The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga., May 6, 2025. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, proposed overhauling its safety rules for radiation exposure from nuclear power plants, saying that the current regulations are too costly and go beyond what is needed to protect human health. (Audra Melton/The New York Times) By BRAD PLUMER The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week proposed overhauling its safety rules for radiation e

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended ⁠sharply ⁠higher on Monday, with Broadcom and other chip ⁠stocks rallying as investors bought shares in companies related to artificial intelligence that are expected to drive a ​strong second-quarter earnings season. Broadcom jumped 3.7% after the chipmaker and Apple agreed to extend a deal through 2031 to develop and supply a range of custom chips. The S&P ‌500 information technology sector index climbed 1.3%, while the ‌Philadelphia SE Semicond

Investors in the coming week will seek clues about the likelihood of impending interest-rate hikes and early signs of a pivotal earnings season as they gauge the strength of the U.S. stock ​market’s rally. The second half of 2026 kicked off this week much the same as the first half ended, with rocky performances of heavyweight technology shares swaying ‌major indexes. Minutes from last month’s eventful Federal Reserve meeting, as well as earnings from Delta Air Lines (DAL.N),

President Donald Trump disembarks the new Air Force One plane at Bismarck Municipal Airport in Bismarck, N.D., on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. American presidents have generally tried to avoid appearing to profit from the office, but Trump has chosen a different path. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By BEN PROTESS, ANDREA FULLER and ERIC LIPTON When President Donald Trump’s annual financial disclosure was released Tuesday, it showed that he reaped at least $2.2 billion from his v

The Dow rose more than ⁠1% ⁠to a record closing high on Thursday ⁠ahead of the long holiday weekend as a softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased worries about ​interest rate hikes, while another sharp drop in chipmaker stocks weighed on the Nasdaq. The S&P 500 ended flat on the day. The Dow recorded ‌a fourth straight week of gains, its ‌longest such streak since October 2024. The U.S. market will be closed on Friday in observance of the U.S. Independence Day holiday. The

The majority of publicly ⁠traded ⁠business development companies (BDCs) — the visible part of the private credit ⁠market — have turned unprofitable due to falling asset values and rising costs, a Reuters analysis shows, in the latest sign of pressure building in this ​highly leveraged corner of finance. The $3.5 trillion private credit industry, where specialist funds step into a role traditionally held by banks to lend to mid-sized companies, has lately come under stress due

Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve board, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Shortly after the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump from immediately ousting Cook on June 29, he described the decision as merely a “procedural” matter. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By COLBY SMITH and TONY ROMM Shortly after the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump from immediately ousting a sitting governor from the Federal Reserve,

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ⁠finished ⁠June on Tuesday with their biggest quarterly ⁠gains since 2020 as investors remained upbeat about economic and earnings growth even amid the Middle ​East conflict. The Dow had its biggest quarterly jump since 2022. The indexes ended higher for the day as well, with the Dow registering a record closing ‌high for the second straight day. Technology ‌led gains among S&P 500 sectors, and an index of semiconductor stocks finished 3.9% higher on th

The Meta campus in Menlo Park, Calif., Sept. 18, 2025. The Trump administration is pressing Meta to submit its artificial intelligence models for voluntary review, which would allow the government to evaluate the AI’s abilities and vulnerabilities, four people familiar with the confidential request said. (Jason Henry/The New York Times) By TRIPP MICKLE, ELI TAN and SHEERA FRENKEL The Trump administration is pressing Meta to submit its artificial intelligence models for volunt

Is it over or not? World ⁠markets that assumed the Middle East conflict was over and done with got a rude awakening over ​the weekend after the United States conducted fresh strikes on Iran in response to attacks on Gulf shipping. But oil markets barely got a chance to react in ‌early trading today, as the two sides ‌agreed to halt hostilities and resume peace talks once again. I’ll get into that and more below. But first, listen to the latest episode of the Morning Bid ⁠dail