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InvestingHome Depot CEO says with the housing market stalemate, ‘our customers are telling us that they’re not investing’
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 25, 2026
EconomyA two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, study says. ‘It’s easy to see why birth rates are falling’
By Jason MaFebruary 22, 2026
EnergyVoter fury and the American energy ‘paradox’: Higher utility bills, record oil and gas production—and 45% of the world’s data centers
By Catherina GioinoFebruary 20, 2026
Arts & EntertainmentMark Cuban slams the NBA for focusing on tanking and ignoring the real issue for fans: ‘It should worry more about pricing fans out of games’
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 18, 2026
PoliticsPoliticians scramble on data centers after putting their voters on the hook for Big Tech’s job-killing AI efforts
By Marc Levy and The Associated PressFebruary 13, 2026
EconomyTrump’s tariffs cancel out what he claims is ‘the largest tax cut in American history’: The average person will lose $300 even after refunds
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 12, 2026
PoliticsPeople really did have a kind of millennial optimism in 2016, Gallup finds, as hopes for the future fade
By Linley Sanders and The Associated PressFebruary 10, 2026
CommentaryThe economy isn’t K-shaped. For 87 million, people, it’s desperate and for another 46 million it’s elite
By Josh TanenbaumFebruary 10, 2026
North AmericaClassrooms close as San Francisco teachers launch first public school strike in nearly 50 years
By The Associated PressFebruary 9, 2026
EconomyTop analyst: Trump’s economy marked by ‘soggy consumption, weak job gains and a sour public mood’
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 9, 2026
CommentaryAmerica marks its 250th birthday with a fading dream—the first time that younger generations will make less than their parents
By Mark Robert Rank and The ConversationFebruary 8, 2026
PoliticsAs Republicans slash $1 trillion out of Medicaid, Democrats see ‘a banger of an issue’ to campaign on
By Ali Swenson, Jeff Amy and The Associated PressFebruary 7, 2026
Big TechNetflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos argues its Warner Bros. deal won’t hurt consumers. If so, they can cancel with one click
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezFebruary 6, 2026
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