The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Israel’s Channel 13 News Senior Journalist Neria Kraus, Market Intelligence Founder & Director Amrita Sen, “Rory” Author Alan Shipnuck, AlphaCoreWealth Advisory Chief Investment Strategist Dr. David ...
The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by Israel’s Channel 13 News Senior Journalist Neria Kraus, Market Intelligence Founder & Director Amrita Sen, “Rory” Author Alan Shipnuck, AlphaCoreWealth Advisory Chief Investment Strategist Dr. David Stubss, Former National Security Advisor Under Donald Trump Ambassdor John Bolton and Axios National Security Editor Dave Lawler. (Source: Bloomberg)
Empire Polo Club, Indio, California For a reportedly record-breaking amount of money, the increasingly reclusive star proves his voice is still golden in a headliner performance light on enthusiasm Throughout the Strokes main stage set on Saturday evening, you could see them: fans, many of them women, unaffected by the New York indie rockers as they pushed forward through the crowd to stake out sp...
Empire Polo Club, Indio, California For a reportedly record-breaking amount of money, the increasingly reclusive star proves his voice is still golden in a headliner performance light on enthusiasm Throughout the Strokes main stage set on Saturday evening, you could see them: fans, many of them women, unaffected by the New York indie rockers as they pushed forward through the crowd to stake out spots hours in advance for the night’s closer, Justin Bieber . “I know why you’re here … JUSTIN BIEBER!” the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas joked, sort of, between songs. “We’re happy to lube you up for him.” Perhaps Casablancas picked up on an anxious energy from the crowd: the chance to see Bieber in a Coachella primetime slot seemed at once inevitable and improbable. Save a stripped-down Grammys performance and two very selective LA warm-up shows, the 32-year-old pop star had not performed publicly in over four years, since cancelling his 2022 Justice World Tour amid a host of health issues. Maybe it’s because vulnerability is an established element of a performer who, for years, appeared dead behind the eyes in public, or the fact that Bieber recently ditched the managerial framework that guided his rocky career, or the lingering sting of Frank Ocean’s disastrous headliner set in 2023, when a generationally beloved artist with little recent performance experience cracked under the pressure: few Coachella headliner sets have generated this much buzz – Saturday broke Coachella’s single-day ticket record – and perhaps this much parasocial concern. Continue reading...
Final: Luton 3-1 Stockport Scorers: Lawrence, Wells (2); Sidibeh Luton have had bigger days at Wembley, more glorious Hatters’ tea parties. They retain a chance of returning for League One’s playoffs in May. If this did not match 1988’s League Cup final, Brian Stein and all that, or 2023’s promotion from the Championship, it can signpost the club’s current road to recovery. For Jack Wilshere, six ...
Final: Luton 3-1 Stockport Scorers: Lawrence, Wells (2); Sidibeh Luton have had bigger days at Wembley, more glorious Hatters’ tea parties. They retain a chance of returning for League One’s playoffs in May. If this did not match 1988’s League Cup final, Brian Stein and all that, or 2023’s promotion from the Championship, it can signpost the club’s current road to recovery. For Jack Wilshere, six months and 38 games into his managerial career, at the club he played for until joining Arsenal at seven, it was a first trophy of a second footballing life, Nahki Wells’ double securing victory. This was the trophy Luton had lost in the quarter-finals, only to be reinstated, amid Swindon’s “whoopsie” of ineligible players, as Ian Holloway, their manager, called it. Stockport suffered the same fate as in 1992 and 1993, when losing under Danny Bergara, the Uruguayan after whom an Edgeley Park stand is named. Wembley continues to disappoint those with an SK postcode. Continue reading...
The first quarter of 2026 has been rough on artificial intelligence (AI) stocks ... or has it? On the one hand, share prices of some of the biggest AI stocks, after years of explosive growth , are actually down so far this year. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , for example, is down nearly 5% year to date. But AI spending doesn't seem to be slowing down ... in fact, it's expected to grow faster than ever. A...
The first quarter of 2026 has been rough on artificial intelligence (AI) stocks ... or has it? On the one hand, share prices of some of the biggest AI stocks, after years of explosive growth , are actually down so far this year. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , for example, is down nearly 5% year to date. But AI spending doesn't seem to be slowing down ... in fact, it's expected to grow faster than ever. And some AI stocks are soaring to new heights. It's like the market can't make up its mind. Continue reading
Navy Abandons USS Boise Overhaul After 11 Years And $800 Million Spent The U.S. Navy has finally thrown in the towel on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764). After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet....
