Morning News: July 3, 2026

The Race to Rescue 8,000 Sailors Still Stranded Behind Hormuz

Why One Global Shipping Choke Point Isn’t a Blueprint for Another

Zimbabwe Lab Sees Regional Gold Hunt Accelerate as Prices Soar

AI Hopes and Fears Dominate Global Central Bank Meet

Lagarde Won’t Exclude Early ECB Exit to Enter French Politics

US Democracy Wasn’t Inevitable. Neither Is 250 More Years

The Magical Realism of the American Dream

Americans Aren’t That Divided. Congress Shouldn’t Be, Either

USA: The 250-Year-Old Start-Up. Buy, Sell, or Hold?

How the AI Boom Is Carving a K-Shape Into Asian Economies

Brazil Freezes $2 Billion, Pursues Arrests After US Sanctions

Trump Implicitly Acknowledges Tariffs Can’t Replace the Income Tax

Weak Jobs Report Prompts Wall Street to Change Strategy

Trump Allies Double Down on Efforts to Reshape Federal Reserve

US Equities Are Even Pricier Than You Thought

The Hottest Stock Markets Lead to the Biggest Losses

With Investing, Cheaper Is Not Necessarily Safer

The AI Trade Is Losing One of Its Key Signals

His $7 Billion Tanker Bet Raised Eyebrows. He Couldn’t Have Timed It Better

‘Trump Accounts’ for Youth Will Accept Stock Donations, US Officials Say

Egg Producers to Pay $3.3 Million to Settle Federal Price-Fixing Lawsuit

Housing, Like Oil, Is Not As Simple As Pundits Want It To Be

Wealth Has To Be Created Before It’s Ever Redistributed

Russia’s High-Stakes Bid to Chase SpaceX Stumbles Out of the Gate

How Bezos Learned to Love Trump—and Win More Contracts for Blue Origin

Energy Dept. Orders Data Centers to Tap Backup Power

At 17, She Sued Meta and Google, and Won. Now She’s Ready to Tell Her Story

Big Tech Sends Workers Into the Field to Help Customers Use AI

The Billion-Dollar Peptide Craze Could Get Even Bigger

Summer Driving Season Is Here, and More Americans Than Ever Are Hitting the Road

Will Late-Night TV Work on YouTube?

The ‘Supergirl’ Flop Is Being Misread

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Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on July 3rd, 2026 at 7:03 am

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