The Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed 40,000 as the two other major stock indexes —the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq—also reached record highs in recent days. The market and investors are getting more confident that the Fed will actually achieve what we thought was nearly impossible– “the soft landing.” Meaning, the Fed raised interest rates enough to slow down inflation, but not too much that it put the economy into a recession.

Talk about a whirlwind. In the matter of hours, President Biden and former President Trump agreed to two presidential debates. It came after Biden’s campaign announced that he was willing to face his Republican opponent twice in events hosted by news networks, and avoid the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. Trump quickly agreed.

The artificial Intelligence war is heating up, with several major advances announced this week from Google and OpenAI. Google announced new AI integrations into the search engine and a new AI-powered assistant. It could mean the beginning of the end to the internet as we have known it for decades. Meanwhile, OpenAI rolled out its latest AI model, ChatGPT-4o, aiming to change the landscape of how humans and AI converse.

A new set of polls show that former President Trump leads President Biden in the states that will likely determine the next president — states that Biden swept in 2020.

An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere this weekend. NOAA issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning—the category 5 hurricane equivalent of warnings— when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated.

Washington and the world are reacting to President Biden’s announcement that he will temporarily withhold certain bombs and weapons from Israel if it invades the Gaza city of Rafah. It is the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack that he has threatened to withhold any US military aid, and the most direct warning he’s delivered to Israel since the war started.

Former President Donald Trump got some legal wins in several of his criminal cases in the last week. It creates an ideal legal situation for him with less than six months until the presidential election. It now appears his fate in 2024 will not be decided in court, but at the ballot box.

It was a big day in former President Trump’s hush money trial. Adult film actress Stormy Daniels took the stand Tuesday, detailing their alleged affair and subsequent payment for her to keep quiet about the story ahead of the 2016 election.

Hamas announced that it agreed to a Gaza ceasefire deal. In truth, it was a ceasefire proposal from Qatar and Egypt. And, there was a catch: Israel hadn’t seen it. It comes as Israeli forces began to strike the city of Rafah—on Gaza's southern edge—from the air and ground yesterday. They ordered some residents to leave parts of the city.

A group of bipartisan, all-female senators is leading the charge on a new $275 million bill that would boost federal research and physician training on menopause. They are getting some help from a leading lady: Halle Berry, who wants to de-stigmatize menopause. She says, "The shame has to be taken out of menopause. We have to talk about this very normal part of our life that happens."

After about two weeks of relative silence on the issue, President Biden condemned the unrest on campuses across the country. Republicans are looking to capitalize on the issue by painting Democrats as accepting chaos, anti-Americanism and pro-terrorist slogans.

It may feel like young people are singularly focused on the conflict in the Middle East, but a recent Harvard survey finds that it’s actually pretty low on the list of issues they say are important to them.

Nearly 20 hours after protesters seized and began occupying a Columbia University academic building, administrators called in the NYPD to clear out dozens of pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel demonstrators.

Talks have ended between Columbia University and pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel protesters after nearly a week and a half of attempting to reach a consensus to shut down a second tent encampment.

President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke yesterday, reviewing ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Hundreds of anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested on several college campuses across the US over the past week. Tent encampments have spread across about 40 American universities in recent days.

New rules from the Biden administration could save Americans big bucks when dealing with travel headaches. In an attempt to crack down on steep fees to check bags or change flights, the US Department of Transportation announced new regulations yesterday.

It’s gonna be a hot one…according to a new outlook for the summer from the National Weather Service. Hotter-than-average conditions are predicted for nearly the entire country, except a portion of the northern Plains. The highest odds for high temps are in the Northeast, as well as a stretch from Texas to the Pacific Northwest.

The conservative majority of the Supreme Court appeared to side yesterday with a small city in Oregon that has banned homeless people from sleeping or camping in public spaces. Homeless rates have spiked in recent years, and the ruling could have major implications across the country.

As Passover begins tonight, Jewish students on a number of university campuses across the US are expressing concern for their safety. Yesterday, a rabbi at Columbia University advised Jewish students to ‘return home as soon as possible’ following reports of ‘extreme antisemitism’ on and around campus. The college is now ensuring remote learning options are available.