Day: October 8, 2025
Israel, Hamas reach agreement on ‘first phase’ of plan to stop fighting, release hostages and prisoners, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he reads a note handed to him by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio he said was regarding Middle East peace talks during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House on Oct. 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Israel and […]
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Trump says deal to end Gaza war is ‘very close’
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio updates U.S. President Donald Trump on the Gaza proposal during a roundtable on “Antifa,” an anti-fascist movement Trump designated a domestic “terrorist organization” via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 8, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said […]
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S&P 500 futures are little changed after benchmark rises to all-time high: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE S&P 500 futures are near flat on Wednesday night after the benchmark index rose to all-time highs. Futures tied to the broad index traded around its flatline, as did Nasdaq 100 futures. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 17 points, also sitting near […]
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Trump says he may go to Egypt soon for Gaza deal
U.S. President Donald Trump, with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, participates in a roundtable on “Antifa,” an anti-fascist movement he designated a domestic “terrorist organization” via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump […]
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Florida man charged with intentionally setting Pacific Palisades fire in LA
Chimneys stand among the rubble after the passage of the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. Agustin Paullier | AFP | Getty Images Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have arrested and charged a Florida man with maliciously starting the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive blazes in Los […]
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AMD stock continues rally after OpenAI deal, now up 43% this week so far
Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images AMD stock climbed 11% on Wednesday, continuing a massive run since OpenAI announced plans to buy billions of dollars […]
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IRS furloughs nearly half of its workforce due to government shutdown
People exit the the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters The IRS on Wednesday said that it was furloughing nearly half of its workforce due to the ongoing government shutdown. About 34,000 IRS workers are being furloughed, according to the tax agency. Another 39,870 […]
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Google adds limits to ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy that began during Covid
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is continuing to put restrictions on remote work, this time with a popular policy called “Work from Anywhere” that was established during the […]
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Jensen Huang says Trump’s H-1B changes would’ve prevented his family from immigrating
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his family’s immigration to the U.S. “would not have been possible” with the Trump administration’s current policy. President Donald Trump announced in September that employers would have to pay a $100,000 fee for each H-1B visa, a temporary worker visa granted to foreign professionals with specialized skills. Huang, […]
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Divided Fed officials saw another two interest rate cuts by the end of 2025, minutes show
watch now VIDEO3:1603:16 Fed minutes: Most participants say it would be appropriate to ease further to end the year Power Lunch Federal Reserve officials in September were strongly inclined to lower interest rates, with the only dispute seeming to be over how many cuts were coming, meeting minutes released Wednesday showed. The meeting summary indicated […]
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