The $300,000 Question Nobody in Washington Can Answer

Alphabet Surges After-Hours On Record Search Queries, Backlog Builds Google shares are rallying after hours as parent Alphabet's first-quarter earnings report showed strong revenue growth in cloud computing and internet search ads, helping investors look past slowing profits amid huge AI spend. Earnings per share were $5.11, well ahead of Wall Street's consensus estimate of $2.63, and up from $2.81 last year. Revenue for the quarter reached $110 billion, more than expectations of $107 billion, and up 22% on the year. The most closely watched line in Google's reporting is its cloud unit...

President Trump on Sunday repeated his threat to restart the bombing campaign against Iran if the country doesn’t accept his demands for a deal. The president told Axios reporter Barak Ravid that the “clock is ticking” and that if a deal isn’t reached soon, the Islamic Republic is “going to get hit much harder,” a […]