International Business Times

Treasury Yields Hit The Highest Level In Almost 20 Years And Oil Kept Climbing. Stocks Fell Again.

The benchmark 10-yield Treasury note rose on Tuesday to the highest level since 2007 as the sell-off in government debt continued one day away from the Federal Reserve's next policy decision.

Democrats Block The U.S.'s Biggest Crypto Bill. They Are Demanding Concessions From Trump.
Saudi Arabia's Key Pipeline Has Been Shut Down. Energy Secretary Wright Says It Will Reopen Soon.
Oil and Treasury Yields Are Suddenly Moving Together. Why That Could Spell Trouble for Stocks.

Democrats Block The U.S.'s Biggest Crypto Bill. They Are Demanding Concessions From Trump.
Democrats want the Clarity Act to include strong safeguards to prevent Trump and his family from enriching themselves through crypto.
Iranian Strikes Have Damaged Or Destroyed 'Hundreds Of Buildings And Structures' At U.S. Bases: Pentagon Report
Tehran's strikes have also hit "dozens" of aircraft by the end of June.
AI Researcher Says He Left Google DeepMind Over Concern That 'AI Has The Potential To Kill Us All'
Bilal Chugthai said humanity "might be running out of time to avoid this outcome."
Clashes In The Middle East Continue To Escalate. Oil Keeps Climbing.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, topped $108 per barrel on Tuesday.
Benchmark Bond Yield Rises To The Highest Level In Almost Two Decades A Day From The Fed Decision
The 10-year yield topped 5.02% on Tuesday, the highest level since 2007.
Trump Loses Mail-In Ballot Case. Justices Say States Wouldn't Have Enough Time To Make Changes.
The change would have allowed the US Postal Service to withhold ballots found in violation of the new rules.

U.S. Poverty Fell To A Record Low In 2025. A Broader Measure Came In Higher, New Figures Show.

Child poverty also fell to its lowest recorded level, while the share of Americans without health insurance remained largely unchanged.

The Spotlight

The massive miss on jobs creation fanned fears about the US economy

The Job Market Is Stable But Workers Say It Feels Frozen: Report

Washington Wants To Limit Chinese AI Models. One Of Them Helped Contain OpenAI's Cyber Incident.

Economy in Focus

Trump Losing Support On Economic Issues, Democrats Surge To Nine-Point Lead On Generic Ballot: Poll
Voters now trust Democrats more on issues like immigration, the economy, the cost of living, health care, and foreign wars.
- 'I Love the Inflation': Trump's Bizarre Inflation Boast Backfires as Fed Blames AI Boom
- Inflation Accelerates To Highest Rate In Three Years
Oil and Treasury Yields Are Suddenly Moving Together. Why That Could Spell Trouble for Stocks.
The one-month rolling correlation between front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil and the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield has climbed to 0.96.
- Clashes In The Middle East Continue To Escalate. Oil Keeps Climbing.
- Most Investors And Analysts Now Believe The Fed Will Hike Rates Twice Next Year: Poll

A Bitcoin Network Lost $320 Million In A Hack. The Attackers Say They're The Good Guys

The breach adds to a string of major crypto security incidents that have put exchanges, wallets and blockchain infrastructure under scrutiny.

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Abdulla N. Khoory Questions Who Defines Success in the Gulf's $33.6 Billion Education Market

Abdulla N. Khoory's Fiker Institute policy brief examines how imported curricula, declining reading scores, and AI will determine whether Gulf states control what their children learn.

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The Burke Index: An Attempt to Measure the Real Autonomy of the State
The Burke Index (BI) attempts to measure the range of decisions a state can make independently, implement in practice, and sustain when those decisions impose external costs.
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How Cartelligent Used RingCentral's Agentic Voice AI to Double Lead Connectivity
Managers now use conversation intelligence and AI-generated summaries to review interactions with customers, coach newer employees, and identify habits that may hurt the customer experience, such as interrupting callers or talking more than listening.