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Trump wants to add nearly $7 trillion to the $39 trillion national debt with his new military budget, watchdog warns

Trump’s proposal would be “by far the largest year-over-year increase in defense spending in the post-WWII era,” the CRFB said.

By Nick LichtenbergApril 2, 2026

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Paul Krugman smacks down Trump speech with argument that $4 gas is ‘less than half’ of the Hormuz hit. Here’s what he’s talking about

By Jake AngeloApril 2, 2026

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Latest crypto hack sees thieves make off with $280 million from Solana DeFi platform Drift

By Carlos GarciaApril 2, 2026

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The Iran war is effectively ‘a tax’ on U.S. households that could accelerate the economy’s widening K shape, Moody’s says

By Tristan BoveApril 2, 2026

Workers on the production line of solar panels in China

After renewable power’s record-smashing 2025, the Iran war could accelerate the shift as countries seek ‘structurally more resilient’ energy, UN says

By Tristan BoveApril 2, 2026

Traders signal offers in the S&P options trading pit at the Cboe Global Markets exchange on March 31, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.

Markets rally hard on Iran’s promise to play nice in Hormuz as its leaders pocket billions from the disruption

By Eva RoytburgApril 2, 2026

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With an IPO on the horizon, OpenAI needs to own the narrative. Solution? Buy a tech talk show

Newsletters With an IPO on the horizon, OpenAI needs to own the narrative. Solution? Buy a tech talk show

By Alexei OreskovicApril 3, 2026

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Newsletters Leaders push for a ‘Manhattan Project’ and public-private solutions around AI and labor

By Diane BradyApril 3, 2026

Today’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on April 3, 2026

Personal Finance Today’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on April 3, 2026

By Glen Luke FlanaganApril 3, 2026

Top CD rates today, April 3, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.20%

Personal Finance Top CD rates today, April 3, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.20%

By Glen Luke FlanaganApril 3, 2026

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Innovation Google CEO Sundar Pichai says we’re just a decade away from a new normal of extraterrestrial data centers

By Sasha RogelbergApril 3, 2026

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Success The world’s wealthiest families adopt these 7 key habits for success, according to JPMorgan

By Preston ForeApril 3, 2026

What it takes to retire comfortably in America: Nearly $1.5 million, Northwestern Mutual says

Personal Finance What it takes to retire comfortably in America: Nearly $1.5 million, Northwestern Mutual says

By Sydney LakeApril 3, 2026

Cyprus and Ireland top list of best places to retire—as boomers are forced to ‘unretire’, the only real solution is to move abroad

Success Cyprus and Ireland top list of best places to retire—as boomers are forced to ‘unretire’, the only real solution is to move abroad

By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 3, 2026

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Economy Trump hails Netflix’s Sarandos as ‘fantastic man’ but casts mega-merger in doubt ‘There’s no question about it. It could be a problem’

By Darlene Superville and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025

Economy Scott Bessent calls the Giving Pledge well-intentioned but ‘very amorphous,’ growing from ‘a panic among the billionaire class’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 3, 2025

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Economy Stocks: Everything is on hold until the Fed delivers that rate cut on Wednesday

By Jim EdwardsDecember 8, 2025

Macron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus

Economy Macron warns EU may hit China with tariffs over trade surplus

By James Regan and BloombergDecember 7, 2025

U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals

Economy U.S. trade chief says China has complied with terms of trade deals

By Hadriana Lowenkron and BloombergDecember 7, 2025

Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory

Economy Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory

By Jason MaDecember 7, 2025

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’

Economy JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Europe has a ‘real problem’

By Katherine Chiglinsky and BloombergDecember 6, 2025

Economy Scott Bessent is defiant on whether tariffs are a tax, demands Democrats work to cut actual taxes instead
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 3, 2025

The most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says

Economy The most likely solution to the U.S. debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity, former White House economic adviser says

By Jason MaDecember 6, 2025

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Politics Trump finally meets Claudia Sheinbaum face to face at the FIFA World Cup draw

By Will Weissert and The Associated PressDecember 6, 2025

U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Retail U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

By Jeena Sharma and Retail BrewDecember 5, 2025

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Politics ‘This is a bad idea made worse’: Senate Dems’ plan to fix Obamacare premiums adds nearly $300 billion to deficit, CRFB says

By Nick LichtenbergDecember 5, 2025

Trump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever

Economy Trump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst ever

By Jason MaDecember 5, 2025

Economy Trump says national debt is ‘peanuts’ and his tariff income will pay everyone a $2,000 dividend too—but the math doesn’t add up
By Eleanor PringleDecember 3, 2025

Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.

AI Construction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom

By Nino PaoliDecember 5, 2025

Young family stressed over finances

Success People making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200K a year aren’t considered upper-class in some states

By Emma BurleighDecember 5, 2025

Ray Dalio attends the Fortune Global Forum Riyadh 2025 on October 27, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Economy Ray Dalio says ‘a little bit of everything’ is needed to prevent a debt crisis—but it won’t happen anyway

By Eleanor PringleDecember 5, 2025

Scott Bessent speaks with Andrew Ross Roskin at Dealbook Summit

Law Treasury Secretary Bessent insists Trump’s tariff agenda is ‘permanent,’ saying the White House can re-create it even with a Supreme Court loss

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 5, 2025

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Politics ‘We fixed inflation, and we fixed almost everything’: Trump travels to Pennsylvania to talk affordability while denying it’s a problem

By Josh Boak and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025

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Retail Build-A-Bear stock falls 15% as it reveals the real hit from tariffs, at last

By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025

Gen Z

Economy America, meet your alienated youth: ‘Gold standard’ Harvard survey reveals Gen Z’s anxiety and distrust, defined by economic insecurity

By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025

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Retail Dollar Tree says the majority of its new customers earn at least $100,000 a year

By Dave SmithDecember 4, 2025

Zohran Mamdani, in front of a brick building, smiles as he holds a press conference.

Real Estate ‘There is no Mamdani effect’: Manhattan luxury home sales surge after mayoral election, undercutting predictions of doom and escape to Florida

By Sasha RogelbergDecember 4, 2025

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Economy Tariffs and the $38 trillion national debt: Kevin Hassett sees ’big reductions’ in deficit while Scott Bessent sees a ‘shrinking ice cube’

By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025

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Banking Market doubts Hassett can deliver at Fed, PGIM’s Peters says

By Ruth Carson and BloombergDecember 4, 2025

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.

Economy For Wall Street, pandemic-level bad news for jobs is good news for stocks—it pushes the Fed further into cutting territory

By Eleanor PringleDecember 4, 2025

Traders Michael Urkonis, left, and Fred Demarco work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.

Investing Wall Street drifts while Dollar General and Spam sales jump in a market hungry for affordability

By Stan Choe and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025

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Success Nearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want

By Emma BurleighDecember 4, 2025

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Politics ‘There’s this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about, affordability’: Trump keeps dismissing cost of living as his party struggles to hold seats

By Meg Kinnard, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025

Jerome Powell

Commentary Fed officials like the mystique of being seen as financial technocrats, but it’s time to demystify the central bank

By Alexander William SalterDecember 4, 2025

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Politics Delta took $200 million hit from longest government shutdown in history, filings reveal

By Rio Yamat and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025

President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025.

Economy Two months into the new fiscal year and the U.S. government is already spending more than $10 billion a week servicing national debt

By Eleanor PringleDecember 4, 2025

Greg Abbott and Sundar Pichai sit next to each other at a red table.

AI Bank of America predicts an ‘air pocket,’ not an AI bubble, fueled by mountains of debt piling up from the data center rush

By Sasha RogelbergDecember 3, 2025

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