Manchin Declares Voters Cannot Support Ken Paxton If “Character Means Anything”
Former Sen. Joe Manchin delivered a sharp rebuke of Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Sunday, questioning the Republican’s fundamental fitness for office. Manchin, an independent from West Virginia, made the remarks during an appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” with host Chris Stirewalt. The interview originally centered on Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico,…
Space Stocks Surge In Coordinated Rally: Rocket Lab (RKLB) And Planet Labs (PL) Jump 6%, AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Climbs 4%
Three pure-play space stocks are surging together in Thursday afternoon trading, with no company-specific headlines driving the coordinated move across the sector. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) is trading at $74.52, up 6% on the session, as part of a broad bid across the pure-play space names rather than any single Rocket Lab development. Planet Labs…
IonQ (IONQ) Achieves Quantum Computing Breakthrough But Stock Remains 43% Below Year-Ago Levels
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced Wednesday it had demonstrated the industry’s first end-to-end real-time quantum error decoder, allowing a single processor to find, fix, and decode errors while the machine keeps running. CNBC reported shares jumping as much as 13% intraday on the news, though the measured close proved far more modest for investors watching the…
RTX Outshines AVAV In Aerospace-Defense Stock Comparison As Fundamentals Diverge
RTX Corporation (RTX) and AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) are both competing for investor attention as global defense spending continues to accelerate in 2026. Military forces worldwide are increasingly relying on autonomous strike systems, precision-guided weapons, and advanced missile-defense technologies to modernize their capabilities. Both companies provide precision strike and missile-related solutions aimed at improving targeting, threat…
Couples With No Children And Retirement Savings Need Estate Plans More Than Most
Estate planning is often dismissed as something only parents with young children need to worry about, but that assumption can be costly. For couples in their 50s sitting on $2 million in IRAs and 401(k)s, the question of whether a will is necessary has a straightforward answer: yes, absolutely. Without children to serve as default…
El Niño Set To Last Six More Months With Near-Certain Odds, Scientists Say
Forecasters are leaving virtually no room for doubt: El Niño is here, it is intensifying, and it is not going anywhere for a long time. Columbia University climate scientist Azhar Ehsan presented a chart to media this week showing the probability of El Niño lasting through spring had reached an extraordinary threshold. The chart showed…
America Must Build A Bipartisan Wall Around Press Freedom Before It Crumbles
Political leaders across party lines face growing pressure to formally commit to protecting press freedom in the United States. Opinion contributor Dan Perry, writing in The Hill, argues that courts and news organizations alone can no longer carry the weight of defending a free press. Perry calls for a short, bipartisan statement of principles to…
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) Puts Its 2026 Revenue Hopes On A Single Quarter
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) CFO Andy Johnson offered investors a qualified reassurance on the Q2 2026 earnings call, warning that revenue “will likely be weighted towards the fourth quarter.” That single sentence now frames the entire company’s 2026 financial story, placing enormous pressure on one three-month window to deliver. The math is unforgiving: AST SpaceMobile booked…
Quantum Computing Stocks Rally As IonQ (IONQ) Surges 4%, D-Wave (QBTS) And Rigetti (RGTI) Follow
Quantum computing stocks are extending their recent rebound Thursday as investors continue to process a series of technical developments reshaping the industry’s commercial outlook. IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) stock is up 4% to $44.08, while D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) is gaining 3% to $17.23 and Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) is adding 2% to $16.28. The broader…
OSI Systems (OSIS) Enters Fiscal 2027 With Record Cash And A $1.9 Billion Backlog
OSI Systems (NASDAQ: OSIS) is heading into fiscal 2027 with significant financial momentum, following a record fiscal year ended June 30 that produced $1.79 billion in revenue. The company’s operating cash flow reached a record $276 million for the full year, with a particularly strong $182 million generated in the fourth quarter alone. Cash and…
