Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Evening
- S&P 500 futures fall as traders analyze Nvidia earnings: Live updates
- Nvidia Gets Tepid Reaction to Forecast, Ups Investor Rewards
- Trump Renews Pressure as Iran Vows Retaliation Beyond Mideast
- Trump says willing to wait for a few days to get 'right answer' on Iran peace deal
- Fed minutes show more policymakers open to a rate hike
- Oil Edges Up After Plunging on Optimism Over US-Iran Agreement
- Record Heat Forces New England to Tap Oil to Power the Grid
- Moody’s Cuts Mexico Credit Rating to One Notch Above Junk
- Xi Sets the Terms for Everyone Now
- Many Fed officials called for central bank to drop rate-cut signal in April
- Most Fed Officials Embraced Possibility of Higher Rates at Recent Meeting
Afternoon
- Xi and Putin Wrap Talks Showcasing Ties Amid Global Unrest
- See how this 9,000-mile freight train of warm water may fuel a super El Niño
- Battles to shrink the Federal Reserve's balance sheet begin
- 'Am I out?' Drought and rising costs from Iran war deepen pain for US farmers
- Iran is consolidating control of Hormuz with island checkpoints, diplomatic deals – and sometimes ‘fees’
- New Iran peace proposal triggers tense Trump-Netanyahu call
- The AI Boom Is Making Warsh’s Bond-Market Bind Even Worse
- US Crude Inventories Drop by Most on Record as Exports Surge
- Oil Falls as Trump Cites ‘Final Stages’ of Iran Talks
- US stocks rally as pressure eases from the bond market and oil prices fall
General
- Protests spread in Africa as fuel crisis deepens
- Xi warns of ‘law of the jungle’ in meeting with Vladimir Putin
- How Jay Powell steered the Federal Reserve under fire from Donald Trump
- The impossible maths of the AI boom
- The Gulf crisis may just be starting
- The oil shock is coming for America
- Taiwan Presses Its Case After Trump Puts Arms Sales in Question
- Flurry of Suspicious Oil Trades Worth $800 Million Triggers Regulatory Probe
- Higher Prices Could Slow the AI Building Boom
- The Global Bond Rout Is Accelerating. Here’s What to Know.
- China Warns Against New U.S. Tariffs While Confirming Summit Deals
- How Iran Gained Leverage in the War
- Early War Goal Was to Install Hard Line Former President as Iran’s Leader
- China Cuts Spending the Most in Six Months in Blow to Economy
- Rice Prices Extend Rally to One-Year High as Crop Concerns Mount
- McQuade: Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund Is a Sham
- Wall Street Takes Its Cut of $34 Trillion in US Homeowner Wealth
- The world has 6 months to avert major food crisis, says UN as Hormuz struggle drags on
- Putin says Russia-China ties at unprecedented level, invites Xi to Russia
- Xi and Putin meet to reaffirm China-Russia ties days after Trump’s visit to Beijing
- Xi and Putin Hail Partnership While Signing Pacts to Deepen Ties
- Samsung Faces Chip Plant Strike That Threatens Global Supply
- Kansas farmers pulled by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972
- Kansas farmers pulled by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972
- Rising mortgage rates cause surge in demand for riskier loans
- Divisions awaiting Warsh to be on display in Fed minutes release
- Iran war hits small business hard
- All 50 states top $4 a gallon gas as Iran impacts linger
- Iran threatens to extend conflict ‘beyond the region’ if U.S. and Israel resume attacks
- Iran Threatens to Retaliate Beyond Middle East If US Attacks
- U.S. Treasurys are now firmly in the ‘danger zone,’ strategists say
- Oil prices slump after Trump comments while analysts point to supply crunch
- Global Long Bond Yields Hit Highest in Almost Two Decades
- S&P 500 ticks higher as oil falls and traders await Nvidia’s earnings: Live updates