Austin Denean

WASHINGTON (TNND) — The U.S. economy that has chugged along through years of elevated inflation, whiplash from tariffs and a global energy shock

Calls for another interest rate increase are growing within the Federal Reserve as officials weigh renewed inflation risks from the Middle East conflict after more than five consecutive years of above-target inflation. The mounting uncertainty has exposed a growing divide within the central bank, with more officials arguing the Fed could need to resume raising […]

While Americans have continued spending and kept the economy afloat despite sinking sentiment, budgets are facing mounting strains after a five-year run of elevated inflation and a recent slowdown in real wages is increasing the risk of a spending slowdown.

Thousands of people have poured into a tiny Spanish territory from Morocco in recent days, reopening a divide over its immigration policy.

Immigration has been a hot-button issue in Europe for more than a decade when more than one million people entered the continent as they fled wars in the Middle East. Since then, many European governments have shifted toward tougher immigration policies.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Anthropic became the second major artificial intelligence developer in the last week to disclose that one of its AI models broke

The incidents are adding momentum to the debate in Washington over how aggressively the federal government should oversee increasingly capable AI systems. The White House has pushed for a hands-off approach to regulating the technology, while many in Congress want to see guardrails put in place.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh is reportedly considering whether to cut down the number of meetings where the central bank

The Federal Open Market Committee is required to meet at least four times a year and has run on the current eight-meeting schedule since 1981. Fewer rate-setting meetings would be a significant change, which is coming after five consecutive years of elevated inflation that have put additional scrutiny on the central bank.

President Donald Trump said the United States is entering a new round of discussions to ease the war with Iran after backing off threats to unleash massive new