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A man in a green ERO vest walks through an airport terminal.
ICE agents can make twice the salary of TSA employees—and economists warn their pay is more ‘shutdown proof’ than other government jobs

The starting salary for a TSA agent is $34,454, while most make between $46,000 and $55,000 per year.

By Sasha RogelbergMarch 24, 2026
Americans spend $146 billion and 11.6 billion hours doing their taxes, and most of it is just filling out paperwork
By Catherina GioinoMarch 24, 2026
Farmer standing in front a soybean farm
Soaring fertilizer prices could pressure a U.S. agricultural industry that supports 50 million jobs and over $10 trillion in output
By Tristan BoveMarch 24, 2026
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Senate closes in on deal to end Homeland Security shutdown—without funding ICE operations
By The Associated Press, Lisa Mascaro and Joey CappellettiMarch 24, 2026
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink
Billionaire Larry Fink says you’re wrong to think that AI stealing your job is the big problem—it’s really about what it’s doing for his class
By Tristan BoveMarch 24, 2026
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Kalshi and Polymarket rush to update their policies after realizing that Congress could destroy them
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressMarch 24, 2026
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NewslettersThe growing problem of ‘tech addiction’ spawns a new detox economy
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 25, 2026
America’s largest Medicaid insurer is making a move into building affordable housing, Centene CEO Sarah London announced at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in Dana Point, Calif., on Monday, May 20, 2024.
NewslettersThe youngest-ever female Fortune 500 CEO is reinventing the largest Medicaid insurer amid funding cuts and rising costs
By Diane BradyMarch 25, 2026
Personal FinanceToday’s top high-yield savings rates: Up to 5.00% on March 25, 2026
By Glen Luke FlanaganMarch 25, 2026
Personal FinanceTop CD rates today, March 25, 2026: Lock in up to up to 4.20%
By Glen Luke FlanaganMarch 25, 2026
NewslettersAI plot twist: Why did OpenAI kill its Sora video star?
By Alexei OreskovicMarch 25, 2026
retirement
CommentaryOur retirement system gets a C-plus; policymakers have an opportunity to make it A grade
By Chris MahoneyMarch 25, 2026
America’s Most Innovative Companies
By FortuneMarch 25, 2026
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EconomyGoldman raises recession odds to 30% on higher inflation, lower GDP outlook as oil prices surge
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 25, 2026
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Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
InnovationPeter Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to Rome — and Italian politicians are calling his ideas ‘scandalous’
By Tristan BoveMarch 16, 2026
President Donald Trump at the White House
EconomyThe energy crisis isn’t recessionary yet, but there’s a scenario where oil prices could bring the US economy to a ‘standstill,’ Oxford Economics says
By Tristan BoveMarch 16, 2026
"Sinners" director Ryan Coogler wins Oscar
SuccessRyan Coogler was $200K in student debt and ‘making no money’ while filming ‘Creed’—now, his $365 million success ‘Sinners’ took home four Oscars
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2026
Police tape outside of a funeral parlor
LawColorado funeral home co-owner who hid nearly 200 bodies and gave families fake ashes seeks leniency at sentencing
By The Associated Press and Colleen SlevinMarch 16, 2026
Sen. Cory Booker
PoliticsRepublicans go quiet as the U.S.-Iran war enters its third week: Senate Dems
By The Associated Press and Stephen GrovesMarch 16, 2026
Young worker fixing parts of a car
SuccessDespite fears of drivers losing their jobs to robotaxis, Waymo’s boss says the company will still need humans to fill technician and operator roles
By Emma BurleighMarch 16, 2026
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EnvironmentThe ocean was once 10 times quieter. A 1949 whale recording proves it
By The Associated Press and Patrick WhittleMarch 16, 2026
hoppers
Arts & EntertainmentPixar original ‘Hoppers’ holds onto the No. 1 box office spot, raking in $28.5 million in its second weekend
By The Associated Press and Jake CoyleMarch 16, 2026
agave production
EnvironmentAmerica’s drinking habits are destroying Mexico’s environment: ‘It will take a long time for the ecosystem to recover’
By The Associated Press and Claudia RoselMarch 16, 2026
President Donald Trump, his mouth agape on Air Force One.
