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Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Comes With Huge Disclaimer

President Trump’s newly minted MAGA slush fund comes with a massive disclaimer that serves to absolve the administration of any future crimes their allies may commit with the taxpayer money. The “ Anti-Weaponization Fund ,” approved Monday, contains roughly $1.8 billion for

12 Art Books to Kick Off Summer

A novel lampooning the art world, Megan O’Grady’s meditation on art and living, the man who defined color in the dictionary, Nan Goldin’s tender photo essay, and more.

Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people

The tech trial of the year, Musk v. Altman, was ultimately a fight for control. Elon Musk argued that Sam Altman, with whom he helped found the now-massive company OpenAI, shouldn't direct the future of AI. Altman's lawyers, in turn, poked at Musk's own credibility. A jury came

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Bond markets overpowering the AI trade

Global investors are still trading as though the AI boom mattered more than the bond market. They may be about to discover the opposite is true. The most important threat to Asian equities is no longer tariffs, China’s slowdown or even geopolitics alone. It’s the collapse of

Asia

How WAPI makes cash on delivery in Europe really profitable

Have you ever looked at your COD numbers across Europe and thought there has to be a smarter way to make this actually pay off? For a lot of high-volume e-commerce sellers, cash on delivery feels like a necessary friction point. It is popular with customers in markets like

War in Middle East: latest developments

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: - US extends sanctions waiver - The US Treasury secretary on Monday said Washington was extending by 30 days its sanctions waiver for Russian oil cargoes already at sea, as global energy prices continue to surge due to

US rejects new Iranian proposal to end war: Report

The U.S. has again rejected an Iranian proposal to end the conflict between the two countries, according to a new report. Axios reported Monday that Tehran offered a revised peace proposal that the White House shot down, per a top American official and another source close to