Judge who could decide Trump’s fate once lived with Brett Kavanaugh

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email The new chief judge at the District Court in Washington, DC who will oversee the special counsel investigations into former President Donald Trump by the Department of Justice was once a … Read more

California regulators could decide oil profits penalty

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he wants state regulators to decide whether to impose the nation’s first penalty on oil companies for price gouging, pivoting after months of negotiations with … Read more

Tory MPs free to decide Boris Johnson’s Partygate fate, says Rishi Sunak

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has committed to giving Tory MPs the freedom to decide Boris Johnson’s fate ahead of his live TV grilling on whether he lied over Partygate. The prime minister suggested on Monday he would … Read more

The AI that will take your job, make your medical decisions and decide your bail

Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email “Could AI programs become sentient?” It’s a familiar question. The human race has been asking it since before HAL from A Space Odyssey appeared on our screens — but when you … Read more

Why the stock market’s ‘FOMO’ rally stalled out and what will decide its fate

A torrid, tech-led stock-market rally stalled out this past week as investors began to come around to what the Federal Reserve has been telling them. Bulls, however, see room for stocks to continue their rise as institutional investors and hedge funds play catch up after cutting or shorting stocks in last year’s tech wreck. Bears … Read more

Why this week’s Fed vs. markets showdown could decide fate of early 2023 stock rally

Let’s get ready to rumble. The Federal Reserve and investors appear to be locked in what one veteran market watcher has described as an epic game of “chicken.” What Fed Chair Jerome Powell says Wednesday could determine the winner. Here’s the conflict. Fed policy makers have steadily insisted that the fed-funds rate, now at 4.25% … Read more