In the blogs: Let's all go to the lobby

Charles Littlejohn, the former Internal Revenue Service contractor who leaked tax information about President Donald Trump and thousands of other wealthy Americans, lost an appeal of his five-year prison sentence.  Processing Content The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied Littlejohn’s arguments, which included that U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes had predetermined her…

The Samsung Electronics Co. signage at the company’s Seocho office building in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, June 29, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Samsung Electronics shares rose after the company said Tuesday it is creating a robotics division as the South Korean tech giant seeks new sources of growth. The newly…

The three major U.S. stock indexes moved in different directions Monday morning as investors weighed competing forces. There’s renewed optimism in artificial intelligence infrastructure against persistent concerns about Middle East oil disruptions. Meanwhile, Wall Street faces a heavy week of corporate earnings. By 11:34 a.m. ET, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.83%) index had climbed 0.5%,…

E. Jean Carroll and her attorneys Shawn Crowley and Roberta Kaplan react outside the Manhattan Federal Court after the verdict in the second civil trial after she accused former U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her decades ago, in New York City on Jan. 26, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Writer E. Jean Carroll has…

Now that Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX +0.34%), aka SpaceX, is finally a public company, individual investors can finally invest in the crown jewel of Elon Musk’s business empire in a straightforward way. It’s a two-for-one space and artificial intelligence (AI) juggernaut, a unique company that’s riding two of Wall Street’s hottest growth trends. But buying…

The Trump administration is moving to strengthen coordination on artificial intelligence cybersecurity through a new industry clearinghouse to improve the detection and patching of network vulnerabilities, especially in open-source software. The clearinghouse, named Gold Eagle, was rolled out earlier this month by the Treasury Department, Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon, in consultation with…