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FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Ryan Wesley Routh, the man a jury found guilty of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump on a South Florida golf course, will learn on Wednesday whether he will spend the remainder of his life in a federal penitentiary. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is scheduled to impose sentence in […]
UBS Group AG reported a fourth-quarter net profit attributable to shareholders of $1.2 billion, exceeding analysts’ consensus estimate of $919 million and highlighting continued progress in the integration of Credit Suisse. The results, released on Wednesday, cover the three months ended 31 December and reflect the first full quarter under Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti since […]
The Walt Disney Company’s stock moved sharply lower after the entertainment conglomerate reported a year-over-year decline in per-share earnings for its fiscal first quarter. The drop pushed the share price beneath the 50-day, 100-day and 200-day moving averages, levels widely watched by technical traders for signs of momentum shifts. As trading progressed, the shares stood […]
A recently circulated video shows several beachfront houses in North Carolina’s Outer Banks being carried off their foundations and swept into the Atlantic Ocean. The dramatic footage underscores the vulnerability of ocean-facing properties along this narrow chain of barrier islands. The recording, which surfaced on social media platforms earlier this week, depicts churning surf pounding […]
The Trump administration has unveiled “Project Vault,” a public-private program designed to accumulate and store large volumes of minerals deemed critical to the United States. The initiative, announced at the White House on Monday, authorizes the inclusion of any material on the U.S. Geological Survey’s critical minerals list, which currently exceeds 50 commodities such as […]
Tether, the company behind the world’s largest U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, is steering its Bitcoin mining efforts toward software rather than hardware. On 2 February, the firm introduced Mining OS (MOS), an open-source platform designed to oversee large-scale mining operations, at the Plan ₿ Forum in San Salvador. The move signals a strategic pivot less than […]
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a six-bill spending package aimed at ending a three-day partial government shutdown and keeping the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operating for two additional weeks. The measure was adopted 217–214 after an extended vote count, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump for his expected signature. The […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a multi-agency appropriations package that reopens most of the federal government, formally ending a partial shutdown that had begun early Saturday. The legislation reached the president’s desk after a narrow 217-214 vote in the House of Representatives earlier in the day, following Senate passage last week. The new law […]
Alphabet Inc. will release fourth-quarter earnings after the market closes on February 4, and Bank of America is signaling confidence that the Google parent will deliver results above Wall Street expectations. Share Performance Outpaces the Broader Market Alphabet’s Class A shares have climbed 9.9 percent since the start of 2026, far surpassing the S&P 500’s 1.9 […]
A U.S. combat aircraft shot down an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle on Tuesday after the drone closed in on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln while the ship was operating in the North Arabian Sea, according to U.S. Central Command. The incident occurred the same day a Navy destroyer intervened to assist a U.S.–flagged commercial […]
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., has asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee to explain her presence at an FBI search of the Fulton County, Georgia, election office and her decision to connect federal agents with former President Donald Trump immediately after the search was completed. Warner, the committee’s […]
New York — Feb. 3, 2026. U.S. equities turned lower Tuesday as investors sifted through a heavy slate of technology earnings, watched volatility in precious-metal markets, and assessed the economic impact of a partial federal government shutdown now in its fourth day. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.6% after an early climb, the S&P 500 shed […]