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Micron Technology's stock fell despite a 600% earnings surge as heavy AI infrastructure spending spooked investors, while Fed Chair Powell warned that data center buildouts are fueling inflation amid Middle East energy shocks and China's AI price war intensifies.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlines Operation Rising Line's three core objectives—eliminating Iran's nuclear program, destroying its ballistic missile capabilities, and enabling regime change—while emphasizing unprecedented US-Israel military coordination and refuting claims that Israel manipulated President Trump into the conflict.
Oil markets face severe supply disruptions as the Iran-Israel conflict escalates from military strikes to attacks on critical energy infrastructure, pushing Brent crude toward potential record highs while traditional safe havens including gold and Bitcoin sell off amid hawkish Federal Reserve expectations.
The European Central Bank held interest rates unchanged following an emergency analysis of the Middle East conflict's economic impact, maintaining a data-dependent stance while warning that prolonged energy supply disruptions pose significant upside risks to inflation and downside risks to growth.
A Senate hearing on the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment revealed deep partisan divisions, with the Chairman accusing intelligence agencies of covering up COVID origins through manipulated analysis, while the Ranking Member challenged the constitutional basis for recent military strikes against Iran. Director Tulsi Gabbard defended the administration's border security gains and warned of expanding missile, cyber, and AI threats from adversaries.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General David Caine briefed on Operation Epic Fury, reporting the destruction of over 7,000 Iranian targets, a 90% reduction in enemy missile attacks, and the elimination of Iran's submarine fleet and 120 naval vessels, while honoring six fallen service members and reaffirming commitment to preventing Iranian nuclear capabilities.
Ian Schmidt of Trimmergence explains that co-founder conflict is inevitable and healthy when navigated correctly, advocating for early 'relationship synchronizing' through personal operating system mapping and explicit agreements to prevent relational debt and startup failure.
EU leaders convened in Brussels to address soaring energy prices exacerbated by Middle East tensions, resolve Hungary's blockade of a €90 billion aid package for Ukraine over oil transit disputes, and advance institutional reforms to boost competitiveness and strategic autonomy.
Democrats walked out of a House Oversight Committee briefing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing Republicans of staging a "fake hearing" to circumvent a subpoena for Bondi to testify under oath regarding the Epstein files, while Republicans dismissed the protest as pre-planned theater.
Nvidia boosts investor confidence with China orders and massive buyback plans despite broader market volatility, while prediction market platform Kalshi faces criminal charges in Arizona and AI firm Anthropic battles the U.S. government over contract restrictions.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced the central bank is holding interest rates steady at 3.5%-3.75%, acknowledging that inflation remains elevated at 3% (core PCE) largely due to tariffs and new oil price shocks from Middle East conflicts, while maintaining a forecast for potential rate cuts later this year contingent on inflation progress.
Opposition supporters gathered in Istanbul's Saraçhane Square to mark one year since Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's arrest, with leaders from diverse political parties and unions uniting to demand judicial transparency, the release of political prisoners, and organized resistance against what they describe as politically motivated prosecutions and economic injustice.