President Trump and Vice President Vance signed the U.S.-Iran memorandum electronically Sunday, with a physical ceremony scheduled for Friday in Geneva and a 60-day nuclear negotiation window now open. Federal prosecutors charged five men for plotting to attack the UFC event at the White House—a scheme unraveled when one defendant's mother called law enforcement. SpaceX announced a binding agreement to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in stock just days after its record IPO.

The US and Iran finalized their ceasefire memorandum with a formal signing set for June 19 in Switzerland, lifting the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and triggering a sharp drop in crude oil prices to their lowest since March. Fox Corporation is acquiring streaming platform Roku for $22 billion, reshaping the media industry's distribution strategy. Plus the Bank of Japan raises rates to 1 percent amid energy-driven inflation, NOAA officially declares El Niño has formed in the Pacific, a…

American singer Oliver Tree and Brazilian YouTube creator Gaspar Prim died in a midair helicopter collision over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Russia launched nearly 700 weapons overnight on Ukraine, striking the 11th-century Dormition Cathedral at Kyiv's sacred monastery complex. Plus Apple names John Ternus as Tim Cook's successor, the UN warns the planet will breach the Paris climate limit within four years, and the World Cup draws over a billion viewers globally.

The Federal Reserve held rates steady under new Chair Kevin Warsh and sharply cut expectations for future cuts, now projecting only one quarter-point reduction for the rest of 2026 as inflation remains elevated. The Justice Department approved Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery with no concessions, though state attorneys general and foreign regulators could still block the deal. Plus Anthropic escalates its standoff with the government, Apple pays Google $1 billion a…

Pakistan confirmed a finalized peace deal text between Washington and Tehran exists, but the nuclear question remains completely deadlocked as both sides continue striking each other. The U.S. government ordered AI company Anthropic to pull its most powerful model offline for the first time. Plus Section 702 surveillance authority lapses, researchers unveil a vaccine targeting the entire fentanyl class, and South Korea's ex-president gets 30 years for allegedly engineering a crisis to justify m…

President Trump announced a "great settlement" to end the Iran war with signing possible this weekend, but Tehran immediately disputed the claim. The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, citing Middle East conflict as the main driver of eurozone inflation. SpaceX's record $1.75 trillion IPO began trading on Nasdaq, plus breakthroughs in HIV treatment and a major review questioning opioids for acute pain.

The U.S. launched a second consecutive night of strikes on Iranian air defense systems near the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran rejected a 15-point peace plan and demanded Lebanon be included in any ceasefire deal. May consumer prices rose 4.2 percent year-over-year, the fastest pace since early 2023, driven largely by surging energy costs from the conflict. SpaceX priced its IPO at a record $1.75 trillion valuation, and Congress passed the Secure America Act on immigration enforcement.

An Iranian Shahed drone struck a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, triggering rapid escalation with U.S. strikes on Iranian defense sites and Iranian attacks on military bases in three countries. The two-month ceasefire is now in serious jeopardy. Meanwhile, CEO confidence fell back into contraction territory and more executives plan layoffs than hires for the first time ever, contradicting last week's strong jobs report.

Iran and Israel agreed to stop mutual attacks after Sunday's escalation, with Trump personally intervening to push toward a ceasefire—but Israel struck Lebanon within an hour of Iran's announcement, exposing a core sticking point. The conflict is already reshaping global economics: airlines slashed profit forecasts by 44% due to surging fuel costs. A new data report shows the world recorded its highest number of state-involved conflicts since 1946, with nearly 245,000 killed in organized violen…

Iran launched direct missile strikes at Israel for the first time since the April ceasefire, escalating the conflict to its 100th day and sending oil prices above $93 a barrel. Apple is rebuilding Siri as a Google Gemini-powered chatbot and letting users choose their own AI models—a major shift for the closed-ecosystem company. Also: federal workers lose job protections under a new executive order, the Senate passes $70 billion for border enforcement, and researchers find GLP-1 drugs may cut br…