Defense tech companies are dropping Claude after Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklist
Anthropic customers that do business with the government are having to make the tough call on whether to abandon Claude.
Remember Twitter? Elon Musk testifies over flip-flop in $44 billion buyout
Musk is on trial for a case filed by Twitter investors in 2022, the year he purchased the social media company for $44 billion.
Weekly mortgage demand surged 11% higher last week, as rates sat near 4-year low
Lower mortgage rates last week caused a run on refinancing and renewed interest from homebuyers, but rates have already moved higher again.
Democrats tread cautiously around another Trump impeachment after ‘illegal’ Iran strikes
Since the attack on Iran, congressional Democrats have called the operation unconstitutional. But another impeachment hasn’t seriously entered the conversation.
‘No to war’: Spain PM hits back at Trump threat to cut trade over air base dispute
His comments come after the U.S. president pledged to cut off all trade with Madrid over its position on the Iran conflict.
Epstein files: Goldman Sachs’ Ruemmler, Bill Gates, Leon Black will testify to House panel
Kathryn Ruemmler said last month she would leave Goldman Sachs at the end of June after fallout over her emails with Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump administration offers shifting narrative for U.S. war in Iran as Democrats pounce
Trump said when the invasion began his objective was to “defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group.”
New York Fed’s Williams says tariff burden falls ‘overwhelmingly’ on U.S. businesses and consumers
Williams said that not only were the tariffs being felt at home, but they also were keeping the Fed from reaching its 2% inflation goal.
Oil supertanker rates hit all-time high as insurers drop war risk protection in the Middle East
The cost of hauling crude oil from the Middle East to China rose more than 94% to hit a record high of $423,736 per day on Monday.
