Trump’s plan B to impose new tariffs is also illegal as a balance-of-payments deficit doesn’t exist, trade experts say
Just hours after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs on Friday, he signed an order to...
U.S. blockade of Cuba’s oil supply is not only crippling the island’s economy but also threatening ‘basic human safety,’ minister says
Cuba’s debilitated health care system has been pushed to the brink of collapse by the U.S. blockading the country’s oil...
With tariff refunds headed for a long legal fight, trade lawyer warns the ‘government is well-positioned to make this as difficult as possible’
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s biggest and boldest tariffs. But the justices left a $133 billion question...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Bill Gates told him his big bet on OpenAI would be a flop: ‘Yeah, you’re going to burn this billion dollars’
OpenAI is now the world’s most valuable private company, but when Microsoft originally invested $1 billion in the startup in...
At least 20 communities with large warehouses are stealth targets for massive ICE detention centers. ‘There was absolutely no warning’
In a Texas town at the edge of the Rio Grande and a tall metal border wall, rumors swirled that...
Trump says he will increase global tariffs to 15% from 10%
President Donald Trump said he will increase the global 10% tariff he announced one day ago to 15%, in reaction...
Hungary says it will block the EU’s $106 billion loan to Ukraine until Russian oil resumes flowing through a key pipeline that Moscow damaged
Hungary will block a planned 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) European Union loan to Ukraine until the flow of Russian oil through the...
How fandom became culture’s power center — and a blueprint for Gen Z’s economic influence
Today, fandom functions as a co-creative, identity-shaping system where fans play a meaningful role in the evolution of both the IP they...
‘I have a chip on my shoulder.’ Phoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup Phia to succeed with ‘no ties to my privilege or my last name’
Phoebe Gates wants to build her AI shopping company while keeping one thing out of her pitch deck: her last...
If the recent AI and crypto shocks upset you, you’re tracking the wrong cycle
In the early hours of February 5, 2026, Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 4.6, sending shockwaves from Silicon Valley to Manhattan....
Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich
Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they helped...
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents
In 2002, Maine became the first state to implement a statewide laptop program to some grade levels. Then-Governor Angus King...
New CBO report shows national debt spiraling into uncharted territory by 2035—and Trump’s tariff defeat will make the picture even worse
Plenty of observers already had doubts that, as Donald Trump put it on President’s Day, the U.S. has entered a...
Trump team livid about Dario Amodei’s principled stand to keep the Defense Department from using his AI tools for warlike purposes
Anthropic’s $200 million contract with the Department of Defense is up in the air after Anthropic reportedly raised concerns about...
Jerome Powell knows the Fed’s balance sheet got too big—Kevin Warsh has a plan, he just has to sell it without freaking out the markets
Jerome Powell has been a friendly neighbourhood Fed Chairman to the White House, despite the criticism and insults President Trump...
