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Trump threatens 50 percent New Year's Day tariffs on more Canadian goods
President Trump hit back at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, threatening to hit imported cars, trucks, auto parts...
Read moreCurrent price of oil as of Aug. 24, 2026
As of 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil sold for $94.12 per barrel (using Brent as the benchmark, which we’ll...
Read moreBessent doubles down on Trump warnings: 'Entering the endgame' on Iran
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday previewed the Trump administration’s economic offensive against Iran, set to begin Monday. Echoing President...
Read moreApple to launch $2,000-plus foldable ‘iPhone Ultra’ in early September: report
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Read moreFeral hogs are running wild in 35 states and the Senate is debating whether to triple funding
That program was active in selected counties in 10 hog-plagued states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma,...
Read moreNational debt interest expense has exploded 14% in just 9 months
If you thought last year’s national debt numbers were chilling, you haven’t seen anything yet. In the second week of...
Read moreTreasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’
With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the...
Read moreBurry says he sold Alibaba, calling it pricey before share sale
Michael Burry criticized Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares as overvalued and disclosed that he recently exited his position in the...
Read moreA sailor serving on the USS Lincoln found out his father was caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln...
Read moreJared Kushner has met with Iran as Trump’s envoy. Now he’s talking with the House Democratic leader
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and outside adviser Jared Kushner met privately recently in New York, a signal...
Read moreRussia is suffering from a slow-motion bank run as the Kremlin scavenges for war funding
A financial crisis that has long been predicted by Russia experts and Kremlin insiders appears to have finally arrived as...
Read moreAs Trump readies economic warfare against Iran, top official vows retaliation ‘in a seismic manner’
The new head of Iran’s top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country’s support for new U.S. economic...
Read moreIran warns Middle East neighbors against joining US 'economic war'
Iran has advised its neighbors in the Middle East against entering an "economic war" alongside the U.S., as the conflict...
Read moreIran war could last deep into 2027 as the Strait of Hormuz isn’t that closed, allowing more oil out
One of the hottest debates in the energy industry right now is how much oil is actually coming out of...
Read moreDuffy: Carney will 'come to the table' because tariffs will be 'devastating'
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to “come to the table” on...
Read moreEarth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times faster
The fossil record preserves this same fragmented leaf litter. Comparing the shapes of thousands of epidermal cells with the leaf...
Read morePence: 'Last thing' US economy needs is trade war with Canada
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday the trade war between the U.S. and Canada could damage the American economy....
Read moreMusk says taxing billionaires 100% barely dents the debt. Bernie says 5% puts $3,000 in your pocket
Taxing all 938 billionaires at 100% wouldn’t stop the $40 trillion national debt, says Elon Musk. Bernie Sanders says taxing...
Read moreTrump accuses Canada of wanting 'benefits of being a State, without being one' amid trade war
President Trump on Sunday claimed that Canada desires the “benefits of being a state, without being one” amid trade tensions...
Read moreMeet the Gen Z birders who transformed grandma’s hobby into an analog craze
Ian Bell was 15 the first time he went looking for birds in Central Park alone in 2021, waking most...
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