The CIA alerted top Trump administration officials last week that the Iranian economy will be able to withstand the naval blockade for “at least three to four months,” despite President Donald Trump’s claim that the country is “collapsing financially” and losing $500 million a day in energy revenue, according to a report.
The Iranian leadership responded Sunday to President Donald Trump’s peace proposal to end the war with its own “comprehensive plan” that calls for the U.S. to lift all sanctions against Tehran and fully compensate the country for losses suffered during the current war that has been paused by a fragile ceasefire.
Materials scientists at King's College London have created a never-before-seen version of aluminum, one of the world’s most abundant materials.
There is no standard way to directly repair damaged heart tissue.
What had been considered a routine “housekeeping” gene having to do with maintenance of cells has turned out to have a major impact on a fruit’s flavor and nutritional punch, according to new research by scientists at Nanjing Agricultural University and the University of Connecticut.
On 1 May, the NASDAQ and Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed at record highs yet again on strong earnings, gains in tech, and lower oil prices.
The boom in building AI data centers has spurred demand for Caterpillar’s earth-moving equipment, engines, and generators, boosting revenue in its construction equipment business by 38 percent in the most recent quarter and in its power-and-energy division by 22 percent, the company reported.
This year, U.S. farmers are growing more soybeans and less corn.
As prices for everything from shoes to electronics keep rising, more Americans are buying grocery staples in bulk and foregoing new clothes, shifting spending to experiences “because we’ll always remember them,” one woman told The Wall Street Journal.
Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025 largely because voters believed his promises that he would somehow lower the cost of living “quickly from Day One.”