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President Donald Trump transforms traditional government shutdown approach by implementing permanent restructuring and federal workforce... Read More

Trump's budget chief, Russell Vought, is using creative accounting to make sure the president's priorities don't suffer during the shutdown. Read More

The Congressional Budget Office announced that the federal budget deficit for fiscal 2025 actually fell by $80 billion, or 4% compared to... Read More

Hey, boomers! Younger Americans would like a word. We’ve noticed that many of you are pretty upset about the state of the nation. And... Read More

Broke or living high on the assumption they won't marry right away?  Read More

"Having to get up and read in class when I couldn’t make sense of the words felt like a fate worse than death.” That’s how... Read More

President Trump believes his vow to halt outsourcing and turn America into a manufacturing superpower is a “promise kept.” But as... Read More

So you're thinking of relocating for retirement. You've probably done some research, perhaps checking out lists of the best and worst... Read More

Learn about the causes, symptoms and types of kidney stones, and discover effective prevention strategies. Find out when to seek medical... Read More

The president needs to follow his instincts. Read More

Geoffrey Hinton, the co-winner of the 2024 Nobel Physics Prize for helping the development of neural networks in the mid-1980s, appeared... Read More

You can still earn 4% in a money-market fund. That is an attractive yield for an investment that doesn’t have a fluctuating market... Read More

It’s only in recent history that freedom has come to mean having a huge array of choices in life. Did we take a wrong turn? Read More

Many people argue that democracy is incompatible with capitalism but they differ on whether democracy will kill capitalism or whether... Read More

US attempts to contain China technologically have failed and China now holds the upper hand. Read More

Fed plans to end Quantitative Tightening Read More

Should you sell some of your big winners from the April lows? Read More

After decades of saying that they needed the special government help–but also that they were cheaper and competitive (!)–the... Read More

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines. Read More

In the late 1990s, a surge in technology-fueled productivity enabled rapid growth, paired with subdued inflation, ample jobs, and low... Read More

The US manufacturing cycle is gaining traction.  Read More

Yield curves are steepening but inflation expectations haven't changed. Read More

These companies largely earn their competitive advantage from intangible assets and their stocks are great choices for an investor’s... Read More

There is still strong growth in data center construction, but the current growth rate at 30% is lower than the... Read More