Aaron Gregg

By Aaron Gregg and Federica Cocco The Washington Post Updated On its face, 2025 has been a good year for the stock market.

Rad Power Bikes saw its pandemic-era growth spurt blunted by import duties, overproduction and slowing demand. Now a spate of battery fires adds to its challenges.

The precious metal has seen its value roughly double since the start of the year, far outpacing stocks, gold and cryptocurrencies.

Businesses in vulnerable sectors found themselves caught between rising tariffs and beleaguered consumers.

Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, as import-dependent businesses absorbed the highest tariffs in decades.

Investors began diversifying away from U.S.-based assets and the dollar in 2025 even as AI-fueled optimism powered the S&P 500 more than 16 percent higher.

Humans could return to the moon’s evirons for the first time in more than 50 years.

Humans could return to the moon's environs for the first time in more than 50 years.

Aaron Gregg, (c) 2026 , The Washington Post Thu, April 2, 2026 at 5:31 PM GMT+2 5 min read

Humanity is on its way back to the moon’s environs for the first time in half a century after the Artemis II mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida the evening of April 1. Astronauts Re...