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President Donald Trump said he’s not interested in extending the expiring agreement with Iran. The price of Brent crude climbed above $90 a barrel as fresh concerns about an escalation of the war jolted global energy markets. Tensions in the Middle East were already on the rise over the weekend, with Israel’s military saying it killed senior Hezbollah commander Abu Hassan Alaa in southern Lebanon.

On this episode, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak with:
Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg News White House and Politics Team Leader
Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg News National Security Reporter AND Mark Cancian, CSIS Senior Adviser, Defense and Security Department on US-Iran latest from a military/stockpile/weapons standpoint, Iran's side of negotiations
Sri Natarajan, Bloomberg News Chief Wall Street Correspondent on ‘I Hate Losing’: Walter Rushes Makeover as DOJ Probes His Empire
Peter Harrell, Visiting Scholar at the Georgetown Institute of International Economic Law AND Former Biden White House Senior Dir. for International Economics
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Hollywood has once again cheated death. The first seven-plus months of 2026 have revived the industry’s faith — not just in movies but in the act of going to the theater. Global ticket sales have increased 15% from a year earlier and are on pace for their best annual total since 2019. Five movies have eclipsed $1 billion, with Spider-Man: Brand New Day almost clearing that on opening weekend. With new installments of Dune and Avengers coming, that group could swell to seven — the second-most on record. Bloomberg News Media & Entertainment Managing Editor Lucas Shaw brings us the latest from Hollywood.
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OpenAI is on track to generate annualized revenue of more than $40 billion based on its current performance, according to people familiar with the matter, roughly doubling its run rate from the end of 2025 and bolstering the company’s plans for a Wall Street debut. The ChatGPT maker’s revenue has accelerated in recent months, driven in part by the growth of its AI coding software, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is not public. The gains also reflect momentum from subscription sales and its nascent advertising business. Its core consumer business continues to grow, too. OpenAI declined to comment.
On today’s episode:
Rachel Metz, Bloomberg News AI Reporter
Chris Kennedy, Economic Statecraft Lead for Bloomberg Economics
Clara Gillispie, Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy at the Council on Foreign Relations
Jason Leopold, Bloomberg News Senior Investigative Reporter & Author of ‘FOIA Files’
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Liberal democracy has failed its supporters on several key promises: when it stopped delivering shared prosperity; elevated a new college-educated elite; and drifted away from free expression and democratic self-government. In his new book, Nobel Laureate in Economics Daron Acemoglu argues that repairing liberal democracy is not the answer and offers a new framework: Working-Class Liberalism.

For more, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec spoke with Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Laureate & MIT Institute Professor
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