U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Democratic Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Republicans on Wednesday balked at a Democratic counteroffer to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, as lawmakers and the White House scramble to strike a deal before a scheduled two-we...
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Democratic Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Republicans on Wednesday balked at a Democratic counteroffer to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, as lawmakers and the White House scramble to strike a deal before a scheduled two-week recess begins on Friday ahead of a busy U.S. travel week for spring breaks and the Easter holiday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune , R-S.D., told reporters on Wednesday there was "no point" in Republicans issuing another response to Democrats' counter and said the Senate would vote later that day on the GOP proposal unveiled earlier this week. "It's not even close to being real," Thune said of the counteroffer. "They know better. They're asking for things that have already been turned down. So it just seems like they're going in circles, spinning, spinning." Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced the DHS counteroffer on the Senate floor on Wednesday. "Our offer is a reasonable, good faith proposal that contains some of the very same asks Democrats have been talking about now for months," Schumer said. Schumer did not list out the specific points of his proposal, but Democrats have for months sought changes to the immigration enforcement practices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Those changes include a requirement for judicial warrants for federal agents to enter private property and banning the use of masks. Read more CNBC politics coverage Pakistan offers to facilitate U.S.-Iran war talks as Trump, Tehran give mixed signals DCCC launches geotargeted digital ad campaign hitting GOP for gas prices Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin as next DHS secretary "We have now given Republicans our response, and it's a serious offer. And time is of the essence I'd say to my Republican colleagues," Schumer said. "The Easter holiday is coming, families are goi...
Giorgia Meloni made public request for Daniela Santanchè to quit in effort to restore credibility after voters rejected judicial reform Italy’s embattled tourism minister has resigned, heeding a call to step down as the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, strives to restore credibility after a bruising defeat in a referendum that has thrown her far-right government into turmoil. The resignation on Wed...
Giorgia Meloni made public request for Daniela Santanchè to quit in effort to restore credibility after voters rejected judicial reform Italy’s embattled tourism minister has resigned, heeding a call to step down as the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, strives to restore credibility after a bruising defeat in a referendum that has thrown her far-right government into turmoil. The resignation on Wednesday of Daniela Santanchè, a prominent and brash member of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, came after the prime minister took the unusual step of calling in a public statement for the minister to go. Continue reading...
Oscar winner will take on role of Jessica Fletcher in 2027 film from Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore Oscar-winning actor Jamie Lee Curtis has been confirmed to take on the role of Jessica Fletcher in a big-screen reboot of Murder, She Wrote. The 67-year-old star of Halloween and Everything Everywhere All at Once will play the mystery author and amateur detective made famous by Angela Lansbury i...
Oscar winner will take on role of Jessica Fletcher in 2027 film from Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore Oscar-winning actor Jamie Lee Curtis has been confirmed to take on the role of Jessica Fletcher in a big-screen reboot of Murder, She Wrote. The 67-year-old star of Halloween and Everything Everywhere All at Once will play the mystery author and amateur detective made famous by Angela Lansbury in the long-running television series. Continue reading...
Woman pleads not guilty to firing shots at Rihanna’s home while the singer and her family were there A woman from Florida pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the attempted murder of Rihanna. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, of Orlando, also pleaded not guilty through her attorney to more than a dozen other felony counts in Los Angeles superior court. Continue reading...
Woman pleads not guilty to firing shots at Rihanna’s home while the singer and her family were there A woman from Florida pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the attempted murder of Rihanna. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, of Orlando, also pleaded not guilty through her attorney to more than a dozen other felony counts in Los Angeles superior court. Continue reading...
SpiffyJ/iStock via Getty Images The dollar's resilience since the war began is not a mystery, but it is being misread. The Dollar Index ( DXY ) has appreciated roughly 1.8% this month alone, following a modest 0.65% gain in February after January's 1.35% slide. Against every G10 currency, the greenback has advanced since hostilities commenced. All but the Canadian dollar and sterling have surrende...
SpiffyJ/iStock via Getty Images The dollar's resilience since the war began is not a mystery, but it is being misread. The Dollar Index ( DXY ) has appreciated roughly 1.8% this month alone, following a modest 0.65% gain in February after January's 1.35% slide. Against every G10 currency, the greenback has advanced since hostilities commenced. All but the Canadian dollar and sterling have surrendered more than 1.5%. The move looks like strength. It is, in part. But it is also a story about positioning, leverage, and the jump in US rates. Unpacking Safe Haven Two channels are driving the dollar's gains. The first is mechanical: short covering. For months, traders had used the dollar as a funding currency; borrowing cheap in greenbacks to reach for yield in Latin American bonds, for example, and other higher-beta assets. When those risk positions went south, and they invariably do, they were sold, and the funding currency was bought back, which gives the appearance of safe-haven demand. Another layer of the same dynamic came from foreign equity investors who had been financing the US current account deficit, and many of them with dollar hedges layered on top. As US stocks tumbled, the shares were liquidated and the short-dollar hedges were lifted, or, for some, the drop in equity values left them simply over-hedged, and they trimmed accordingly. Either way, the bid for dollars was structural, not discretionary. The second channel is more recognizable as genuine safe-haven demand. War compresses risk appetite, and with the United States now the world's largest energy producer, some investors judge the American economy as comparatively insulated from the oil shock radiating out of the Gulf. That is a reasonable, if incomplete, argument. It is also the kind of narrative that tends to have a shorter shelf life than the positioning adjustment does. US Rates more than Differentials in the First Instance What is less appreciated is how sharply the rates landscape has shifted...