PoliticsTrump Administration races to rebuild tariff revenue after Supreme Court setback
By The Associated Press and Christopher RugaberMarch 16, 2026
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Arts & Entertainment‘I wrote this movie for my kids to say sorry for the housekeeping mess that we left in this world’: Oscars hint at politics
By Jake Coyle and The Associated PressMarch 16, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC
EconomyThis week is Jerome Powell’s penultimate meeting as chairman of the Fed—don’t expect him to drop Wall Street many hints
By Eleanor PringleMarch 16, 2026
PoliticsTop airline CEOs plead with Congress to restore DHS funding and pay airport workers. ‘Once again, air travel is the political football’
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressMarch 15, 2026
CommentaryThe closed Strait of Hormuz is testing Asia’s energy security. The answer lies across the Pacific—in Canada
By Barrett BingleyMarch 15, 2026
Workplace CultureSheryl Sandberg says Silicon Valley’s hypermasculine rhetoric is ‘terrible’—contributing to ‘one of the worst’ corporate climates she’s ever seen
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 15, 2026
PoliticsAfter 93 years and a 25-hour filibuster, Washington finally has an income tax, and billionaires are already packing their bags
By Catherina GioinoMarch 15, 2026
Future of WorkNot one Best Picture Oscar nominee was made in Hollywood this year—a sign of an industry in crisis
By Geoff ColvinMarch 15, 2026
Women enjoying the view of the mountains at Zion
EconomyGetting Americans outside added 5 million jobs and $1.3 trillion to the economy in 2024, before staffing and budget cuts came for national parks
By Tristan BoveMarch 15, 2026
Nicole Bernard Dawes, the founder of Late July and Nixie
SuccessThe founder of $100M brand Late July and Nixie started selling $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from the founder of Cape Cod chips—her dad
By Emma BurleighMarch 15, 2026
President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S. Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Declan J. Coady at Dover Air Force Base on March 07, 2026 in Dover, Delaware.
Middle EastThe war with Iran has defense experts wondering if Khamenei will attempt to activate sleeper cells on U.S. soil
By Eleanor PringleMarch 15, 2026
1970s car waiting for gas during the gas crisis of the 1970s.
Middle EastSo, what happens during a gas crisis, anyway? Your older relatives have a reason to bring up what could come next
By Catherina GioinoMarch 15, 2026
LawFCC’s Carr threatens TV broadcast licenses over news coverage
By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and BloombergMarch 14, 2026
Middle EastCrew of fatal U.S. military crash included Ohio Air National Guard members and a pilot with three small children
By David A. Lieb, Mark Scolforo, Julie Walker and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2026
PoliticsAn effort similar to the SAVE Act was tried once, but was blocked by courts when over 30,000 eligible citizens were prevented from registering to vote
By Julie Carr Smyth and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2026
Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital
SuccessBillionaire Bill Ackman says he doesn’t like ‘wasting money’—he’ll even drive elsewhere for cheaper garages, despite once owning a parking company
By Emma BurleighMarch 14, 2026
PoliticsU.S. faces elevated terrorism threats amid cuts at FBI and DOJ. ‘So much experience has been decimated from the ranks’
By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2026
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LawHow Alfred the service dog changes the rights of Lyft riders nationwide
By Steve Karnowski and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2026
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North AmericaWhy the Chicago Bears could actually move to Indiana
By John O'Connor and The Associated PressMarch 14, 2026
Bill Gates attends the Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Annual Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on September 24, 2024 in New York City.
Law‘Playing with fire’: Jeffrey Epstein bankrolled Bill Gates reported ex-girlfriend for years—then asked to be repaid five months before he died
By Eva RoytburgMarch 14, 2026
Big TechBlackRock’s Larry Fink predicts AI bankruptcies: ‘That’s capitalism’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 13, 2026
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