standoff

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Quinn, whose firm advises companies that would be regulated by the law, said the standoff shows that “the United States has, in general, prioritized AI development over regulation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The starting point for all of this is a three-way standoff among the U.S.,

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

The standoff weighed on equity markets, with Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Seoul, Singapore, Wellington and Jakarta all down.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

With the current backdrop, it’s “hard to see any event creating a big breakthrough” in the U.S.-Iran standoff, said Tom Kloza, senior energy adviser at Gulf Oil.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

At Verdun, meanwhile, after a summer standoff, the fighting flared up again.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman