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Trump just raised the $39 trillion national debt with the largest budget hike since World War II—and nobody can figure out how to pay for it

“MAGA was told an untruth by Trump—no foreign wars, no adventurism,” Steve Hanke told Fortune. “This is a massive militarization.”

By Nick LichtenbergApril 3, 2026
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MIT created duplicate AI workers to tackle thousands of different tasks. The verdict? Most of the time AI is still just ‘minimally sufficient’
By Tristan BoveApril 3, 2026
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Jamie Dimon says the U.S. was right to go to war with Iran: ‘Why the Western world put up with all these proxy wars for 45 years is kind of beyond me’
By Tristan BoveApril 3, 2026
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Only one U.S. university ranks in the world’s top 10 in STEM. Pfizer’s CEO is calling for change
By Preston ForeApril 3, 2026
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Bernie Sanders calls out Bezos, Musk, Bloomberg, and Buffett in billionaire tax push: ‘The richest people in America have never ever had it so good’
By Catherina GioinoApril 3, 2026
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The jobs report looks good ‘for the wrong reasons,’ top economist warns: It’s hiding how many Americans are giving up
By Eva RoytburgApril 3, 2026
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AIThe AI kill switch just got harder to find: LLM-powered chatbots will defy orders and deceive users if asked to delete another model, study finds
By Sasha RogelbergApril 3, 2026
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Middle East23,000 canceled flights and debris raining on Dubai hotels: The Iran war is jeopardizing the $12 trillion global travel industry
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 6, 2026
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    PoliticsThe hottest ticket in Dubai is a $200,000 spot on a private jet out of town
    By Simina Mistreanu, Stefanie Dazio and The Associated PressMarch 4, 2026
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Middle EastThe Iran conflict will be the ’straw that breaks the camel’s back’ for the U.S. economy if it goes on much longer, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman warns
By Tristan BoveMarch 6, 2026
Economist Eswar Prasad warns a ‘motley group’ of middle powers can’t stop the ‘doom loop’ threatening the global economy
AsiaEconomist Eswar Prasad warns a ‘motley group’ of middle powers can’t stop the ‘doom loop’ threatening the global economy
By Nicholas GordonMarch 6, 2026
Trump will take ‘any assistance from any country’ including asking Zelenskyy and Ukraine for help on countering Iran’s Shahed drones
PoliticsTrump will take ‘any assistance from any country’ including asking Zelenskyy and Ukraine for help on countering Iran’s Shahed drones
By The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
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AsiaChina just set its lowest economic growth target since 1991
By Ken Moritsugu, Chan Ho-Him and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
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EnergyTrump has been pushing India to stop buying Russian oil, but he just cut off their massive supply from Iran
By Anton L. Delgado, Aniruddha Ghosal and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
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    By Sasha RogelbergMarch 4, 2026
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EconomyDow drops 1,000 as oil spikes on Trump’s Middle Eastern regime change adventure
By Stan Choe and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
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LawAlmost every Democratic AG just sued Trump over tariff refunds, demanding money back now
By Lindsay Whitehurst, Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
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EconomyTrump touts tariffs as a budget fix. But the brutal truth is ‘they’re very weak’ and barely dent the $39 trillion national debt
By Jake AngeloMarch 5, 2026
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EconomyFed survey reveals Trump’s tariff gut punch to the backbone of the U.S. economy: small business
By Tristan BoveMarch 5, 2026
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SuccessEven most six-figure earners say buying a house is unattainable—half of Americans can’t afford to dine out or vacation in a cost of living crisis
By Emma BurleighMarch 5, 2026
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    By Tony LoSassoMarch 4, 2026
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EconomyTrump’s loss of $1.7 trillion in tariff revenue will send the national debt to $58 trillion by 2036, think tank projects
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 5, 2026
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Asia faces an energy shock from the Iran war and a closed Strait of Hormuz, as governments halt exports and draw down stockpiles
EnergyAsia faces an energy shock from the Iran war and a closed Strait of Hormuz, as governments halt exports and draw down stockpiles
By Angelica AngMarch 5, 2026
Gen Z women are the new face of unemployment—and it’s not because they’re too choosy: Low grades and bad health are to blame for these NEETs, new research warns
SuccessGen Z women are the new face of unemployment—and it’s not because they’re too choosy: Low grades and bad health are to blame for these NEETs, new research warns
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 5, 2026
Photo: Volunteers stand amid the debris of destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on March 5, 2026. Israel launched on March 5 a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, which stepped up its attacks on Gulf nations Qatar and Bahrain, as the Middle East war spread throughout the region and beyond. (Photo by Mouhammad al-ZANATY / AFP)
PoliticsIn the Iran war, it’s not the oil that’s important—it’s the water
By Jim EdwardsMarch 5, 2026
U.S. President Donald J. Trump sits at a table monitoring military operations during Operation Epic Fury against Iran, with U.S. flags visible behind him, in Washington, United States, on March 02, 2026.
EconomyA shiny new Fed chair will be keen to start with an interest rate cut—but the bank is growing more hawkish due to Iran
By Eleanor PringleMarch 5, 2026
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Future of Work‘The ideal number of human employees inside of any company is zero’: Why AI gives company owners what they think they want
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 5, 2026
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EconomyVinod Khosla thinks future presidential candidates should run on removing income tax for those making less than $100,000
By Catherina GioinoMarch 5, 2026
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EconomyAmerican consumers are the ultimate losers in the ‘immense mess’ that is the $175 billion tariff refund, says Trump’s former commerce secretary
By Eleanor PringleMarch 5, 2026
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By George VradenburgMarch 5, 2026
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By Sam Klebanov and Morning BrewMarch 4, 2026
Target is over being ‘an everything store,’ CEO says. It’s doubling down on baby items and groceries—and investing $1 billion in its supply chain
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By Molly Liebergall and Morning BrewMarch 4, 2026
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Future of WorkTop AI economist who found ‘significant and disproportionate impact’ on entry-level jobs finds link between robots and minimum wage hikes
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 4, 2026
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EconomyThis ‘retirement nerd’ at the uber-liberal New School teamed with Trump’s economy guru to reinvent the 401(k)
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 4, 2026
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EconomyTrump’s $175 billion illegal tariff revenue is now accruing interest, and refund delays could be costing American taxpayers $700 million a month
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 4, 2026
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Middle EastDespite a $200 billion price tag, Trump admits the Iran war could just swap one bad leader for another
By Tristan BoveMarch 4, 2026
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SuccessThe average American teacher makes $72,000, but one in three are so broke they’re taking on side hustles like Uber driving
By Preston ForeMarch 4, 2026
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By Nick LichtenbergMarch 4, 2026
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EuropeTrump’s fury at Spain has him working to figure out how to wage a trade war even though it’s part of the EU
By Suman Naishadham, Joseph Wilson and The Associated PressMarch 4, 2026
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