Morning News: January 9, 2026

Iran Shuts Down Internet in Crackdown on Escalating Protests

India Needs Logistics Overhaul to Seize on Trade Shifts, Port Operator Says

Trump’s Rivalry With China Plays Out in a Sleepy Greek Port

A Shadow Fleet Smuggles Illicit Oil Across the High Seas. This Is How It Works.

The Venezuela Raid Is a Lesson in Intellectual Regression

Trump’s Team Orders Big Oil Into Venezuela: ‘Do It for Our Country’

Trump’s $50 Oil Price Goal Is Doable, but Painful

Wary of Investing in Venezuela, Big Oil Heads to the White House

Forget the Naysayers, Venezuela Offers Quick Oil Wins

DOGE’s Damage Lingers in Crucial Data Agencies It Gutted

Inside the White House, Stephen Miller Is Making His Vision of America Real

Auditing the IRS: The Future of Government’s Most Critical Agency

Fed Keeps Close Eye on Labor Market as It Assesses Further Cuts

Trump Orders Fannie and Freddie to Buy $200 Billion in Mortgage Bonds

Congress Must Close GENIUS Act’s Stablecoin Loophole

Gold Price Surge Boosts Swiss National Bank’s Profit

He Runs the World’s Biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund, but His Podcast Made Him Famous

An Antidote To Isolation In the Executive Suite

Rio Tinto and Glencore in Talks to Form World’s Biggest Miner

Cocoa Prices Swing as Exporter Hedges Offset Index Buying

Organ Meat Is All the Rage Thanks to MAHA and the Natural Food Fad

Pharma Deals on the Rise as Industry Shakes Off Trump Anxiety

China’s EV Dominance at Home Is Squeezing Out Foreign Carmakers

GM’s EV Charges Balloon to $7.6 Billion as US Demand Craters

Nvidia’s Go-To Chipmaker TSMC Sees Revenue Top Estimates

Gargantuan ‘Big Tech’ Investment Discredits ‘Monopoly’ Alarmism

Meta Signs Multi-Gigawatt Nuclear Deals for AI Data Centers

Meta’s Manus Deal Is a Win for the US

The Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2026

The Startup Making Human Embryos With AI-Assisted Robots

The Man Who Could Be Apple’s Next C.E.O.

Grok’s Image Generator Turns X Into a Deepfake Nudity Factory

Jaylen Brown Calls for Player Equity as NBA Team Values Soar

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Posted by on January 9th, 2026 at 7:04 am


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