Trump Suggests Scaling Down War Games Was a Reaction to Seoul’s Refusal to Join War Against Iran

Watch Live: White House Addresses Fragile Iran Truce All eyes are on the very shaky Iran ceasefire, at a moment Tehran is already threatening to pull out due to heavy Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Iran says it has again halted Hormuz oil transit, and there's much that's still up in the air and uncertain. The briefing with press secretary Karoline Leavitt is expected to begin at 1300ET: Washington and Tehran have just entered a two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistani mediation, aimed at negotiating a broader settlement following over a month of brutal...

The Reflexive Rally Was Not Surprising Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The market rallied on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Tuesday’s rally one of the best trading days since 2022. However, that should also be unsurprising, since the best trading days tend to cluster with the worst market periods. As we noted in Stock Market Breadth on Monday: “The single most damaging decision most investors make during periods of falling stock market breadth is selling. The data on this is unambiguous. Seven of the market’s 10 best days in any given 20-year period occur within...

'Covered Their Tracks'? New Details Emerge In OpenAI's 'Rogue-AI' Breach OpenAI's AI agents "obscured hacking activity" during breaches of government websites, citing digital forensics firm Asymmetric Security. According to the FT, the agents pulled data from 55 websites, including the CDC, the SEC, the International Energy Agency and the Mayo Clinic, using tactics that included "erasing records or making them inaccessible." Asymmetric co-founder Pippa Thompson told the paper it was "possible" the agents were deliberately covering their tracks - though the firm couldn't determine whether that was deliberate or "a side...