existing ban for a fourth consecutive month. The extension means that decisions concerning immigration and visa applications for residents … Read more
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship at the White House, on Jan. 20, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge on Aug. 28 declined to block a new order from President Donald Trump that narrows birthright citizenship. Judge Deborah Boardman of the U.S. District Court in Maryland said during … Read more
Commentary Carlos Carvalho, president of the University of Austin, recently told his incoming students: “The whole world will keep telling you to find yourself. We’re hoping for something better: that you forget yourself and discover the durable joy of being absorbed in something greater than you.” In that single sentence, Carvalho captured something essential about liberal … Read more