February 13, 2026
‘You’re going to see more defections’: Trump’s turncoat problem in Congress is growing
President Donald Trump spent the past year using fear and intimidation to keep Hill Republicans in line, with considerable success. Now those tactics are starting to lose their bite — thanks to a small group of Republicans with nothing to lose. The reasons why this handful of GOP lawmakers feel empowered to spurn their president […]
February 13, 2026
Fetterman bucks Democrats, says party put politics over country in DHS shutdown standoff
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., the lone Senate Democrat to join the GOP to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accused his colleagues of choosing party over country in their shutdown vote. Senate Democrats dug their heels in against funding the agency on Thursday in their pursuit of stringent reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
February 13, 2026
European capital rocked by violent protests as government corruption probe fuels unrest
Thousands of anti-government protesters violently faced off against riot police outside government buildings in Albania’s capital, Tirana, earlier this week, as people called for the resignation of the government following a massive corruption scandal. The main Albanian opposition party called for people to take to the streets and demand the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister […]
February 13, 2026
Government to shut down at midnight after Dems, White House fail to strike DHS deal
With little time and no deal in sight to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a partial government shutdown by midnight is all but guaranteed. The battle to prevent the third government shutdown under President Donald Trump in less than six months was lost in the Senate on Thursday. Now, with Congress scattered across […]
February 13, 2026
White House fires court-appointed US attorney on day he is sworn in
President Donald Trump’s administration fired a U.S. attorney the same day he was sworn in for the role by a federal court this week. A board of judges for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York tapped Donald T. Kinsella to serve as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New […]
February 13, 2026
Why Nvidia stock is up around 1% while other AI giants struggle
Nvidia stock moved higher in early trading on Thursday, with the chipmaker once again testing the upper end of its recent range as investors positioned ahead of its earnings report later this month. Nvidia shares were up 0.8% at $191.11. The Nvidia stock has climbed 11% over the past five trading sessions but has largely […]
February 13, 2026
SoftBank’s PayPay files for US IPO in potential record listing for Japan
SoftBank-backed PayPay has taken a major step toward the public markets, making public its paperwork for a US initial public offering that could rank as the biggest US listing ever by a Japanese company. The filing puts fresh focus on Japan’s fast-growing digital payments champion just as global investors show renewed appetite for large, profitable […]
February 13, 2026
Fastly stock dubbed an ‘underappreciated AI play’ after blockbuster Q4 earnings
Fastly Inc (NASDAQ: FSLY) just reported its first profitable year on a non-GAAP basis, triggering what many media reports are framing as a “short squeeze”. In Q4, the cloud-computing company saw revenue pop 23%, helping its per-share earnings come in at 12 cents – more than double the 6 cents that analysts had forecast. At […]
February 13, 2026
Here’s why Apple stock is plunging on Thursday
Apple stock (NASDAQ: AAPL) slid nearly 4% on Thursday as investors trimmed exposure to the market’s biggest technology names and rotated into other parts of the S&P 500. The move looked less like a company-specific verdict on iPhone demand and more like a positioning shift, with money managers turning cautious on megacap valuations after a […]
February 13, 2026
Investors are dumping Cisco stock as it’s in a bad position — ‘it’s not’
Investors are bailing on Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) this morning despite it posting “record” revenue and coming in ahead of earnings estimates in its fiscal Q2. What’s dampening sentiment is the management’s conservative guidance for the current quarter, and the rising memory and AI hardware costs-driven decline in adjusted gross margins to 67.5%. However, Constellation Research […]
February 13, 2026
Why Tesla stock is tanking around 3% on Thursday
Tesla stock reversed early gains and fell around 3% on Thursday, as broader market weakness erased recent momentum and tempered optimism driven by supportive analyst commentary. The stock had climbed as much as 1.4% in early trading to $434.51, extending its recent rally and putting a fifth consecutive day of gains within reach. Tesla had […]
February 13, 2026
Europe bulletin: BBC’s legal setback in Trump case, Nuveen-Schroders deal
Europe’s corporate and legal landscape saw a sharp turn on Thursday, with Nuveen agreeing to buy Schroders in a landmark deal ending centuries of family control. Thames Water is scrambling for fresh funding to stave off nationalization, and the BBC is facing a legal setback in a high-stakes US lawsuit. Meanwhile, Amazon was hit with […]