Regulations

A Truth Social post from President Donald Trump may have handed tanker investors a new storyline. Trump accusing Iran of acting in bad faith during negotiations and calling an alleged drone attack on Indian ships leaving the Strait of Hormuz “totally unacceptable. The comments come as the...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation reopening nearly 500,000 square miles of protected Pacific waters to commercial fishing, restoring access to key marine zones as part of his "America First Fishing Policy." The White House said the move restores commercial fishing access to...

More than 300,000 federal student loan borrowers have exited the defunct SAVE repayment plan in recent weeks, but millions remain at risk as deadlines approach. Nicholas Kent, a top official at the U.S. Department of Education, told CNBC on Thursday that borrowers still enrolled in the Biden-era...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) stock slid on Thursday as investors weighed fresh Chinese regulatory pressure, a leadership change tied to its AI strategy, U.S. geopolitical concerns, and questions about whether China's AI infrastructure push will directly benefit the company. Regulators...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that increasingly powerful AI systems cannot be safely entrusted to governments or corporations alone, arguing that both require meaningful checks and balances as artificial intelligence becomes more capable. In an essay published Wednesday, Amodei also said...

The White House certainly set a July 4, 2026 target for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. I think this deadline remains purely aspirational. The political calendar simply does not support such an aggressive timeline. A late-summer or early-autumn passage makes far more sense. The most glaring...

Fusion energy has long been the technology of the future. The U.S. Department of Energy just put a target date on when it wants that future to arrive. The DOE on Tuesday released its finalized Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap, outlining a national strategy aimed at supporting fusion pilot...

U.S. regulators are reportedly set to propose a comprehensive set of regulations for prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket. The move is aimed at preventing possible manipulation while still allowing most sports-related bets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is preparing to...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz warned hospitals to comply with federal price transparency requirements or face financial penalties, saying more than 500 facilities have already been identified as failing to meet the standards. In a post on X, Kennedy...

A federal judge struck down an Internal Revenue Service rule that made it harder for wind and solar projects to qualify for federal tax credits, according to court documents, in a setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to curb renewable energy development. In a ruling issued Saturday...

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has launched a sharp critique of U.S. monetary policy, branding the Federal Reserve‘s 2022 interest rate hikes a “massive mistake” while asserting that newly appointed Chairman Kevin Warsh will successfully fix it. The Fed’s Blunder Wood argued...

New guidance from the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has tightened how states determine whether Medicaid beneficiaries qualify for a “medically frail” exemption from upcoming federal work requirements, prompting concerns from patient advocacy groups. The guidance is...

The S&P 500 is facing significant downward pressure heading into Monday’s open following a weekend of severe geopolitical escalation in the Middle East. The Polygon-based (CRYPTO: POL) Polymarket crowd is leaning bearish for the June 8 opening bell. The “S&P 500 Opens Up or Down...

Former White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks pushed back against Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ (I-VT) proposal to give the government a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies, warning it would create “Central Government AI — a system with even more totalistic power over information...

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, economic data and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures were mixed on Friday, as the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 fell, and the Dow Jones index gained, following a mixed close on Thursday. Investors digested the...