Stock markets rally after Trump pauses most tariffs for 90 days

Stock markets rallied in Thursday trading in response to President Donald Trump’s dramatic decision to suspend planned tariffs on nearly all American trading partners for 90 days — with the exception of China. Key Asian indices opened Thursday with notable recoveries — marking a reprieve for most after a week of turbulence and selloffs driven … Read more

Wife of Maryland man deported in error to El Salvador denies he’s MS-13 member

The wife of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador in error, denied the Trump administration’s allegation that her husband is a member of the criminal gang MS-13. “He’s never been convicted for anything,” Jennifer Vasquez told ABC News Live Prime on Wednesday. “Everything they are saying is wrong,” … Read more

Trump directs DOJ to investigate 2 officials from his first term who became critics

President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed his Justice Department to investigate two senior officials from his first administration who became critics. During his presidential campaign and in his first months in office, Trump threatened to investigate his political enemies, but the presidential memoranda he signed before the media in the Oval Office appear to be … Read more

How a hydrogen explosion led a teenage founder to become Sequoia’s first defense tech investment

As Sequoia Capital’s first defense tech investment, Mach Industries is an industry darling, raising over $80 million since its founding in 2023. Its founder, Ethan Thornton, now 21, began Mach as a teenage MIT student before dropping out to focus full-time on his startup. But a few months before landing a seed investment from Sequoia … Read more