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James Talarico says the biggest ‘welfare queens’ in America are ‘the giant corporations that don’t pay a penny in income taxes’

The 2026 Senate hopeful says major corporations cost taxpayers far more than social safety net programs.

By Dave SmithDecember 20, 2025
Gen Z is open minded about blue-collar work and the Fords of the economy need them — but both sides are missing each other
By Muskaan ArshadDecember 20, 2025
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‘This year is just not a jewelry Christmas’: Meet a 64-year-old small businesswoman who’s seen her Main Street decline for the last decade
By Makiya Seminera and The Associated PressDecember 19, 2025
Bull
The bulls are too bullish: Bank of America warns 200-plus fund managers just triggered a contrarian ‘sell’ signal
By Jim EdwardsDecember 19, 2025
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moodys Analytics, during a Senate Budget Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 4, 2023.
Sneaking unemployment rate means the U.S. economy is inching closer to a key recession indicator, says Moody’s
By Eleanor PringleDecember 19, 2025
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Josie Lauducci on the front of her boat
SuccessMeet the Gen Xer who lives on a boat—she supercommutes to California every few weeks for her $100-an-hour job. Just eight shifts cover all her bills
By Preston ForeDecember 20, 2025
LawOne of the few revelations in the Epstein files is a copy of the earliest known red flag about the sex offender: a report taken by the FBI in 1996
By Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated PressDecember 19, 2025
PoliticsCongressmen who pushed to release Epstein files say massive blackout doesn’t comply with law and ‘are exploring all options’ — including impeachment
By Jason MaDecember 19, 2025
LawEpstein files land with a thud as documents are heavily redacted, including contact info for Trump, celebrities, and bankers
By Jason MaDecember 19, 2025
LawEpstein files: Trump, Clinton, Summers, Gates not returning any results in search bar
By Jason MaDecember 19, 2025
C-SuiteFortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week
By Fortune EditorsDecember 19, 2025
Sam Altman looks down and to the side, frowning.
AISam Altman says he’s ‘0%’ excited to be CEO of a public company as OpenAI drops hints about an IPO: ‘In some ways I think it’d be really annoying’
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 19, 2025
NewslettersWomen exec moves at Unilever, Rothy’s, and more to watch this week
By Emma HinchliffeDecember 19, 2025
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC.
EconomyThe Fed just lost a key data feed on the job market days before its next rate meeting. A former BLS chief warns it’s ‘very concerning’ as Powell is left ‘flying blind’
By Eva RoytburgOctober 23, 2025
President Donald Trump, center, delivers remarks about AI infrastructure with Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp, Larry Ellison, executive charmain Oracle, and Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on January 21, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post via Getty Images)
EconomyAI boom is making your utility bills more expensive, says BofA, and they’re likely to keep going up
By Eleanor PringleOctober 23, 2025
Real EstateThe U.S. housing market is in spooky season: 15% of home sellers are getting ghosted by buyers
By Sydney LakeOctober 23, 2025
Tired worker
SuccessBank boss says Gen Z did ‘what society told them’—they got degrees and debt—but still no jobs: ‘This generation wasn’t built to withstand that level of rejection
By Jessica CoacciOctober 23, 2025
Shawn Nelson sits in a white chair in an all-black outfit, gesturing with his left hand.
North America‘That would be neat’: American businesses eye $1 trillion in tariff refunds—and a long fight ahead—depending on the Supreme Court
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 23, 2025
InvestingTech stocks look shaky, and the market is ‘showing early signs of vulnerability,’ JPMorgan analyst says
By Jim EdwardsOctober 23, 2025
Trump
EconomyBudget watchdog on $38 trillion national debt: ‘It’s tough to decide what the most appalling part is of today’s announcement’
By Eleanor Pringle and Nick LichtenbergOctober 23, 2025
Donald Trump
EconomyAs national debt accelerates to $38 trillion, watchdog warns it’s ‘no way for a great nation like America to run its finances’
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 22, 2025
A man wearing a "border patrol" best has his face covered with a mask and is looking forward.
