Wall Street’s fear that trade-war anxiety would grind corporations’ spending on machinery and real estate to a halt, so far, is looking a little overblown. 🔗:

Ukraine has rebuilt an energy grid that’s more resilient — and greener — than what it had before Russia’s invasion. 🔗:

Trump wants a trillion-dollar show of friendship from Saudi Arabia — but MBS’s massive spending spree at home makes that difficult. 🔗:

From our Deportation Inc. series: Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up. 🔗:

Canada Election Results: a seat in suburban Montreal was won by the Liberals, after judicial recount on Saturday. The LPC is now at 170 seats, two short of a majority in the House of Commons. 🔗:

Read The Big Take: The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military, setting the stage for a battle over the world’s biggest defense budget. 🔗:

RT @Leonardonclt: 🚨AI Is Draining Water From Areas That Need It Most🚨. We analyzed data on thousands of AI data centers, and found that rou….

For years, data centers have strained local water supplies. The AI boom has made this issue much worse. 🔗:

Hundreds of court battles challenging Donald Trump’s expansive exercise of executive power are a stress test on the balance of power at the heart of American democracy. We’re tracking the cases. 🔗:

RT @business: In one ship there's over $400 million in new tariffs. @andretartar breaks down how Trump’s trade war is racking up the cost….

RT @Leonardonclt: 🚨NEW INVESTIGATION🚨. We analyzed transactions from hundreds of top $TRUMP holders set to have dinner with the president a….

As Italy’s largest banks get ready to report results, what matters most to investors isn’t profit or revenue. It’s deals. 🔗:

Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda’s $42B plan to buy out Toyota Industries is progressing, with the parties involved having picked financial advisers and working toward a tender offer as soon as November, sources say. 🔗🚗🚙:

More than half of the top holders of Trump’s memecoin are likely based outside of the US, a Bloomberg News analysis finds. 🔗:

Inside the cargo of one of the first ships to confront a sudden and steep 145% tariff rate brought on by Trump’s ongoing trade war with China. 🔗📦🚢:

Trump proposed deep cuts to domestic agencies and steep increases for national security. See the differences from his first budget. 🔗:

Spain’s nationwide blackout this week may offer warnings to other countries, as rising electrification and clean energy sources place new demands on power grids around the world. 🔗:

Thousands of satellites being sent into orbit by SpaceX and rivals like Amazon eventually have to come down. Incinerating them in the atmosphere releases damaging pollutants that pose new threats to the planet’s protective shield. 🔗🛰️:

Australian voters head to the polls to elect a new government as Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party tries to hold onto power against Peter Dutton’s Liberal-National Coalition. Follow for live results once counting gets underway on May 3. 🔗🇦🇺🗳️: