Morning News: January 28, 2026

Record Debt in the World’s Richest Nations Threatens Global Growth

Europe Got Tough With Trump, but It Needs the U.S. as Much as Ever

Gold Hits Record Above $5,300 as Trump Dollar Comments Aid Rally

A New Force to Be Reckoned With in the Gold Market

Tether Is Shaking Up the Gold Market With Massive Metal Hoard

Trump’s Embrace of Weaker Dollar Fuels Bets on New Downtrend

Kalshi Needed a Bigger Win from the Mamdani Race

Family Offices Defy ‘Sell America’ Trade With Deal Spree in US

Pam Bondi’s Offer to Minnesota Is Really a ‘Shakedown’

Trump Has Four Finalists to Run the Fed. None of Them Are Exactly What He Wants.

These Are the 12 Fed Officials Who Will Vote on Interest Rates This Year

Rick Rieder’s Donations to MAGA Rivals Tests Trump’s Fed Chair Demands

Fed Meeting Comes at Pivotal Moment for Central Bank’s Independence

How the Fed’s Interest-Rate Outlook May Be All About the Job Market

The Points Guy Says Trump’s Rate Cap Idea Ends Credit Card Heyday

A Cap on Credit Card Fees Will Cause Many To Lose Their Cards

A Municipal Debt Boom Is Driving Public Projects and Tax Breaks for Investors

Jamie Dimon Helpfully Explains How All Legislation Should Be Crafted

Bari Weiss Urges CBS News to Think Like a ‘Start-Up’

AI’s HAL 9000 Problem, and What It Portends For the Future

The AI Bubble Is Getting Closer to Popping

Health Care Is Just as Dangerous for the Economy as AI

Microsoft, Amazon Give Bubble-Wary Investors Another Metric to Worry About

Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.

Amazon to Cut 16,000 Corporate Positions to Trim Bureaucracy

Lilly Signs Seamless Gene-Editing Deal for Over $1.1 Billion

Is a Cookie a Type of Candy? Supermarkets Have a New Food-Stamp Conundrum

Babies Are Getting Sick From Formula That Mimics Mother’s Milk

The Future of Male Birth Control Could Be Pills, Gels and Implants

Scotts Miracle-Gro Strikes Deal to Sell Cannabis-Supply Unit

Starbucks Sales Accelerate as Turnaround Gains Steam

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Posted by on January 28th, 2026 at 7:05 am


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