PoliticsAs government shutdown persists, ICE agents are among the still-paid employees receiving ‘super checks’ including lost pay and overtime
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 22, 2025
EconomyThe ‘quiet alarm bell’ on U.S. health costs: Employers are backed into a corner, and workers are paying the price
By Ashley LutzOctober 22, 2025
North AmericaWalmart is determined to win the Thanksgiving meal value wars with a $40 dinner for 10 people
By Sydney LakeOctober 22, 2025
beef
Economy‘Nobody’s happy about it, let’s put it that way’: America’s cattle ranchers were looking forward to a rare profitable year before the Argentina gambit
By Josh Funk, Sarah Raza and The Associated PressOctober 22, 2025
InvestingThe U.S. government shutdown has investors flying blind when it comes to high-quality data—and they seem to like it that way
By Jim EdwardsOctober 22, 2025
EuropeCan Europe find the political energy to become competitive again?
By Jessica JurkschatOctober 22, 2025
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.
BankingSam Altman’s OpenAI is coming for Wall Street’s grunt workers as AI continues to transform the entry level
By Nino PaoliOctober 22, 2025
GEn z
Economy‘If there’s no bottom rung on the ladder, it’s really hard to leap up’: Nonprofits focused on Gen Z employment get $25m Citi Foundation windfall
By James Pollard and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2025
Zohran Mamdani
EconomyMillionaire tax that inspired Mamdani fuels $5.7 billion haul in Massachusetts
By Greg Ryan and BloombergOctober 21, 2025
A man in a blue collared shirt stands in a cattle field. He is frowning and looking down.
EconomyAmerica’s cattle chief rips into Trump’s Argentine beef bailout, saying it ‘does nothing to lower grocery store prices’
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 21, 2025
Chris Wright
EconomyLatest federal workers to get furloughed: The people watching the nuclear stockpile
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2025
Donald Trump
EconomyTrump vows to reach ‘fantastic deal’ with China, saying the U.S. commands ‘great respect’ from Beijing
By Didi Tang and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2025
china gold
InvestingTop analyst says China is playing a ‘key role’ in the price of gold going through the roof, and he’s got the data to prove it
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 21, 2025
frozen food
CommentaryGen Zers are turning to frozen food to stretch their budgets and they don’t feel good about it 
By Guy Yehiav and Darin DetwilerOctober 21, 2025
Richard, Alex
EconomyEconomics anomalies are interesting to read about, but do they matter? Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler and his colleague Alex Imas take a hard look
By Richard H. Thaler and Alex O. ImasOctober 21, 2025
Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs
EconomyThis is the worst the jobs market has looked (outside of a recession) in 50 years, says Goldman Sachs, meaning bullish GDP estimates are too optimistic
By Eleanor PringleOctober 21, 2025
President Donald Trump listens to other speakers after delivering remarks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on October 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.
EconomyTrump immigration policies would slash workforce estimate by 15.7 million and slow GDP growth by a third over the next decade, study says
By Nino PaoliOctober 21, 2025
Nick Daniels speaks in front of an America flag and behind a podium with the Department of Transportation logo on it.
EconomyAir traffic controllers are becoming Uber drivers and restaurant servers on top of six-day airport shifts to make ends meet during government shutdown
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 20, 2025
Young woman looking stressed while going through various expense receipts and bills after Christmas shopping. Planning budget, calculating expenses and managing financial bills at home
RetailFormer Sears boss says CEOs won’t challenge Trump’s tariffs out of ‘cowardice’—but the holidays are fast approaching, and ‘the party is over’
By Eva RoytburgOctober 20, 2025
NYSE broker
EconomyTop analyst still thinks we’re on the cusp of a new boom for the economy, but investors aren’t with him: ‘Markets remain choppy’
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 20, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) greets President of Argentina Javier Milei as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Politics‘We would buy some beef from Argentina’: Trump’s plan to counter the flesh-eating parasite keeping red meat prices skyhigh
By Chris Megerian and The Associated PressOctober 20, 2025
China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump.
EconomyTrump’s hand in the tariff war he started gets weaker as China GDP comes in ahead of growth forecasts
By Eleanor PringleOctober 20, 2025
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EconomyThe $38 trillion national debt is to blame for over $1 trillion in annual interest payments from here on out, CRFB says
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