by Jesse Coburn ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Kennell Staten saw Walker Courts as his best path out of homelessness, he said. The complex had some of the only subsidized apartments he knew of in his adopted hometown of Jonesboro, Arkansas, so he applied to live there again and again. But while other people seemed to sail through the leasing process, his applications went nowhere. Staten thought he knew why: He is gay. The property manager had made her feelings about that clear…
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by Tim Golden ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In what could be a significant escalation of U.S. pressure on Mexico, the Trump administration has begun to impose travel restrictions and other sanctions on prominent Mexican politicians whom it believes are linked to drug corruption, U.S. officials said. So far, two Mexican political figures have acknowledged being banned from traveling to the United States. But U.S. officials said they expect more Mexicans to be targeted as the administration works through a list of several…
Big deals to sell chips to the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have divided the U.S. government over whether they could be remembered for shipping cutting-edge A.I. overseas.
Ireland will host a regular season NFL game in September. The National Football League this week announced Dublin as one of the venue for its 2025 International Games schedule. Along with Dublin, London, Berlin and Madrid are other European cities chosen. On Sunday, 28 September, the Pittsburgh Steelers will face the Minnesota Vikings at Croke Park, in the country’s first-ever regular season NFL game. 3 games in London The Vikings will then travel to London to play the Cleveland Browns at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, 5 October. This game will also be the 40th regular season game to be…
Here’s our initial take on Applied Materials’ (NASDAQ: AMAT) second-quarter financial report. Key Metrics Metric Q2 2024 Q2 2025 Change vs. Expectations Revenue $6.65 billion $7.10 billion +7% Missed Earnings per share (adjusted) $2.09 $2.39 +14% Beat Operating margin (adjusted) 29% 30.7% +1.7 pp n/a Semiconductor systems revenue $4.90 billion $5.26 billion +7% n/a No Change to Customer Demand Semiconductor equipment manufacturer Applied Materials reported second-quarter results that were mixed relative to analyst expectations. Revenue rose by 7% year over year, a bit short of the consensus estimate, while adjusted earnings per share beat expectations and rose by 14%. The…
Investors weren’t feeling entirely secure about cybersecurity stock CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) on Thursday. Largely on the back of an analyst’s recommendation downgrade, they traded out of the company, leaving it with a nearly 1% decline in price that day. That didn’t look great when contrasted with the S&P 500’s (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) 0.4% gain. Downgraded to neutral The person responsible for the downgrade was Gregg Moskowitz of Mizuho, who changed his view on CrowdStrike stock to neutral from his previous outperform (buy, in other words). His price target on the cybersecurity company is $425 per share. Where to invest $1,000…
Here’s our initial take on Take-Two Interactive’s (NASDAQ: TTWO) financial report. Key Metrics Metric Q4 2024 Q4 2025 Change vs. Expectations Revenue $1.40 billion $1.58 billion +13% Beat Earnings per share ($17.02) ($21.08) N/A Missed Net Bookings $1.35 billion $1.58 billion +17% n/a EBITDA ($19.6 million) $161 million N/A n/a EBITDA = earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Learn More » Treading Water in Fiscal 2026 Take-Two Interactive finished out fiscal 2025 on a strong note,…
Volatile biotech stock Biohaven (NYSE: BHVN) is prone to sharp movements both up and down. On Thursday, it had one of its down days, with its share price eroding by almost 20% on a development with a top regulator. That was on a day when stocks generally did well, as indicated by the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) landing in positive territory with a 0.4% rise. A regulatory extension After market close on Wednesday, Biohaven divulged that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Division of Neurology 1 is extending the due date for its decision on a very promising pipeline…
by Jake Pearson ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. One of Elon Musk’s employees is earning between $100,001 and $1 million annually as a political adviser to his billionaire boss while simultaneously helping to dismantle the federal agency that regulates two of Musk’s biggest companies, according to court records and a financial disclosure report obtained by ProPublica. Ethics experts said Christopher Young’s dual role — working for a Musk company as well as the Department of Government Efficiency — likely violates federal conflict-of-interest regulations.…
by Robert Faturechi and Brandon Roberts ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares of Trump Media the same day that President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that caused the stock market to plummet, according to records obtained Wednesday by ProPublica. Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, fell 13% in the following days, before rebounding. Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference from the White House Rose Garden unveiling…