Year: 2026
Disney dominated the 2025 box office. Here’s how it could keep the crown in 2026
Courtesy of Disney Enterprises Inc. Blue aliens, a family of superheroes and a city of talking animals boosted the Walt Disney Company to the top of the domestic box office in 2025. Full-year ticket sales in the United States and Canada rose about 4% from 2024 to $9.05 billion. Disney accounted for the highest share […]
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Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
US Customs and Border Protection agents disperse tear gas during a patrol while looking to detain undocumented persons during immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 12, 2026. Octavio Jones | AFP | Getty Images Federal officers in the Minneapolis area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear […]
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The founders of billion-dollar AI startups are getting younger — here’s why
Aexander Wang, CEO of Scale, attends an AI summit in Paris in February 2025. Getty Images The founders of some of the world’s most successful startups have been young: Think Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, both of whom were just 19 when they launched their ventures. But with the rise of billion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) […]
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Canada and China slash tariffs on EVs and canola in reset of ties
A BYD Sealion 5 plug-in hybrid SUV is displayed at the launch event by the Chinese electric vehicle maker in Muldersdrift, South Africa December 4, 2025. Nqobile Dludla | Reuters Canada and China struck an initial trade deal on Friday that will slash tariffs on electric vehicles and canola, as both nations promised to tear […]
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Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says
Two armed members of Iran’s police special forces stand behind a country flag placed on an armored military vehicle during a pro-Government rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 12, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images More than 3,000 people have died in Iran’s nationwide protests, rights activists said on Saturday, while a “very […]
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Elon Musk’s xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk’s xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup created a kind of off-grid power plant for its Colossus facility by […]
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DOJ probing Minnesota officials over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents: Report
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks at a press conference at the State Emergency Operations Center in Blaine, Minn. on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. Alex Kormann | The Minnesota Star Tribune | Getty Images The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials including Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over an alleged conspiracy to […]
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Google files to appeal search monopoly case
Google CEO Sundar Pichai during the press conference after his meeting with Polish PM Donald Tusk at Google for Startups Campus In Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 13, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google on Friday filed to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the company held an illegal monopoly in […]
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Labor Dept. accused of echoing Nazi slogan in social media post
A sign is displayed at the U.S. Department of Labor Frances Perkins Building on June, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Carter | Getty Images A controversial social media post from the Department of Labor has poured gasoline on already-smoldering accusations that the Trump administration is amplifying rhetoric and imagery linked to extreme right-wing ideologies. The […]
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Big earnings reports and worries around the interest rate outlook could sway markets next week
Company earnings and what happens with the interest rate outlook will unlock what’s next for a broadening stock market. Stocks are headed for a down week following an uneven start to the fourth-quarter earnings season. Of the big banks that kick off the reporting period, the retail banking players — JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, […]
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