2026-04-29
Trump makes claims, markets react, and weirdness abounds.
Good morning. A day of mixed signals, with some noise and a few actual developments.
Morning Reality Check
During a state dinner at the White House, US President Donald Trump said that Britain's King Charles III had agreed that Iran could not possess nuclear weapons. Trump also said that Iran had been "militarily defeated."
Soaring gas production is poised to bolster US manufacturing, creating an economic tailwind
Ardian is increasingly a buyer of private equity assets from Canadian pension plans, as institutional investors turn to the secondary market to free up cash following a prolonged period of low deal activity.
Worries about visas, academic freedom and safety are making foreign schools, like Sciences Po in Paris, more attractive to some students than the Ivy League.
Most profits made by a tiny number of accounts
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to explain whether it intends to contest President Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the I.R.S. over the disclosure of his tax returns.
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, is among a slate of Democrats seeking to replace Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York.
The Trump administration wants to terminate humanitarian protections known as Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of migrants from Haiti and Syria.
- Singapore Is Pulling In Dubai Gold as Middle East War Drags On
- UBS Sees Recovery Signs in US Wealth Business as Inflows Return
- UBS Says Wealthy Clients Lost Some Interest in Private Credit
- Europol task force nets 280 arrests as 'violence for hire' spreads across Europe
- Man takes sister's exhumed body to bank in bid to get to her money
- Colombians are divided over the fate of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar
- A.I. Helps Online Ad Businesses Boom
- In Backlash Against Tech in Schools, Parents Are Winning Rollbacks
- A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons
- News Briefs 29-04-2026
"Almost respectable. Use it cautiously."
"Worth paying attention to. Don't doomscroll."
Today looked louder than it actually was.
Back at 12:00 PM ET with the lunch reset brief.