Joining us now is my friend, former colleague, Alex Seitz-Wald. He's now deputy editor for Maine's Midcoast Villager newspaper. Maine esque backdrop.Maine, and I confess, I always pick up the paper when I'm in Maine at the Hannaford's or Sherman's wherever I find it available. Alex, great to see you. And, before we start talking about what happened yesterday, where things go from here, let me play a bit of sound from Troy Jackson, at that convention yesterday talking about his path forward.There is a place ...

Market Trends and AI Investment - Hyperscalers and technology companies maintain high capital expenditures for artificial intelligence infrastructure, compared to building out the Vegas Strip in 1955 [5][8] - Alphabet experienced a short-term stock sell-off of nearly 7% after earnings, followed by a slight stabilization of two-thirds of 1% [3] - Technology companies face a dilemma where cutting capital expenditures would cause market panic, yet heavy spending brings investor scrutiny [7][8] - Enterprise demand and AI modernization remain in the third inning of the artificial intelligence revolution, focusing on capacity and accelerating demand [5][6] Financing and Corporate Strategy - Technology firms actively raise capital through the bond market to fund massive artificial intelligence infrastructure investments [9] - Industry analysts anticipate a tidal wave of companies tapping the equity market over the next 6, 12, and 18 months to stay competitive [10] - Apple leverages its massive install base of 2.5 billion iOS devices and 1.5 billion iPhones to deploy its artificial intelligence strategy and drive the iPhone 17 upgrade cycle [13][14]

The countdown really is on. Let's put in perspective the landscape here. The bottom line number for Trump, this is an average of all the polls right now.Trump at 41% approve. Compare that to his first term, the midterm in 2018. At this point, he is a little bit lower now than he was then.I think no mystery about what's driving this. Again, this is from a Fox News poll recently. But look at Trump on the issues here.Majority disapprove everywhere. His best mark is 42 on immigration. Look at those numbers on I ...

The countdown really is on. Let's put in perspective the landscape here. The bottom line number for Trump, this is an average of all the polls right now.Trump at 41% approve. Compare that to his first term, the midterm in 2018. At this point, he is a little bit lower now than he was then.I think no mystery about what's driving this. Again, this is from a Fox News poll recently. But look at Trump on the issues here.Majority disapprove everywhere. His best mark is 42 on immigration. Look at those numbers on I ...

Market Trends and Industry Dynamics - Industrial sectors experience significant growth driven by artificial intelligence data center infrastructure build-outs and energy grid expansions [1] - Industrial sector valuations relative to the S&P 500 reach levels as high as technology sectors, capturing substantial market attention and fund flows [1] - Geopolitical factors and defense concepts provide additional support, creating strong tailwinds for industrial stocks throughout the year [2] - Capital expenditure spending directly feeds into industrial components, while security and resilience play increasingly critical roles [3] Investment Opportunities and Potential Risks - State Street industrial sector spider ETF (XLI) records strong capital flows totaling $17 billion, with 34% of all industrial flows managed actively [2] - Insurers observe data center construction from initial ground-breaking through operations, identifying emerging insurance coverage opportunities [4] - Global reinsurer CEOs report potential capital insufficiency within the market to handle large-scale upcoming projects, presenting future market opportunities [4]

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The Senate Judiciary Committee will soon vote on whether to advance Acting AG Todd Blanche’s nomination to be the nation’s top law enforcer. All eyes are on two GOP committee members, Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn, who say advancing Blanche’s nomination relies on more concrete evidence that President Trump’s $1.776 billion so called “anti-weaponization” fund is formally killed. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker joins The Weekend to discuss. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe ...

JOINING ME NOW IS DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MARK KELLY OF ARIZONA. SENATOR KELLY, WELCOME BACK TO "MEET THE PRESS." >> GOOD TO BE ON. THANK YOU, KRISTEN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.I DO WANT TO START WHERE I LEFT OFF WITH AMBASSADOR MIKE WALTZ ON IRAN. OF COURSE, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SAID THIS WEEK THAT THE U.S. IS STILL OPEN TO A DIPLOMATIC RESOLUTION TO THE WAR. HE ALSO DESCRIBED THE PRESIDENT'S APPROACH AS, QUOTE, A HEAD FOR AN EYE.AS SOMEONE WHO HAS FLOWN COMBAT MISSIONS DURING THE GULF WAR, ...

Well, and of course, Iran is the backdrop to the midterm elections now just a 100 days away. I do want to ask you about the midterms. On Saturday, Democrats in Maine nominated Troy Jackson to replace scandal plagued Graham Platner on the ballot.You said yourself, Senator, the path to winning back the Senate runs through Maine. Do you think that Troy Jackson is the strongest person to unseat Senator Susan Collins. I think he's a strong candidate and I think we have an opportunity and I think Senator Collins ...

What did I think about the actual launching of a criminal investigation against the chair of the Federal Reserve. The president wants money printing, the president wants easy money environment. And the Fed is hesitant to give it to the president.I think that the overall theme that you're going to see here is that the US Treasury wants to take over as much of the liquidity role that the Fed has. The world that we're going into where you've got digital currencies, you've got stable coins, you've got all these ...