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更多報道Nike removed from S&P 100 after market cap retreats more than $220 billion from 2021 peak
Blue-chip consumer indices do not often shrink their rosters. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday that Nike will exit the S&P 100 before trading begins September 21, ending nearly 18 years i
September 9, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyFederal court blocks IRS data sharing with immigration authorities
A federal data-privacy law rooted in the Watergate era has emerged as a firm constraint on the Trump administration's mass deportation strategy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Tuesday that…
September 9, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyTrump targets Bombardier and bets on midterm convention as US debt crosses $40 trillion
The United States national debt has crossed $40 trillion, with the total having doubled in under a decade, sharpening the fiscal stakes as the country moves into a midterm election cycle. A
September 8, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyChina's $54 billion bank and insurer recapitalization fails to move sector stocks
State capital flowed into China's banking and insurance sector at scale, with Beijing directing $54 billion in fresh capital to banks and insurers. Stocks fell. The gap between the size of the intervention and the market's…
September 7, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyIbiza residents block beach as Spain's mass tourism backlash widens
Tensions over mass tourism are building across Spain's Mediterranean coast, and in Ibiza they have moved from social media grievance to physical occupation. Roughly 100 residents blocked access to Cala Saladeta, a popular beach…
September 6, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyTrump ties Fed rate cuts to trade access for deficit partners
Trade policy and monetary policy rarely share a stage with equal billing. President Donald Trump doubled down on a threat to cut off trade with top partners unless the Federal Reserve slashes interest rates, directly linking the…
September 4, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyAOC endorses Angie Nixon for Florida Senate race as November general election takes shape
Against the backdrop of a Florida Senate contest shaped by circumstances well outside the normal electoral cycle, the race has drawn one of the most prominent voices of the national progressive wing. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…
September 3, 2026 · 2 min
Read storySeattle schools chief calls district broke as educators authorize strike over $100 million budget gap
Against the backdrop of falling enrollment and a widening budget shortfall, Seattle Public Schools is heading into a new school year carrying a reported deficit of around $100 million and a credible strike threat from its…
September 1, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyMaxwell Frost and Baby Boomers clash over Gen Z housing costs, student debt, and the American dream
Against the backdrop of housing affordability at its worst in decades and student debt loads that have reshaped generational balance sheets, a debate this week made the American dream's economic mechanics unusually visible. Rep.…
September 1, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyFar-left insurgents recast constitutional defenders as the enemy within the Democratic Party
A growing insurgency within the American left has turned its attention inward, targeting Democrats who defend existing constitutional structures as "institutionalists," a reproach gaining currency across the party's radical wing.…
August 30, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyRising bond yields add tens of billions to G7 debt costs
Bond yields have climbed across the world's biggest developed economies since the start of the US-Iran war, tightening the financing environment for the governments most active in global sovereign markets. The G7 group is now…
August 30, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyLouisiana backs LSU in SEC eligibility fight as Kiffin and Landry take on the conference
College athletics is in one of its sharpest governance disputes in recent memory. On Wednesday, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry aligned himself publicly with LSU and head football coach Lane Kiffin in their confrontation with the…
August 27, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyFed independence fight sharpens as Cook turns mortgage allegations on Trump
The legal contest over Federal Reserve board membership is moving into new terrain this summer. Fed Governor Lisa Cook has turned mortgage allegations back on President Trump and his Cabinet, shifting a dispute that began as a…
August 27, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyHawley opens surveillance probe into Flock Safety as Texas cities cut cameras
The national debate over AI-powered license plate tracking reached Capitol Hill this week as a senior Senate Republican opened a formal investigation into the country's largest privately operated vehicle surveillance network.…
August 27, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyKanter Freedom ejected from Wintrust Arena as WNBA's inclusion debate moves courtside
Against the backdrop of a months-long dispute over transgender inclusion in women's professional basketball, the league's policy argument arrived in public view Sunday. Enes Kanter Freedom,
August 24, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyWatson's $230 million contract meets a two-front test in Cleveland
