Trump spent nearly $2 billion of taxpayer money to undo wind projects already underway. Dems demand answers

The Trump administration is spending nearly $2 billion to get energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore…

‘They left me no choice’: Powell isn’t going anywhere—blocking Trump from another Fed appointee

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced Wednesday he will remain on the Fed’s Board of Governors…

How JPMorgan’s CIO is reshaping work at the bank with a $19.8 billion annual tech and AI budget

Lori Beer, the global chief information officer at JPMorgan Chase & Co., has a long checklist…

Starbucks is winning customers back after investing $500 million in workers and stores

Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly sales growth in the U.S. that blew past Wall Street’s expectations,…

Emma Grede, who helped found the $5 billion Skims empire, rejects ‘celebrity CEO’ label: ‘I’m a CEO who’s done so well you know my name’

Emma Grede may be best known for being a founding partner for some of the Kardashian…

The AI boom is built on the backs of the world’s poorest, most exploited people, UN researchers find

In arid regions such as Chile’s Salar de Atacama, mining activities account for up to 65%…

Current price of oil as of April 29, 2026

At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, the price of oil sits at $113.99 per barrel, using…

Starbucks CEO sees the turn in the turnaround as human touch sings

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol had a simple explanation Tuesday for why his coffee giant is winning…

No, tariffs are not strengthening the economy

Testifying to Congress, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer argued that “President Trump’s trade policy is…

Exclusive: Vanta hits $300 million ARR as ‘shadow AI’ explodes across corporate America

Most corporate employees in America have likely signed up for ChatGPT. And Claude. And possibly Cursor.…

Schools are struggling to afford costs of free school lunches, and MAHA guidelines may make it worse

As more than two-thirds of U.S. public schools say they already can’t sustain free meals for…

From Warren Buffett to Tim Cook, these 5 Fortune 500 legends all share the same childhood job

Long before the corner office, the IPO, and the billionaire life, several of America’s best-known executives…

The uncomfortable truth about AI and the American worker

Surveys consistently show that workers dread artificial intelligence. They worry it will render their skills obsolete,…

Tech is in turmoil—but the rest of corporate America isn’t. One Silicon Valley CEO knows why

Tech layoffs tied to AI are dominating headlines. Coders are being displaced by agents. Software headcount…

‘God save the king,’ Trump welcomes Charles on America’s 250th anniversary of independence

King Charles III acknowledged “times of great uncertainty” as he expressed gratitude to the American people and…

A 160-year-old paradox explains why AI will create more jobs, not fewer, top economist says

In 1865, English economist William Stanley Jevons observed that the invention of the Watt steam engine…

Meta is paying top executives to hit a $9.5 trillion valuation—and no one’s ever done it before

Meta Platforms is set to report first quarter of 2026 earnings on Wednesday, and investors will…

Lessons in how to build AI agents from Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards

Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition…China blocks Meta’s purchase of Manus…OpenAI falls…

The $39 trillion national debt just got its own version of the viral Doomsday essay

America has its viral AI doomsday essay. Now it has a debt version. No Labels, the…

Elon Musk testifies Google co-founder sided with the robots: ‘Larry Page called me a speciesist’

Elon Musk had a colorful first day of testimony in his lawsuit against OpenAI. Taking the…

Disneyland implements facial recognition to keep the lines moving

If you want to visit the “Happiest Place on Earth,” you’ll go through a new gatekeeper…

The Justice Department is prosecuting James Comey a second time over an Instagram post about seashells 

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted again on Tuesday, this time in an investigation over a social…