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Le Pen Pitches €25 Billion in Annual Budget Cuts as France's Bond Market Crisis Deepens
Marine Le Pen will on Tuesday unveil plans to cut French government spending by €25 billion a year, seeking fiscal credibility as borrowing costs hit levels not seen since the early 2000s — with the April 2027 election looming.
U.S. Natural Gas Output Hits All-Time Record in July 2026 as Permian Basin Pumps 137 Billion Cubic Feet a Day
U.S. gross natural gas withdrawals averaged a record 137 billion cubic feet per day in July, the EIA said — the first new monthly high of 2026, powered by the Permian Basin and new pipeline capacity moving gas to Gulf Coast LNG terminals.
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to Become 'Skydance' in $110 Billion Mega-Merger
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison announced the combined Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery company will be called Skydance when their roughly $110 billion merger closes on October 6, uniting Hollywood's most storied studios, HBO Max and Paramount+, and networks from CBS to CNN under one roof.
Taiwan's First New F-16V Fighter Jets Land After a Seven-Year Wait, Bolstering Defences Against China
The first two of 66 F-16V Block 70 fighters ordered from the United States in 2019 touched down at Chihhang Air Base in Taitung on Friday, ending months of delays. The $8 billion delivery comes a week after the Trump–Xi summit and amid unease in Taipei about Washington's commitment to arming the island.
Trump Announces One-Time $90 Medicare Payments for 20 Million Seniors Ahead of Midterms
President Donald Trump announced on October 2 that the federal government will send one-time $90 payments to more than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees to help offset monthly premiums, funded from the $2 billion Medicare Improvement Fund, weeks before the November 3 midterm elections.
Allan Harrison's Eight Birdies: The 1-in-322-Billion Golf Round
English club golfer Allan Harrison made eight birdies in nine holes at Fairhaven — a 1 in 322 billion golf shot. The round, the odds, and the story.