Preseason quarterback competitions rarely produce clean verdicts, but Saturday's game at Huntington Bank Field arrived with a contract overhang large enough to reshape the read-through. Deshaun Watson, working the third quarter…
August 23, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyWalmart raises full-year outlook and plans to direct tariff refund toward lower prices
Against the backdrop of a consumer cycle pulling in two directions, Walmart has raised its full-year guidance and said it will use what it described as a huge tariff refund to keep prices l
August 20, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyTruth API lawsuit tests the market for presidential policy signals
Against the backdrop of a market that already moves on Truth Social posts, the legal machinery has now caught up. The Freedom of the Press Foundation and news outlet The Intercept filed suit Wednesday in New York federal court to…
August 16, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyUkraine's Patriot interceptor shortfall leaves Kyiv exposed ahead of Russia's winter campaign
The air defense supply chain has become the front-line pressure point in the Ukraine conflict. Ukraine's Patriot launchers are running empty on interceptors, leaving Kyiv exposed as Russia prepares its winter campaign. Military…
August 15, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyTreasury yields hold steady as U.S. warns of indefinite Iran blockade
The geopolitical backdrop shifted on Friday, and the bond market barely registered it. U.S. Treasu
August 14, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyMinnesota governor race turns on a $9 billion fraud fallout as Klobuchar advances
Against the backdrop of what federal prosecutors say could be the costliest government fraud in Minnesota's history, the state's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has settled on a familiar name to carry its ticket into November. Amy…
August 12, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyParamount threatens California exit as $650 million quarterly merger fee mounts
Hollywood's consolidation fight has escalated from the courtroom to the state line, with the financial cost of inaction now setting the pace. Paramount Global chief executive David Ellison has told California Attorney General Rob…
August 12, 2026 · 3 min
Read storyTrump acknowledges recent contact with Fed Chair Warsh, denies routine calls
WASHINGTON. Against the backdrop of a sustained debate over central bank independence, President Trump said he had recently spoken with Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh and denied the contact was part of any regular pa
August 10, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyCollege sports legislation faces Senate recess deadline as Trump presses for NIL bill
Against the backdrop of mounting legal and financial uncertainty in American collegiate athletics, a federal push to stabilize the sector is colliding with a Senate recess deadline. President Donald Trump this week renewed…
August 7, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyCongress moves to give DHS power to shut down frontier AI models
Against the backdrop of an AI safety debate sharpening on Capitol Hill, a bipartisan House bill introduced on July 23, 2026, would give the Department of Homeland Security emergency authority to restrict or halt the country's…
August 3, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyCongress and White House press Smithsonian on exhibit choices as culture debate reaches federal stage
A political contest over how the Smithsonian Institution presents American history reached the congressional record on July 22, when Museum Director Anthea Hartig testified before lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Texas Republican Rep.…
August 2, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyChina manufacturing contracts in July as export-driven rebound runs out of road
China's factory sector, which staged a second-quarter recovery riding a surge in export orders, swung unexpectedly back into contraction in July as that cross-border tailwind began to unwind. The reversal comes against the…
July 31, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyPochettino close to staying on as US Soccer manager through 2030 World Cup
Against the backdrop of a four-year management cycle that ends with each World Cup, US Soccer is moving to lock in continuity. Multiple reports, including one from The Athletic, indicate that Mauricio Pochettino and US Soccer are…
July 30, 2026 · 2 min
Read storySenator Bernie Moreno drops F-bomb at Fauci in COVID hearing, sparking online furor
Against the backdrop of a Senate investigation into COVID-19 origins that has been building for six years, Wednesday's congressional hearing produced a moment that quickly traveled far beyond Capitol Hill. Senator Bernie Moreno,…
July 29, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyTrump backs Kevin Warsh and pushes for U.S. to hold world's lowest interest rates
The global rate debate sharpened on Monday when President Donald Trump publicly endorsed Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh as "fantastic" while pressing for U.S. interest rates to fall to the lowest level in the world. Trump…
July 27, 2026 · 2 min
Read storyCXMT jumps more than 500% in China's biggest mainland IPO since 2010
China's domestic chip sector has rarely produced a market event of this scale. CXMT, the chip group that brought China's largest mainland IPO since 2010 to market, surged more than 500% on its first trading day, vaulting to the…
July 27, 2026 · 2 min
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