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BREAKING: The U.S. is sending a third aircraft carrier and up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East, per WSJ December Brent crude futures gained 4.4% to $102.31 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate futures settled up 2.7% to $92.87 a barrel. Read more: https://t.co/kbEIYfijz3

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Trump has said that Fed's interest rate policies are hurting the US "more than inflation is hurting our country."

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Putin: We do not plan to attack any European countries. Not in 2030. Not in 2050. His remarks came a day after Danish intelligence warned that Russia could attempt a limited attack on a neighbouring NATO country even while its war in Ukraine continues. Read more: https://t.co/bpCYZCkLJ3

BREAKING: Anthropic is seeking to go public as soon as the middle of November, per Bloomberg

BREAKING: Trump says: Either Iran signs a deal or it won't exist any longer. The war has raised living costs through a rise in energy prices due to Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil exporters in the Middle East. Read more: https://t.co/TbkC8LImsW

NEWS: California Attorney General Rob Bonta has served an investigative subpoena on OpenAI

JUST IN: Japan raised permanent residency application fees for foreigners by 20-fold from 10,000 yen to 200,000 yen (about $1,270 USD), per BBC Japan's foreign resident population exceeded 4.12 million at the end of 2025, a record 9.5 percent increase from the previous year. Read more: https://t.co/RKwxWlA51Z

South Korea has pushed back on the Trump administration’s announcement that the country would invest $54 billion in a LNG project in Alaska, per Bloomberg

BREAKING: Jared Kushner is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm investing in companies supplying equipment for the Israeli military. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza, per CNN Affinity does not directly own the defense companies, but the money runs through Phoenix straight into nine firms supplying the Israeli military. Read more: https://t.co/KloNtE9ia1

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Federal investigators say Chinese spies spent years to obtain secrets from the inner confines of the Federal Reserve, per CNBC

Trump said he has done ‘a very bad job’ of explaining his economic record, per Reuters

McDonald’s is using artificial intelligence to help set menu prices across the US and some global markets, per Reuters

BREAKING: Chinese refiners suspend October fuel exports, per Reuters China started a week-long holiday without giving major refiners a green light to export fuel to regions other than Hong Kong and Macau. Read more: https://t.co/gohUFMEoEA

OpenAI’s models took data from 55 websites belonging to businesses, non-profits and government agencies including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the International Energy Agency, per FT

Trump: AI is bigger than the Internet. He said he does not want the U.S. to turn it off, citing the amount of money flowing into the sector. Read more: https://t.co/c43huOounB

Trump: It is possible we may renew bombing Iran after midterms

Iran: We will continue seeking dialogue with the US

BREAKING: Trump has said he is considering preemptively pardoning members of his administration before leaving office. When asked directly whether he was considering pardons for members of his administration before leaving office, Trump answered without hedging. Read more: https://t.co/8APwb7Qbel

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The AI job postings are surging, per Deutsche Bank: https://t.co/aGwgQh5o1n

"Using AI chatbots mainly for companionship can lower feelings of wellbeing," per CNBC

The top 1% of U.S. households own over 31% of the nation's wealth, surpassing the total wealth held by the entire middle class (the middle 60%), per CBS That group holds an estimated $55 trillion in assets, roughly equal to the combined wealth of the entire bottom 90% of Americans. Read more: https://t.co/zsNmVUe0aX

The average budget of an American homebuyer in Paris is $950,000, which exceeds the value of both foreign and French purchases, per YF

Employer health-plan costs are projected to surge 11% in 2027, the steepest baseline increase since 2003 https://t.co/85RoKMtphn Employers said that the cost of their current plans would increase by 11%, on average, if they took no action to lower it. Read more: https://t.co/tnqlF3miDE

Moody’s estimates that America’s data center boom will require $110 billion in investment to add 45 GW of power capacity by 2030.