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President trump says don't think war with iran will start again; anything that happens will be over very quickly; will make things safer for oil; we're not looking for long-term; says when iran hits, we hit

President trump says lockheed building 5 new plants; altogether, new defense plants to quadruple output

President trump says we'll give companies up to 2 years to build in U.S.

President trump says we're making 'great progress' toward nato members spending 5% of gdp on defense; we have to produce defensive equipment faster; last year defense spending by other nato members surged almost $150b in 2025, much of that on U.S.-made equipment; says he instructed U.S. defense companies including lockheed, raytheon to build new plants; says we believe within a year, we'll have 1- or 2-week wait for equipment

Pepsi q2 preview: beverage giant underperforming coca-cola stock in 2026, will earnings help close gap?

Iran's press tv citing informed source says iran will close strait of hormuz in event of any fresh attacks on iran

USA gasoline inventories 1.904m barrel draw vs 1.600m barrel draw est

Turkey in line to receive six f-35 jets if trump unblocks sale' - bloomberg

USA wholesale inventories (mom) for may 0.1% vs 0.3% est

USA wholesale trade sales (mom) for may 3.4% vs 2.2% prior

President trump speaking on iran and strait of hormuz, says we may put blockade back

President trump on iran, says "we may take over kharg island"

President trump on iran, says if have to will take out electricity, water plants but don't want

President trump on iran, says knocked out 28 boats last night

President trump on iran, says "will probably hit them again tonight"

Bitcoin drops to $62,000 after trump declares iran negotiations a 'waste of time'

Reuters reported chevron yasa polaris tanker bound for cpc loading facilities attacked by drone off russia's black sea coast; chevron said all crew safe, vessel stable and proceeding to safe port; no impact to tco operations or exports

Trump declares iran ceasefire 'over,' says talks are 'a waste of time

Stock market today: s&p 500, dow jones futures fall as trump says iran ceasefire is 'over'—saratoga, exxon mobil, levi strauss in focus

President trump said interim agreement with iran was over but would allow talks to continue -ap

U.S. central command posts on x "U.S. central command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway. the U.S. strikes are in response to iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the strait of hormuz. iran’s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire."

Iran's press tv reports several explosions in southern iranian port city of sirik

Api crude oil stock 0.399m barrel draw vs 1.500m barrel draw est.

White house correspondent for foxbusiness edward lawrence posts on x "exclusive: @newyorkfed president john williams hints that we may see a rate pause for the foreseeable future. he plans to continue offering his forecasts and forward guidance, but defends removing it from the fomc statement. williams also sees inflation coming down over the next few months"

Semiconductor worker shortfall endangers us chip factory revival'- bloomberg

Issuance of amended iran-related general license; the department of the treasury's office of foreign assets control is revoking iran-related general license x and issuing iran-related general license x1

Samsung selloff sends warning to us investors

Ge vernova, hitachi, samsung c&t, sge sign agreement over deployment of bwrx-300 smr throughout europe

Danish prime minister says i expect all allies to respect denmark's sovereignty, greenland is not for sale

July is the s&p 500's best month: these 5 tech stocks beat the market

Nato allies sign $50b in defense industry deals in ankara

President trump on greenland, says "should be controlled by U.S. not denmark"

Live on fox business, fed's williams says feel more positive about inflation near term due to energy prices

Redbook retail sales index up 11.5% yoy for week ended 7/04/26

Redbook retail sales index for june 2026 vs june 2025

Live on fox business, fed's williams says sees steady trend like growth for U.S. economy; job market is showing stability; retreat in energy prices is good news, should ebb further and cool inflation; inflation is still quite high; we are likely near peak impact of tariffs; monetary policy is well positioned to achieve fed goals; what happens with monetary policy depends on data and risks; monetary policy is in a good place; the risks are pretty balanced on the job market

USA imports for may 395.3b vs 383.00b prior

USA trade balance for may -77.60b vs -78.30b est.

USA exports for may 317.70b vs 327.10b prior

President trump posts on social media "toyota is moving from mexico to the united states (texas!)"

Adp employment change weekly 21.00k vs 30.75k prior

Democratic lawmakers probe lutnick’s possible ties to cantor fitzgerald deal; firm previously led by commerce secretary helped USA rare earth raise private funds in connection with U.S. government’s investment' - wsj exclusive

Reuters reported china's deepseek is developing ai chip for inference, holding talks with foundries, memory and chip-design firms, hiring chip-design engineers

Reuters reported saudi-flagged crude oil tanker damaged near hormuz; bloomberg reported qatari lng ship struck in strait of hormuz earlier

Stock market today: dow jones futures gain, nasdaq 100 slips as spacex debuts on the exchange—rivian, micron in focus

Us in talks with germany and other european nations on raytheon amraam missile co-production and lockheed martin pac-3 patriot maintenance facility

Reports circulating on social media suggest that senator mitch mcconnell is "officially brain dead"

Corgi's etf pack grows yet again with 24 new leveraged and buffer launches

U.S. cyber defense agency cisa is using anthropic to audit government code; cisa has already found many bugs using the ai tool, sources say' - reuters exclusive

Too many etfs? record 214 fund launches in june raise questions about market saturation