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Bessent becomes most interventionist Treasury chief in decades
Bessent becomes most interventionist Treasury chief in decades

Expanded bond buybacks and yen purchases mark an unusually activist approach, but widening deficits could limit its effectiveness

By Christopher Anstey, Jorgelina do Rosario, Michael Mackenzie, Greg Ritchie and BloombergAugust 20, 2026
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The AI industry is getting better at spotting dangerous behavior. It is less clear that labs know how to stop it.
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Scott Bessent on the national debt: ‘There’s nothing magic about the $40 trillion number’
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Gen Z forced to rewrite the American Dream in the ‘Great Postponement’: Fixer-uppers, side hustles and doing life out of order
Gen Z forced to rewrite the American Dream in the ‘Great Postponement’: Fixer-uppers, side hustles and doing life out of order
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Facing weary customers, Walmart will use its nearly $3 billion in tariff refunds to lower prices
By Mia OsmonbekovAugust 20, 2026
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Another Democratic primary, another shocking DSA upset as Angie Nixon adds to moderates’ heartburn over seemingly unstoppable wave

“If you’re surprised by tonight’s election results, you haven’t been paying enough attention,” said Britney Whaley of the Working Families Party.

By The Associated Press and Matt BrownAugust 20, 2026
Exclusive: Venezuela, sick with hyperinflation, engages the ‘money doctor’ Steve Hanke for a dose of dollarization medicine

The Johns Hopkins professor has spent five decades traveling the world, fighting for the cause of sound money. He’s taking on his biggest dragon yet.

By Shawn TullyAugust 20, 2026
‘Game-changer’ GLP-1s could fix America’s obesity crisis—but 2 inequalities stand in the way

Wells Fargo Industry Insights’ Robin Wenzel says the drugs are rewriting healthcare economics, but the math doesn’t “pencil out” too often.

By Nick LichtenbergAugust 20, 2026
Governor races present ‘unique moment’ as historic number of Black candidates climbs to 8

Only three elected governors out of thousands have been Black in 250 years of American history

By Bill Barrow, Steven Sloan and The Associated PressAugust 20, 2026
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Moderna co-founder is a billionaire once again at $1.7 billion—he once turned down 20 high-paying job offers to ‘have more of an impact on the world’

Billionaire biotech pioneer Robert Langer advises workers to do what makes them happy over money and job security: “If you give up too easily, that’s not good.”

By Emma BurleighAugust 20, 2026
One U.S. Army unit is offering 4-days off to play Grand Theft Auto—but there’s a catch: they’ll have to reenlist if they take the day off to play

From the Army to small businesses: organizations are getting ahead of the GTA VI launch curve—and giving days off to steal virtual cars.

By Preston ForeAugust 20, 2026
Your next oil change is becoming a bigger part of car dealers’ business as profits cool and service departments make up the difference

Dealers are chasing service revenue as pandemic-era profits from selling cars fall back to Earth.

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 20, 2026
The military’s own newspaper is too ‘woke’ for Pete Hegseth as longtime Stars and Stripes publisher retires after decades of service

The exit follows the Pentagon’s ouster of ombudsman Jacqueline Smith and reports of a new deputy installed without the publisher’s knowledge

By Jocelyn Noveck and The Associated PressAugust 20, 2026
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Geopolitical risk needs to move away from the ‘after-dinner speaker’: Eurasia Group and Rio Tinto’s Dominic Barton
Geopolitical risk needs to move away from the ‘after-dinner speaker’: Eurasia Group and Rio Tinto’s Dominic Barton

Eurasia Group counselor Dominic Barton says corporate leaders can no longer treat geopolitics as a boardroom sideshow amid tariffs and new restrictions.

By Nicholas GordonAugust 19, 2026
Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitors

The Hangzhou-based startup, founded in 2016, has quickly become something akin to a national champion in China’s robotics sector.

By Nicholas GordonAugust 19, 2026
Strait of Hormuz chaos has incentivized China to use an alternative trade route: a 3,400 mile frozen Arctic channel dubbed the ‘Ice Silk Road’

Chinese shipping company Sea Legend Line just announced a shipping route through the Arctic, which takes half the time as established shipping routes.

By Sasha RogelbergAugust 19, 2026
The U.S. built its brand by attracting the world’s best and brightest. It must not lose that advantage

As any chief executive knows, the strongest brands are rarely destroyed by their competitors. This principle applies to nations as well.

By John A. QuelchAugust 18, 2026
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Nneka Ogwumike’s WNBA legacy isn’t just her 11 All-Star nods. It’s a 364% pay raise for the players
Nneka Ogwumike’s WNBA legacy isn’t just her 11 All-Star nods. It’s a 364% pay raise for the players

The president of the WNBA players’ union is retiring after 15 seasons—and a labor agreement that’s historic across professional sports.

By Emma HinchliffeAugust 20, 2026
As U.S. debt hits $40 trillion, Americans will foot the bill: $700 a month for retirees, and homebuyers could take a $53,000 hit, report finds

“Addressing the national debt deserves to be a high priority for both voters and lawmakers, to benefit all Americans.”

By Eleanor PringleAugust 20, 2026
The great climate change Champagne race, as grape ripening shrinks from 100 to 80 days: ‘We’ve never seen anything like it’

Extreme heat and drought have triggered Champagne’s earliest harvest on record, forcing growers to race to preserve the wine’s quality.

By Sylvie Corbet, Nicolas Garriga and The Associated PressAugust 20, 2026
Why the bond market is acting like it did before the Great Recession

The 30-year Treasury yield has climbed back above 5%, its 2007 level, as investors confront inflation, deficits and a surge in AI-related borrowing.

By Stan Choe, Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressAugust 20, 2026
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AI’s $2.2 trillion deficit fix is already half fake, economists say
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The sports economy is unaffordable at the bar, let alone the stadium
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Trump fights fraud by freezing funding for New York’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
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Scott Bessent goes after the top Mexican cartel’s new billion-dollar business: gas stations
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California bans ‘sell by’ labels to curb food waste and emissions
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden will run from 5pm on Friday until maybe 4am on July 4th, permit says
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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce donate $26 million to charities ahead of rumored Madison Square Garden wedding
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Trump visits new Teddy Roosevelt library in the badlands: ‘He had a freakin’ wild life’
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NYPD confirms ‘an event that we are tracking at Madison Square Garden on Friday night,’ declines to comment on Taylor Swift wedding
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