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Congress Passes Landmark Housing Bill That Bans Private Equity From Buying Single-Family Homes
Congress sent the largest housing affordability package in decades to President Trump’s desk on…
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Alan Greenspan, the ‘Maestro’ Who Made the Fed Chair the Most Powerful Job in Washington, Dies at 100
Alan Greenspan, the "Maestro" who ran the Federal Reserve for 18 years and made…
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Iran Closes the Strait of Hormuz Again, Three Days After Reopening It Under the Truce
Iran’s armed forces declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping on Saturday, reversing…
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Cuba Just Threw Out Its Own Playbook With 176 Free-Market Reforms
Cuba’s Communist Party approved the most sweeping economic overhaul in the island’s six-decade socialist…
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Beef Just Hit $9.64 a Pound, and America’s Summer Grilling Season Has a Problem
The average retail price for fresh beef reached a record $9.64 per pound in…
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Social Security Faces a 24% Benefit Cut by 2032, and No One in Washington Has a Plan
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget published a state-by-state analysis this week showing…
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Iran Ceasefire Expires With No Deal in Sight as Gas Prices and 6% Inflation Squeeze American Households
The Iran ceasefire expired Sunday with no deal in sight. Trump rejected Tehran's latest…
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Kevin Warsh Takes the Fed Today, and the Country’s Inflation Math Just Got Harder
Kevin Warsh walks into the Eccles Building on Thursday as Federal Reserve chair, sworn…
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Inflation Hits 3.8% as Iran War Drives Gas Prices to a Three-Year Peak
April 2026 CPI hit 3.8% annual, the highest since 2023, driven by a 28%…
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Spirit Airlines Shuts Down: Iran War Fuel Spike Kills First Major US Airline In 25 Years
Spirit Airlines ceased all operations on May 2, 2026, becoming the first major U.S.…
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New Iran Strike Option on the Table as Oil Hits $126 and Gas Prices Crush American Wallets
The Iran war is now squeezing the country from both ends: a $28 billion…
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UAE Leaves OPEC: What the Historic Exit Means for Oil Prices, the Iran War, and the Global Economy
The UAE announced its departure from OPEC after nearly 60 years, effective May 1,…
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Energy
EU Unveils ‘AccelerateEU’ Emergency Energy Plan as Hormuz Crisis Drains €22 Billion in 44 Days
Economy
Gates Foundation Epstein Investigation: Inside the Reckoning That Could Reshape Global Philanthropy
Business
The Fed Just Told You Everything You Need to Know About 2026: One Rate Cut, Higher Inflation, and an Oil War Nobody Can Price
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Scott Galloway’s Warning: The $10 Trillion Wipeout Nobody Is Pricing In
Economy
US Economy Sheds 92,000 Jobs in February, Sending Markets Into a Tailspin
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Trump Picks Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair: A Convenient Convert Who Got 2008 Completely Wrong
Markets
Stock Futures Slide as Canada Tariff Threats, Government Shutdown Odds Rattle Wall Street
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Trump Heads to Davos as Greenland Tariffs Threaten NATO Alliance Future
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Gold Smashes Record $4,600 as Trump’s Attack on Fed Independence Sends Investors Scrambling
Government
EU Agrees €90 Billion Ukraine Loan After Abandoning Bold Plan to Seize Frozen Russian Assets
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November CPI Report Delivers Surprise Relief: Inflation Falls to 2.7% Amid Post-Shutdown Data Chaos
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Could Become a Response to the US Debt Surge
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Fed Cuts Rates to Three-Year Low — And Steps Deeper Into a Political Minefield
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The Smartest Things to Invest in Before December Gets Loud
Education
America’s Admissions Meltdown: How Losing International Students Turns a Demographic Crisis Into a $481 Billion Problem
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WSJ Poll: Americans Doubt Trump’s Economic Plan as Anxiety Over Prices and Growth Persists
Economy
Federal Court Rules Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Illegal, Setting Up Supreme Court Showdown
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