Navy Abandons USS Boise Overhaul After 11 Years And $800 Million Spent The U.S. Navy has finally thrown in the towel on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764). After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet. The decision comes as the Navy shifts focus to Virginia- and Columbia-class construction, yet one has to wonder why those same priorities could not have been acted on years earlier while Boise gathered dust and the rest of the submarine force picked up the slack. Boise last deployed in January 2015 . Its regular overhaul was supposed to begin in fiscal year 2016 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Instead, the boat sat idle, lost its dive certification in 2017, and was towed back and forth between public and private yards. A $1.2 billion contract finally went to Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News in 2024, but costs had already climbed and the work barely progressed. The submarine has spent the better part of a decade contributing nothing to deterrence or operations while other attack boats endured extended deployments and accelerated redeployments to cover the shortfall. Roughly one-third of the Navy’s nuclear attack submarines have routinely sat in maintenance or idle status in recent years, well above the service’s own 20% target, forcing the available boats into higher operational tempo and longer patrols. The backlog creates a vicious cycle with fewer submarines at sea. This means more wear on those still deployed, which in turn means more maintenance down the road. The episode also underscores just how far American shipyards have fallen. Contrast today’s performance with the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard immediately after the December 7, 1941, attack. With the yard working around the clock with Navy crews, civilians, and divers logging more than 20,000 hours underwater, battl...
Readers respond to Reform UK’s threat to deny visas to citizens of countries seeking compensation for slavery It is not necessary to agree with the slavery reparations movement in order to see through the crude and threadbare logic of Zia Yusuf’s tirade against it ( Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations, 7 April ). Britain’s prominent role in ending the s...
Readers respond to Reform UK’s threat to deny visas to citizens of countries seeking compensation for slavery It is not necessary to agree with the slavery reparations movement in order to see through the crude and threadbare logic of Zia Yusuf’s tirade against it ( Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations, 7 April ). Britain’s prominent role in ending the slave trade and subsequently slavery neither absolves its involvement in those enterprises nor erases their effects. Endless reiteration of it does, however, encourage a sentimental attachment to a single, insular version of history. Similarly, to claim that advocates for reparations are using history “as a weapon to drain our treasury” is a wilful misrepresentation, designed to jolt the indignant reflexes of Reform UK supporters too lazy to engage with extensive argument. Continue reading...
As Stella Creasy’s experience shows, these encounters follow a pattern typically comprising seven elements, writes Dr Susan Watson Reading Stella Creasy’s piece about the online abuse she received after sharing an image of herself enjoying a silent disco in her constituency filled me with a mix of anger and weary understanding ( When I get abused just for dancing, it shows how far hatred of politi...
As Stella Creasy’s experience shows, these encounters follow a pattern typically comprising seven elements, writes Dr Susan Watson Reading Stella Creasy’s piece about the online abuse she received after sharing an image of herself enjoying a silent disco in her constituency filled me with a mix of anger and weary understanding ( When I get abused just for dancing, it shows how far hatred of politicians has gone, 7 April ). My own research in this area, which now spans almost a decade, has consistently shown that women working across the public sphere are targeted with misogynistic online abuse, and that what happens in digital spaces echoes other forms of gender‑based violence. Continue reading...
Jess Bassett was frustrated to find chips with everything on a recent holiday, but Brittany Ferries’ offering on the return trip was a delightful surprise Ellie Violet Bramley’s efforts to find the perfect kids menu resonated deeply with me as a mum just back from a trip to France, where every child’s option was nuggets, burger or fish with chips ( ‘Before I can stop her, my daughter is licking cr...
Jess Bassett was frustrated to find chips with everything on a recent holiday, but Brittany Ferries’ offering on the return trip was a delightful surprise Ellie Violet Bramley’s efforts to find the perfect kids menu resonated deeply with me as a mum just back from a trip to France, where every child’s option was nuggets, burger or fish with chips ( ‘Before I can stop her, my daughter is licking crumbs from the table’: my search for the perfect kids’ menu, 7 April ). Perhaps naively, I’d imagined a better offering from our French counterparts, but staying in a popular ski resort at Easter, I concluded that maybe they knew who they were catering for. Continue reading...
James Kyle responds to an article by Keir Starmer on supporting the less well off in society For the most part in his recent article ( Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people, 5 April ), Keir Starmer rightly flags up the introduction of policies supporting the less well off in this society. However, I believe it was an ill...
James Kyle responds to an article by Keir Starmer on supporting the less well off in society For the most part in his recent article ( Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people, 5 April ), Keir Starmer rightly flags up the introduction of policies supporting the less well off in this society. However, I believe it was an ill-considered move to include the statement about increasing the state pension. As a pensioner I am not seeing a straightforward improvement and instead seeing a policy that is reducing the benefit of those increases. The triple lock, established by a Conservative–Liberal Democrat government in 2010, was designed to ensure that pensioners who had made tax and national insurance contributions throughout their working lives did not see their pension watered down. However, under the current approach this is actually being undermined. The outcome of freezing the personal allowance means that a significant and increasing proportion of pensioners, based on pension-related income alone, will have to pay tax, thus offsetting the intended benefit of the triple lock. This is made worse for any pensioner with even a small amount of additional income, and will become more burdensome as the personal allowance freeze continues into subsequent years. Continue reading...