Morning News: December 11, 2025

Trump Doesn’t Want to Talk About Affordability. Democrats Say That’s a Gift

Why the ‘Affordability Hoax’ Is a Trap for Trump

Affordability Isn’t a Hoax. It’s Not a Crisis for Most, Either

Trump’s Tariffs Represent An Attempt to Achieve the Impossible

Fed’s Fractured Vote Signals Trouble Ahead for Future Rate Cuts

If That Was a Hawkish Cut, Doves Needn’t Worry

Fed Cuts Or Not, The Stock Market Is Likely To Move Higher In 2026

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers

ECB Unlikely to Follow Fed For Now, But Currency Moves May Yet Prove Decisive

Brazil’s Central Bank Holds Its Key Rate at Lofty 15%

Bank of Canada Attempts to Temper Excitement About Economy

Mexico Approves Up to 50% Tariffs on China, Other Asian Nations

Nine Large US Banks Engaged in Debanking Practices, OCC Says

Buffett Set to Hand Berkshire Baton to Abel, Who Has a Tough Act to Follow

BlackRock’s Crew of Quant PhDs Are On Track for a Record Year

Americans Grasped the Absurdity of Social Security, and Worked Around It

Reckoning with the ‘New Normal’

The Military Suppliers Cashing In on Trump’s Immigration Raids

IEA Forecasts Smaller Oil Surplus as OPEC+ Output Declines

The World Needs a Lot More Copper. But Will There Be Enough Supply?

Trove of Critical Minerals Uncovered in the Utah Desert

Hatching the Automobile’s Future in a Cloistered Los Angeles Lab

The Boom in US Power Demand Isn’t Just About AI

Oracle Is Having Its Own ‘Code Red’ AI Moment

Oracle Shares Tumble as AI Spending Outruns Returns

Google CEO Says We’re All Going to Have to Suffer Through It as AI Puts Society Through the Woodchipper

Meta’s Zuckerberg Pushes Highly Paid AI Lab to Build Moneymakers

Bringing the Genius of Artificial Intelligence Down to Earth

For Trump, the Warner Megadeal Talks Are All About CNN

These Warner Bros. Deals Instill Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles

On Your Left, Hollywood’s Fading Relevancy

Coca-Cola Names Next CEO

Lilly’s Experimental Shot Cuts Body Weight by 23% in Study

Abbott Fired a Warning Shot on Baby Formula — Then Launched a Lobbying Blitz

In Act of Boycott, Malaysia Makes Its Own ‘McDonald’s’

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