Exclusive: Parental consents in Greater Manchester up 40% as demand surges in various parts of the country School immunisation services and pharmacies are reporting surging demand for routine vaccinations after the Kent meningitis outbreak in which two teenagers died . Thousands of teenagers across England have booked or received jabs in past fortnight against the A, C, W and Y strains of meningit...
Exclusive: Parental consents in Greater Manchester up 40% as demand surges in various parts of the country School immunisation services and pharmacies are reporting surging demand for routine vaccinations after the Kent meningitis outbreak in which two teenagers died . Thousands of teenagers across England have booked or received jabs in past fortnight against the A, C, W and Y strains of meningitis (MenACWY), and diphtheria, polio and tetanus (Td/IPV). Continue reading...
Sarah Mullally is formally installed as the Church of England’s spiritual head in grand ceremony The new archbishop of Canterbury highlighted the pain caused to victims and survivors of abuse by the Church of England in her first sermon, delivered at a grand ceremony marking her formal installation as its spiritual head. Sarah Mullally, a former nurse who has made history as the C of E’s first fem...
Sarah Mullally is formally installed as the Church of England’s spiritual head in grand ceremony The new archbishop of Canterbury highlighted the pain caused to victims and survivors of abuse by the Church of England in her first sermon, delivered at a grand ceremony marking her formal installation as its spiritual head. Sarah Mullally, a former nurse who has made history as the C of E’s first female archbishop, said “we must not overlook or minimise the pain experienced by those who have been harmed through the actions, inactions and failures of those in our own Christian churches and communities. Continue reading...
Mr Vito/E+ via Getty Images Chewy, Inc. ( CHWY ) reported earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter before the market opened on Friday, which led to a 15% upswing in the firm's share price. This was mainly because of a strong revenue outlook for the current fiscal year that beat expectations. The pet store retailer also saw a significant expansion of its EBITDA and free cash flow margins in the fourt...
Mr Vito/E+ via Getty Images Chewy, Inc. ( CHWY ) reported earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter before the market opened on Friday, which led to a 15% upswing in the firm's share price. This was mainly because of a strong revenue outlook for the current fiscal year that beat expectations. The pet store retailer also saw a significant expansion of its EBITDA and free cash flow margins in the fourth fiscal quarter, highlighting an improving profitability profile. Chewy benefited fundamentally from higher platform spending, which is driving both top-line expansion as well as higher margins. This growth in sales as well as higher net sales per active customer indicates a healthy and expanding e-commerce enterprise. With strong guidance in place for the current fiscal year, I believe that the pet store retailer remains a compelling growth story for 2026. Data by YCharts Previous Rating I rated shares of Chewy a Strong Buy in my last coverage on the e-commerce platform -- Growth, Value And Upside In 2026 -- mainly because the enterprise convinced with a positive KPI profile (mainly, its net sales per active customer) and significant momentum in free cash flow. In the fourth quarter, Chewy continued to excel, expanded its core product offerings (it added more veterinary care clinics that complement its existing service proposition), and expanded its EBITDA and free cash flow margins. Strong Core Business: Growing Customer Monetization, Expanding Margins Chewy met revenue expectations for the fourth fiscal quarter on Wednesday, but the retailer missed slightly on earnings: the e-commerce platform reported non-GAAP earnings of $0.27 per share, which fell short of consensus expectations by $0.01 per share. Revenues came in at $3.26B, which met the average prediction exactly. Chewy continued to see positive operating momentum in its core e-commerce operations in the fourth fiscal quarter, for which the online pet retailer reported $3.3B in total revenue, showing 8% year-over-...
AWS, IBM, Dell, NVIDIA, and Protegrity Among Those Recognized for Driving Data and AI Innovation WorldwideSANTA CLARA, Calif., March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, today announced the winners of its 2026 Global Partner Awards, presented during its annual partner kickoff event, IMPACT26. The awards recognize organizations that have demonstrated...
AWS, IBM, Dell, NVIDIA, and Protegrity Among Those Recognized for Driving Data and AI Innovation WorldwideSANTA CLARA, Calif., March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, today announced the winners of its 2026 Global Partner Awards, presented during its annual partner kickoff event, IMPACT26. The awards recognize organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to customer success, technical excellence, and innovation across Cloudera’s
The war with Iran is significantly impacting energy supplies. Iran has attacked tankers trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, effectively closing that key energy market chokepoint. The fighting escalated last week when Israel attacked Iran's South Pars natural gas field. Iran responded by striking energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf. Damage to liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in ...
The war with Iran is significantly impacting energy supplies. Iran has attacked tankers trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, effectively closing that key energy market chokepoint. The fighting escalated last week when Israel attacked Iran's South Pars natural gas field. Iran responded by striking energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf. Damage to liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Qatar will likely have a long-term impact on energy markets. Here's a look at what happened and some LNG stocks that could capitalize on the opportunity to fill in the global supply gap. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Kleiner Perkins has raised $3.5 billion to make bets on AI startups and current portfolio companies innovating across autonomy, transportation, professional services, and space. Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Kleiner Perkins has raised $3.5 billion to make bets on AI startups and current portfolio companies innovating across autonomy, transportation, professional services, and space. Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)