Axios

The stock market soared during the first 20 months of President Trump's second term, but slightly underperformed the same period of his first term.

Why it matters: Trump considers the stock market to be a proxy for the economy, even though many economists disagree.

AI is scrambling decades of global copyright and fair-use precedent, presenting new challenges for content distributed across borders.

Why it matters: Large language models can train on content in countries where that use is legal and then be deployed in countries where it's not.

The Iran war is driving fuel prices higher worldwide, leading to angry protests around the globe and straining the economies of countries that have nothing to do with the war.

Why it matters: It's not just driving up prices in the U.S. The war is causing problems around the world — in some cases far worse than anything Americans are experiencing.