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Trump just raised the $39 trillion national debt with the largest budget hike since World War II—and nobody can figure out how to pay for it

“MAGA was told an untruth by Trump—no foreign wars, no adventurism,” Steve Hanke told Fortune. “This is a massive militarization.”

By Nick LichtenbergApril 3, 2026
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MIT created duplicate AI workers to tackle thousands of different tasks. The verdict? Most of the time AI is still just ‘minimally sufficient’
By Tristan BoveApril 3, 2026
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Jamie Dimon says the U.S. was right to go to war with Iran: ‘Why the Western world put up with all these proxy wars for 45 years is kind of beyond me’
By Tristan BoveApril 3, 2026
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Only one U.S. university ranks in the world’s top 10 in STEM. Pfizer’s CEO is calling for change
By Preston ForeApril 3, 2026
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Bernie Sanders calls out Bezos, Musk, Bloomberg, and Buffett in billionaire tax push: ‘The richest people in America have never ever had it so good’
By Catherina GioinoApril 3, 2026
Depressed worker feel tried after overwork and disappointed for his job or being fired.
The jobs report looks good ‘for the wrong reasons,’ top economist warns: It’s hiding how many Americans are giving up
By Eva RoytburgApril 3, 2026
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AIThe AI kill switch just got harder to find: LLM-powered chatbots will defy orders and deceive users if asked to delete another model, study finds
By Sasha RogelbergApril 3, 2026
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PoliticsTrump’s erratic, chaotic shifts in strategy follow a long tradition. Here’s what to know about the ‘Madman Theory’ of politics
By Andrew Latham and The ConversationJanuary 26, 2026
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    InvestingThe Trump TACO trade is driving up the price of gold as central banks hoard bullion to hedge against the dollar
    By Jim EdwardsJanuary 22, 2026
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CommentaryYes, you’re getting a bigger tax refund. Your kids won’t thank you for the $3 trillion it’s adding to the deficit
By Daniel BunnJanuary 26, 2026
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EconomyAn unusual Fed ‘rate check’ triggered a free fall in the U.S. dollar and investors are fleeing into gold
By Jim EdwardsJanuary 26, 2026
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PoliticsGovernment shutdown odds hit 79% as Capitol Hill fractures over Minnesota shooting
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 26, 2026
Carney says Canada has no plans to pursue free trade agreement with China as Trump threatens tariffs
North AmericaCarney says Canada has no plans to pursue free trade agreement with China as Trump threatens tariffs
By The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2026
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PoliticsEurope hates Trump’s play for Greenland so much that even far-right nationalist groups are repulsed
By Sam McNeil, Justin Spike, Sylvie Corbet and The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2026
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    EconomyMAHA’s dietary guidelines prioritizing red meat and dairy is the K-shaped economy in action, economist warns: ‘There’s certainly affordability issues’
    By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 22, 2026
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PoliticsThe week Europe grew a backbone: how they went from calling Trump ‘daddy’ to saying ‘no’ to the big American bully
By Laurie Kellman and The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2026
Meet a 70-year-old Home Depot store associate who uses AI on his phone about once an hour: ‘I think my job would suffer if I couldn’t’
AIMeet a 70-year-old Home Depot store associate who uses AI on his phone about once an hour: ‘I think my job would suffer if I couldn’t’
By Matt O'Brien, Linley Sanders and The Associated PressJanuary 25, 2026
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Real EstateTrump’s housing market plan contains a fatal flaw and multiple obstacles, Morgan Stanley says
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 25, 2026
Days after saying ‘it’s a good thing’ for Mark Carney to sign a trade deal with China, Trump vows a 100% tariff on Canada for doing so
EconomyDays after saying ‘it’s a good thing’ for Mark Carney to sign a trade deal with China, Trump vows a 100% tariff on Canada for doing so
By Jason MaJanuary 24, 2026
President Donald Trump is acting like the CEO of USA Inc. Is it the strategy America needs?
NewslettersPresident Donald Trump is acting like the CEO of USA Inc. Is it the strategy America needs?
By Alyson ShontellJanuary 24, 2026
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    BankingBrett Kavanaugh says letting Trump fire Lisa Cook ‘would weaken, if not shatter, the independence of the Federal Reserve’
    By Mark Sherman and The Associated PressJanuary 21, 2026
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RetailTarget faces new backlash amid Minnesota ICE raids after boycotts over its DEI rollback. But don’t blame politics for falling profits, analyst says
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 23, 2026
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EconomyIMF chief sees global GDP growth as ‘beautiful but not enough’ to handle ‘the debt that is hanging around our necks’
By David McHugh, Jamey Keaten and The Associated PressJanuary 23, 2026
The U.S. has ‘escalation dominance’ in a debt war: Europe would face a violent market crash if it dumps Treasuries
EconomyThe U.S. has ‘escalation dominance’ in a debt war: Europe would face a violent market crash if it dumps Treasuries
By Jason MaJanuary 23, 2026
As Winter Storm Fern barrels in, all eyes are on the Weather Channel. Its CEO is charting the company’s next big forecast: growth
North AmericaAs Winter Storm Fern barrels in, all eyes are on the Weather Channel. Its CEO is charting the company’s next big forecast: growth
By Phil WahbaJanuary 23, 2026
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EconomyJamie Dimon warns that the $38 trillion national debt is ‘not sustainable’ and it’s one of two ‘tectonic plates’ that may crash in the near future
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 23, 2026
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PoliticsThe great power gap: Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold office than you are, and Oxfam warns it’s ruining democracy
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 23, 2026
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PoliticsThe U.S. has 3 of the world’s 240 icebreakers, the crucial shipping technology that would unlock Greenland
By Sam McNeil and The Associated PressJanuary 23, 2026
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Future of WorkThe real cost of job automation isn’t economic, it’s identity 
By Zack KassJanuary 23, 2026
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EconomyGreenland deal doesn’t solve ‘mutual alienation’ between America and its allies, economists warn, and it puts the dollar under threat
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 23, 2026
Photo: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 21: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting on January 21, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meeting of political and business leaders comes amid rising tensions between the United States and Europe over a range of issues, including Trump's vow to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
EconomyWall Street celebrates the end of Trump’s Greenland tariff threats and expects the Supreme Court will kill even more of them
By Jim EdwardsJanuary 23, 2026
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BankingCEOs are bullish but nervous: David Solomon’s Davos readout on deregulation and ‘shotgun’ policy
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 23, 2026
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EuropeMacron says Europe forced Trump to back down: ‘Europe can make itself be respected, and that’s a very good thing’
By Lorne Cook, Sam McNeil and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2026
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EconomyHow the middle class was hollowed out from 1979 to 2022, according to new federal data
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 22, 2026
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PoliticsTrump’s Greenland gambit followed a familiar playbook—one he wrote himself
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 22, 2026
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EconomyEverything’s bigger in Texas, including the number of people moving out
By Mike Schneider and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2026
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Economy‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the U.S. economy itself, watchdog warns
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 22, 2026
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AIAmerica could ‘lose the AI race’ because of too much ‘pessimism,’ White House AI czar David Sacks says
By Tristan BoveJanuary 22, 2026
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Future of WorkWelcome to the ‘skills mismatch economy’: The shift from roles to skills making your résumé—and your job title—meaningless
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 22, 2026
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EconomyKen Griffin says America was sent an ‘explicit warning’ from the bond market, and it’s time to get the national debt in order
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 22, 2026
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