• Google to Enable Shopping With Gemini AI Chatbot
  
  Google said Sunday that it is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.An instant checkout function will allow customers to...
• Energy Secretary Wright: US 'Changing the Game' In Venezuela
  
  The United States is "changing the game" with what has been happening on the ground in Venezuela, Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. "Venezuela has been a very dangerous, very destabilized place going down the tubes," Wright said in an interview.
• Lawmakers: Trump Should Back Bill to Cap Credit Cards
  
  Reviving a campaign pledge, President Donald Trump wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, a move that could save Americans tens of billions of dollars but drew immediate opposition from an industry that has been in his corner.Trump was not clear in his...
• Earnings Start, Inflation Data Pose Tests for Resilient US Stocks
  
  U.S. stocks have kicked off 2026 on a strong note, but could face turbulence in the coming days with the start of corporate earnings season, fresh inflation data and rising geopolitical uncertainty.The S&P 500 is up nearly 2% already in January, on the heels of the...
• AI Toys Look for Bright side After Troubled Start
  
  Toy makers at the Consumer Electronics Show were adamant about being careful to ensure that their fun creations infused with generative artificial intelligence don't turn naughty.That need was made clear by a recent Public Interest Research Groups report with alarming...
• Bessent: Nations Must Reduce Reliance on China for Rare Earths
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will urge Group of Seven nations and others to step up their efforts to reduce reliance on critical minerals from China when he hosts a dozen top finance officials on Monday, a senior U.S. official said.The meeting, which kicks off with a...
• Pulte: 50-Year Mortgages No Longer Trump Priority
  
  Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte suggested Friday that the Trump administration may no longer be considering 50-year mortgages as a cost-saving measure for homebuyers.
• Bessent: US May Lift More Venezuela Sanctions Next Week
  
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told Reuters that additional U.S. sanctions on Venezuela could be lifted as soon as next week to facilitate oil sales, and that he will also meet next week with the heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on their...
• EJ Antoni to Newsmax: California Losing People to Failed Policies
  
  Economist EJ Antoni warned on Newsmax on Saturday that a proposed California wealth tax targeting billionaires would likely accelerate the state's ongoing population decline and capital flight, arguing the policy continues a long-standing pattern of high earners leaving...
• Leavitt Hails New Debilitating US Weaponry: 'Stop and Read This'
  
  The capture of Nicolas Maduro has apparently unveiled a new, mysterious, and overwhelmingly powerful tactical weapon to modern warfare."Stop what you are doing and read this… ????????????????????," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote Saturday on X,...
• Dick Morris to Newsmax: Billionaires Leaving Calif. Will Drag Newsom Down
  
  Political strategist Dick Morris said on Newsmax's "Saturday Report" that progressive efforts in California to target billionaires with new taxes could seriously undermine Gov. Gavin Newsom's national political ambitions.
• Mortgage Rates Drop to Lowest Level in Nearly 3 Years
  
  Mortgage rates fell sharply on Friday after President Donald Trump said he is directing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a rare federal push into the housing-finance pipeline that is already reshaping rate expectations and...
• Heritage to Newsmax: Trump's 10% Credit Card Cap Could Shrink Access
  
  Heritage Foundation Chief Economist E.J. Antoni warned Saturday that President Donald Trump's call to cap credit card interest rates at 10% could backfire on the very consumers it's meant to help.
• Pediatricians Fear New Vaccine Rules Will Cost Lives
  
  Dr. Molly O'Shea has noticed growing skepticism about vaccines at both of her Michigan pediatric offices and says this week's unprecedented and confusing changes to federal vaccine guidance will only make things worse.
• Google Founders Quit California Over Billionaires Tax Proposal
  
  As a proposed ballot initiative threatens to impose a one-time wealth tax on the state's richest residents, billionaire Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are scaling back their ties to California.
• NASA, SpaceX Set Target Date for Crew-11's Return
  
  NASA ?on Friday said the space agency and SpaceX are targeting to undock the agency's SpaceX Crew-11 mission ?from the International Space Station no ?earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern time Jan. 14, pending ?weather conditions.
• Ackman: Trump's 10% Credit Card Rate Cap 'a Mistake'
  
  U.S. ?hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's call for a one-year ?cap on credit card interest rates ?at 10% starting on Jan. 20 "is a mistake."
• N.Y. Sues Trump WH Over Pause on Offshore Wind Projects
  
  New ?York's attorney general sued the Trump administration Friday for suspending construction on two major offshore wind projects that the state says it needs to power 1 million homes and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
• Bessent: Treasury Can Cover Tariff Refunds
  
  The U.S. Treasury has more than adequate funds to pay any tariff refunds ordered if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, but any repayments would be spread out over weeks or even a year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters.
• Bessent Says Overseas Money Transfers Are Fine If People Can Prove Origin of Funds
  
  The U.S. Treasury Department's plan to increase scrutiny of overseas ?transfers of money should not harm people who can prove the funds did not come from social service payments, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Friday.
• Bessent: Australia, India Invited to G7 Minerals Talks
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Australia ?and several other countries would join a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies that he is hosting in Washington on Monday to discuss critical minerals.
• Exxon Mobil CEO: Venezuela's Resources Offer 'Opportunity'
  
  ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said the company needs to deploy a technical team to Venezuela to assess the condition of the country's deteriorated oil infrastructure, signaling early interest in a potential return following the capture of Venezuela's longtime strongman.
• Rare Copy of the Comic Book That Introduced the World to Superman Sells for $15 Million
  
  A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million.
• Judge Blocks Trump Freeze on Child Care Funds
  
  A federal judge in New York temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing more than $10 billion in federal social services funding earmarked for New York, California, Minnesota, Illinois, and Colorado.
• FCC Approves SpaceX Plan to Deploy Additional 7,500 Starlink Satellites
  
  The Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it has approved SpaceX's request to deploy another 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites as it works to boost internet service worldwide.

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