The Real Estate sector took the lead in Tuesday’s trading, probably because interest rate cuts are approaching. Technology and Consumer Discretionary took second and third place, respectively. Overall, it was a pretty quiet trading day except for the energy sector, which showed the biggest decline. The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), the StockCharts proxy for the Energy sector, declined ...

PHILADELPHIA — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is back on the presidential campaign trail. The high-profile Democrat and two-term governor was one of the top surrogates for President Biden during the president’s re-election campaign. But other than an appearance – but no speaking role – at last month’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Newsom has mostly been off the campaign ...

A high-ranking leader within the United States Secret Service (USSS) has been encouraged to retire nearly two months after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, a source involved at the highest levels of the internal investigation told Fox News. The official, Assistant Director Michael Plati of the agency’s Office of Protective Operations, led the section ...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is plowing full steam ahead on his plan to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the month, despite growing uneasiness within the House GOP. Johnson’s plan involves a six-month extension of the current fiscal year’s government funding levels, known as a continuing resolution (CR), and combining it with a GOP bill to require ...

The House Judiciary Committee is requesting a briefing from the Justice Department on how it is working to combat ‘potential conflicts of interest and political bias’ in its lawsuit against Google, amid reports that the Big Tech giant’s lead attorney is helping prep Vice President Kamala Harris for the debate against former President Donald Trump.  Fox News Digital obtained a ...

Washington and Baghdad are working on a plan to draw down the U.S. troop presence in Iraq as soon as next year. The U.S. and Iraq have reached an ‘understanding’ on plans to have hundreds of U.S. troops leave Iraq by September 2025 and the remainder leave by January 2027, according to a new Reuters report. However, no set-in-stone decision ...

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to face off in their first presidential debate, and the stakes could not be higher. Harris has erased Trump’s comfortable lead in the polls, setting up a razor-thin election with less than two months to go. The highly anticipated matchup is the first time Trump and Harris will meet ...

Budding entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds in the North-West of England have a chance to secure £150,000 in funding, advertising, and resource support through the Havas Boost programme, launched by Havas Media Network UK. This initiative aims to empower business owners outside London by providing vital financial and strategic support to those demonstrating a purpose beyond profit. The programme invites ten ...

UK R&D tax relief enables companies undertaking innovative activities and qualifying R&D projects to claim corporation tax relief and/or tax credits on qualifying R&D expenditure. The purpose being to encourage UK innovation by providing relief on qualifying R&D spend, effectively derisking the cost of the R&D work for qualifying companies. This has enabled companies to invest in vital R&D that ...

Apple has suffered a major setback in its long-running tax dispute with the European Union, as the European Court of Justice ruled that Ireland had granted the tech giant “unlawful state aid.” This landmark decision, which overturns a previous ruling in Apple’s favour, orders Ireland to recover €13 billion from the company, a sum that had been held in escrow. ...