Feb 24, 2026 • 5 min

Trump to deliver State of the Union address as voters sour on his economy

Dem Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia will deliver the official rebuttal for Democrats after romping to victory in 2025 on an affordability-focused agenda.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 4 min

Anthropic joins OpenAI in flagging 'industrial-scale' distillation campaigns by Chinese AI firms

Anthropic accused three Chinese artificial intelligence enterprises of engaging in coordinated distillation campaigns, the latest American tech firm to do so.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 4 min

Meta strikes AI chip deal with AMD days after committing to deploy millions of Nvidia GPUs

AMD has secured Meta as a customer for its Helios rack-scale system, as Nvidia's Blackwell faces heightened competition.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 11 min

The ACA health coverage subsidy lapse hit 22 million people. Here are some of their stories

The lapse of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance has forced families to make difficult financial choices.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 5 min

Automakers could start raising prices this year to offset tariffs, dealership executive says

Tariff costs are becoming unsustainable for automakers, and they are going to have to raise prices or cut features, said the president of Sonic Automotive.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 5 min

Home Depot beats Wall Street’s expectations, even as sales decline

Home Depot beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations after missing estimates the prior three quarters.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 4 min

Intel partners with AI chip startup SambaNova after acquisition talks reportedly failed

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan first invested in SambaNova in 2017. Now the chipmaker he runs is putting more capital behind the startup.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 5 min

U.S. has breached trade deal and Europe is ready to retaliate, top trade lawmaker tells CNBC

The U.S. has breached the terms of its trade deal with the European Union "several times," top EU trade lawmaker Bernd Lange told CNBC.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 3 min

Tesla’s Europe problem keeps getting worse. Here's why

Tesla's new car registrations fell 17% year-on-year in January, marking the 13th consecutive month in which sales have shrunk across Europe.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 2 min

Democrats counter Trump's proposal to limit institutional housing investors

A new bill from Sen. Elizabeth Warren targets investors who own 50-plus single-family homes, and breaks with a White House proposal.

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Feb 24, 2026 • 1 min

Etihad boss says tariffs more disruptive to airline than conflict

Antonoaldo Neves likens situation to snowstorms disrupting traffic for several days

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Feb 24, 2026 • 2 min

European markets set for broadly positive open as traders assess tariff landscape

European stocks are expected to open flat to higher on Tuesday as investors assess the new global trading landscape after President Donald Trump's tariffs move.

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