A year later, is Trump’s investment in Intel… a win-win?

Jul 24, 2026The U.S.-based chip maker reported sales jumped by 25% last quarter. Plus: business loans, buzzy beverages, and a 63-year-old intern.

Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesSegments From This EpisodeFrederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty ImagesSection 122, 301, 3338 — there are a lot of tariff regimes moving through the economy. Are they starting to become background noise?

Violeta Stoimenova/Getty ImagesThe same forces that have been pushing mortgage interest rates higher are likely to do the same to business loans.

Heather Diehl/Getty ImagesIntel posted a 25% jump in sales in its latest earnings report. The federal government’s roughly 10% stake in the chipmaker is now worth around $40 billion.

Photo by Scott Suchman; food styling by Lisa Cherkasky/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesMonica Petrucci, editor at Forbes, explains why the new category of functional beverages is growing so rapidly.