Morning News: May 22, 2026

$50 Trillion Safe-Haven Debt Market Upended by Iran War Inflation

Thousands of Miles From the Iran War, Asia’s Currencies Feel the Strain

Oil Prices Jump on Impasse Over Reopening the Strait of Hormuz

What the War Is Costing You

Free Speech Shouldn’t Be Just For the Party In the White House

Audit Immunity for Trump Family Puts I.R.S. in a Bind

Trump Picked Warsh to Cut Rates. Markets Are Bracing for the Opposite

With Deals Booming and Regulations Lightened, Bankers Are Back on Top

Buyout Bankers Go Big on Debt Pre-Sales to Thwart Fickle Markets

JPMorgan Looks to Offload Exposure To $4 Billion In Private Equity-Linked Loans, FT Reports

Mortgage Rates Hit a Nine-Month High in Blow to Prime Buying Season

The Trump Administration Should Deny Brightline’s Bailout Request

U.S. Plans to Invest $2 Billion and Take Stake in Quantum Firms

Walmart Sees Signs at Gas Pump That Consumers Are Stressed

People Hate the Idea of Losing Their Job Even More Than High Gas Prices

Giving Workers a Stake in A.I. Gains Traction

Salesforce Touts AI Promise Over Reality in SaaSpocalypse Fight

Investors Look Beyond TSMC as AI Boom Spreads to New Winners

The Bigger, Paradoxically Compassionate Meaning In Meta’s Layoffs

How SpaceX’s IPO Cements Elon Musk’s Grip on the Company

Musk’s Latest Venture Gives Space Stocks Their Own Tesla Surge

SpaceX Makes the Giant Rockets—But Starlink Is Making All the Money

Oura Could Be the AI David Among the Goliath IPOs

The Desperation of AI Titans Is an Ominous Sign

Here’s How Regulations Accidentally Killed Small Trucks in America

Wall Street Banks Boost Warner Bros Loan to Over $10 Billion Ahead of Paramount Merger

The FDA’s About-Face on Flavored Vapes Will Prove Deadly for Kids

The Meteoric Rise of the WNBA

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