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Mark Cuban has a solution for the $38 trillion national debt that has to do with health insurance

The billionaire is really worked up about pharmacy benefit managers. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan called them “prescription drug middlemen.”

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 6, 2026

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Man in a suit reading copy of Barack Obama's Audacity of Hope outside while waiting in line to vote.

Nearly half of Americans didn’t read a single book last year—it’s the one daily habit separating them from billionaires

By Preston Fore

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MacKenzie Scott sends millions to nonprofit that supports anti-Israel and pro-Muslim groups, two of which are facing federal probes

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the Nvidia Live event at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. At CES, the biggest names in tech will make the case for artificial intelligence for a target audience of investors, corporate clients and, perhaps just as importantly, ordinary shoppers who have yet to be fully sold on the idea of AI-infused gadgets. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A year ago, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said the ‘ChatGPT moment’ for robotics was around the corner. Now he says it’s ‘nearly here.’ But is it?

By Sharon Goldman

New Haven mayor says police chief admitted to stealing money from department, accepts retirement

By The Associated Press

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Under Biden, America got 150 countries to agree a 15% global corporate tax. Under Trump, America gets an exemption

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press

January 5, 2026

Tom Lee

Why Wall Street permabull Tom Lee thinks we’re in the third great labor shortage era—and AI is an innovation like frozen food

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 5, 2026

Janet Yellen warns the $38 trillion national debt is testing a red line economists have feared for decades

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Janet Yellen warns the $38 trillion national debt is testing a red line economists have feared for decades

By Eva Roytburg

January 5, 2026

Trump

From Trump walking away to ‘managed instability,’ Princeton expert on Latin-U.S. relations sees 5 scenarios for Venezuela

By Robert Muggah and The Conversation

January 5, 2026

chavez, penn

Venezuela’s 20-year downfall featured a weird bromance between Hugo Chávez and Sean Penn, ex-husband of Madonna and ‘One Battle After Another’ actor

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 5, 2026

Is Iran next for Trump? A currency collapse, energy crisis, and water shortage have exploded into unrest against the regime

Is Iran next for Trump? A currency collapse, energy crisis, and water shortage have exploded into unrest against the regime

January 5, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump

‘Military adventures cost money’: Economists’ key concern about Trump’s Venezuela action is how it weakens $38.5 trillion national debt picture

By Eleanor Pringle

January 5, 2026

Machado once backed Trump’s Venezuela plan. Now the jilted Nobel laureate is frozen out

Machado once backed Trump’s Venezuela plan. Now the jilted Nobel laureate is frozen out

January 5, 2026

Wall Street cheers the prospect of conflict in Venezuela and Greenland

Wall Street cheers the prospect of conflict in Venezuela and Greenland

January 5, 2026

Crude oil prices rise after Maduro ouster as Wall Street braces for a big week that will put the U.S. economy back on Trump’s radar

Crude oil prices rise after Maduro ouster as Wall Street braces for a big week that will put the U.S. economy back on Trump’s radar

January 5, 2026

OPEC+ sticks with plan to keep oil flow steady amid turmoil

OPEC+ sticks with plan to keep oil flow steady amid turmoil

By Grant Smith, Ben Bartenstein, Salma El Wardany, Nayla Razzouk, Fiona MacDonald and Bloomberg

January 4, 2026

What happens next in Venezuela? The regime’s foundation remains in place even after U.S. capture of Maduro, analyst says

What happens next in Venezuela? The regime’s foundation remains in place even after U.S. capture of Maduro, analyst says

January 3, 2026

Bhargava

You probably use the same password for 30 different websites. It’s time for a passkey.

By Rishi Bhargava

January 3, 2026

Cash machines in this former communist country issue euros for the first time after becoming the 21st member of the currency union

Cash machines in this former communist country issue euros for the first time after becoming the 21st member of the currency union

By The Associated Press

January 2, 2026

Trump

Farmers see a ‘Band-Aid on a deep wound’ as White House reveals the size of their soybean tariff bailout

By Josh Funk, Didi Tang and The Associated Press

January 2, 2026

trump

Trump retreats on tariffs again, now on furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities

By Michelle L. Price and The Associated Press

January 2, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump signs funding legislation to reopen the federal government as he is joined by House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Republican lawmakers and business leaders, during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on November 12, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Happy New Year! There’s now less than a month until the next potential government shutdown

By Eleanor Pringle

January 2, 2026

Photo: A member of the USA team cries during the medals ceremony following their loss against Canada to win the Silver in the Women's Gold Medal Hockey game at the Canada Hockey Place during the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada on February 25, 2010. Canada won 2-0 to win the gold.

U.S. stocks had a terrible year (relatively speaking)—you could have bet on Greece in 2025 and come out ahead

January 2, 2026

zohran

Mamdani vows to ‘govern as a democratic socialist’ for every construction worker, halal cart vendor and spice-wielding cook in New York City

By Anthony Izaguirre and The Associated Press

January 2, 2026

copper

Copper records biggest annual gain since 2009 on supply bets

December 31, 2025

gold, silver

Gold and silver stumble at the end of best year since the 1970s

By Yihui Xie, Jack Ryan and Bloomberg

December 31, 2025

dollar

Dollar set for worst year since 2017 with Fed drama center stage

By Anya Andrianova and Bloomberg

December 31, 2025

Trump

China buys two-thirds of pledged U.S. soybeans as 2025 closes

By Hallie Gu, Michael Hirtzer and Bloomberg

December 31, 2025

Xi touts China’s AI, chip wins in triumphant New Year’s speech

December 31, 2025

tariff

Trump’s TACO tariff parade: Here are all the times he talked a big game and didn’t back it up on trade

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press

December 31, 2025

MGI

The world is awash in wealth but starved for productivity—and that imbalance is distorting growth, debt, and opportunity. We need AI to come through

By Jan Mischke, Olivia White and Rebecca J. Anderson

December 31, 2025

worker

Erased: what 2025 revealed about America’s real economic risk

December 31, 2025

Trump

The ‘affordability crisis’ may force Trump to cut tariffs in 2026, veteran market watcher Ed Yardeni predicts

By Nick Lichtenberg

December 31, 2025

Eurostar

Travelers from London to Paris stranded as power problems, stuck train shut down Channel Tunnel

By Alex Turnbull, John Leicester and The Associated Press

December 30, 2025

Jerome Powell

Wages are actually growing faster than inflation. Here’s why you don’t believe it

By Sasha Rogelberg

December 30, 2025

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