Top Stories — Tuesday, April 7, 2026
What is trending in the USA today? Here is Breaking News:
- Broadcom agrees to expanded chip deals with Google, Anthropic — CNBC
- Asia-Pacific markets open higher as investors assess Trump's mixed messaging on Iran war — CNBC
- New poll reveals Spanberger's popularity is plummeting amid backlash over gerrymandering — Fox News
Broadcom agrees to expanded chip deals with Google, Anthropic
Source: CNBC • Published: 4/7/2026, 5:52:09 AM
Broadcom said Monday that it's agreed to produce future versions of artificial intelligence chips for Google, and signed an expanded deal with Anthropic that will give the AI startup access to about 3.5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity drawing on Google's AI processors.
Shares of Broadcom rose 3% in extended trading.
The disclosure in a securities filing underscores the surging demand for infrastructure that can run generative AI models. Anthropic's popularity has soared this year, with its Claude app becoming the top free U.S. app listed in Apple's App Store in February after a dispute between the company and the Pentagon became public.
Anthropic's annualized revenue has exceeded $30 billion, up from around $9 billion at the end of last year, the startup said in a blog post. The company counts over 1,000 business clients spending more than $1 million annually, double the count as of two months ago.
"This groundbreaking partnership with Google and Broadcom is a continuation of our disciplined approach to scaling infrastructure: we are building the capacity necessary to serve the exponential growth we have seen in our customer base while also enabling Claude to define the frontier of AI development," Anthropic's finance chief, Krishna Rao, was quoted as saying in the blog post. Most of the new infrastructure will be located in the U.S., Anthropic said.
On an earnings call last month, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said that "for Anthropic, we are off to a very good start in 2026" in providing 1 gigawatt of compute from Google's homegrown tensor processing units (TPUs). Broadcom helps Google make its TPUs.
"For 2027, this demand is expected to surge in excess of 3 gigawatts of compute," he said.
In a note following the earnings call, analysts at Mizuho led by Vijay Rakesh estimated that Broadcom would pick up $21 billion in AI revenue from Anthropic in 2026 and $42 billion in 2027. The filing on Monday did not contain a dollar amount.
Meanwhile, Broadcom is also collaborating with Anthropic rival OpenAI on custom silicon for AI. Both model builders currently rely heavily on graphics processing units from Nvidia through cloud providers such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft. OpenAI has also committed to drawing on six gigawatts of AMD's GPUs, with the first gigawatt set to come in the second half of this year.
Asia-Pacific markets open higher as investors assess Trump's mixed messaging on Iran war
Source: CNBC • Published: 4/7/2026, 5:44:18 AM
Asia-Pacific markets climbed on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street gains, as traders continued to assess Iran war-related developments.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to target Iran's civilian infrastructure if a peace deal is not reached in less than 24 hours, while also signaling that the Iranian leadership was negotiating in earnest.
Trump reiterated his demand for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Tuesday, which would allow traffic to start flowing again through the vital route for global energy supplies — warning the U.S. would decimate every bridge and power plant within four hours of that deadline not being met.
The U.S. and Iran are weighing a framework plan to end their 5-week-old conflict, with Tehran pushing back against Trump's pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz under a temporary ceasefire, and repeating its demand for a lasting end to the war.
Iran has rejected the U.S. ceasefire proposal and floated its own 10-points, including an end to hostilities in the region, a protocol for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, lifting of sanctions, and reconstruction, according to Axios.
Trump responded to the proposal, saying that "They made a ... significant proposal. Not good enough, but they have made a very significant step. We will see what happens."
The West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 0.7% at $113.25 per barrel as of 7.20 p.m. ET. Brent crude gained about 0.68% to end Monday's session at $109.77 per barrel.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.4% in early Asia trade.
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.35% and the broad-based Topix added 0.62%. South Korea's blue-chip Kospi advanced 1.5%, and the small-cap Kosdaq rose 0.5%.
