Yuri Gripas | Reuters Secretary of State Rex Tillerson answers a question at the State Department in Washington, January 18, 2018. The end of major combat operations against Islamic State does not mean the United States and its allies have achieved an enduring defeat of the militant group, U.S. Secretary …

Mikhail Klimentyev | TASS | Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the 25th APEC summit on November 11, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump, who complained last month that Moscow was “not helping us at all with North Korea,” told Russian President Vladimir Putin on …

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Digital currencies seen on Coincheck’s cryptocurrency wallet on January 29, 2018. Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, stung by the theft of $530 million of digital money last month, is expected to file a report with regulators on the hacking on Tuesday. The Financial Services Agency ordered …

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images President Donald Trump greets Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, before Trump addressed a luncheon at the House and Senate Republican retreat at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., on February 1, 2018. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …

Getty Images A sign indicates an entrance for employees only at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Edgar J. Hoover Building May 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. The federal government has decided that the FBI’s headquarters should stay in Washington, D.C., after all. The General Services Administration (GSA) had worked with …

Getty Images A first responder for Livingston County Michigan, draws the blood of Amaria Roberson, age 5 of Flint, to screen her blood for lead on January 26, 2016 at Eisenhower Elementary School in Flint, Michigan. Free lead screenings are performed for Flint children 6-years-old and younger, one of several …

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during an event in Menlo Park, California. Facebook is now offering some mobile app users a wireless-networking app without first disclosing that it’s owned by Facebook, or that it collects information for the …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter (L) reminds U.S. President Donald Trump he had a bill to sign after he departed quickly following remarks at his golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey U.S.., August 12, 2017 The White House is defending President Donald Trump’s failure to …

Sputnik | Kremlin | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo at the Russian Energy Week 2017 forum in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2017. Market-watchers have long been wary of Russia’s commitment to the deal. The nation’s oil and gas giants are seen …

What happens in the overnight futures markets doesn’t necessarily stay in the overnight futures market. The action in stock futures was wild last week, just as crazy if not more so than the volatile swings in stocks during normal trading hours. But it was the futures market, that first signaled …