Hong Kong markets remained closed on Tuesday for the Easter holiday.
Overnight on Wall Street, futures tied to the S&P 500 futures were little changed and Nasdaq 100 futures were down about 0.2%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 48 points, or 0.1%.
During Monday's regular session, the S&P 500 rose 0.44%, while the Nasdaq Composite added 0.54%. The blue-chip Dow gained 165.21 points, or 0.36%.
— CNBC's Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report.
New poll reveals Spanberger's popularity is plummeting amid backlash over gerrymandering
Source: Fox News • Published: 4/7/2026, 5:33:07 AM
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger was swept into the governor's mansion on a deep blue wave last November, but has seen her popularity plummet after less than 3 months in office.
Forty-six percent of Virginians disapprove of her job performance while 47% approve. Compared to Virginia governors from both sides of the aisle since 1994, Spanberger has the highest disapproval rating at this point in her term.
In additional contrast, predecessor Gov. Glenn Youngkin saw a 54-39 job approval at this point in his term, with the highest favorability going to Democrat Mark Warner – now Virginia’s senior senator – with a 78-20 rating.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger responds to President Donald Trump's, unseen, State of the Union. (Steve Helber/Reuters)
Warner’s current counterpart, Sen. Tim Kaine, was at 62-31, GOP Gov. Jim Gilmore III at 63-30, Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell at 59-39 and Democrats Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam at 52-30 and 48-37 respectively.
Spanberger defeated then-Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears by 15 points in November and completely flipped statewide offices to Democrats Ghazala Hashmi for lietenant governor and Jay Jones for attorney general.
The Post pointed out that while Spanberger’s favorability was narrow, her win dwarfed that of Youngkin’s over McAuliffe in 2021 – and the Falls Church business executive’s favorability was several points higher than hers.
George Mason University Policy & Government Dean Mark Rozell, a co-sponsor of the poll, told the Post that while some bit of political polarization is "baked in," it was "unusual" to see such a result for Spanberger this early in her term after a campaign on a "centrist image."
Seven percent of Virginians, however, by contrast, cite her tenure as "too conservative."
Spanberger’s shift on gerrymandering was recently evinced through redistricting referendum critics citing her own 2019 words back to her in recent mailers, according to reports.
"Gerrymandering is detrimental to our democracy and it weakens the individual voices that form our electorates. Opposing gerrymandering should be a bipartisan priority," Spanberger tweeted six years ago when Virginia considered its ultimately successful bid to remove map-redrawing power from the partisan legislature.
However, Spanberger’s office recently denied claims that there had been any internal deals made involving her personally to help get more Democrats elected; particularly in the case of the Second Congressional District in Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.
Spanberger has also received criticism for appearing to pivot on gun control, from a moderate stance while in Congress favoring commonsense reforms and citing her resume as a former gun-toting CIA agent and postal inspector, to a governor poised to sign sweeping gun bans drafted by far-left Fairfax Democrats.
"I’m a mother of three girls in Virginia Public Schools. I’m also a former federal agent who carried a gun every single day for my job," she said at a 2025 rally. "So I come at this issue as someone who cares deeply about the safety of our kids and as someone who understands the responsibilities of owning and of carrying a firearm."
A welcome sign is posted in the grass near the intersection of Lee Highway, Key Bridge, and the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Rosslyn, Arlington County, Virginia. (Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
The redistricting referendum has been criticized for unfairly empowering Spanberger’s base counties, as five newly-drawn districts would originate in Fairfax and envelop – and critics say overpower – the voices of rural central and Western Virginia.
One such district in particular, unfavorably shaped like a lobster according to critics, already has three notable Democratic candidates – gun control bill sponsor State Del. Dan Helmer of Fairfax, former first lady Dorothy McAuliffe, and former Jack Smith deputy JP Cooney – despite the referendum not being officially decided by the voters until April 21.
Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger for comment.
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