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Travel guru Rick Steves is happy to pay more taxes

The travel icon and millionaire welcomed Washington’s new 9.9% income tax on earnings over $1 million.

By Catherina GioinoApril 3, 2026
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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
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
Depressed worker feel tried after overwork and disappointed for his job or being fired.
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
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
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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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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Artemis II’s moonbound astronauts capture Earth’s brilliant blue beauty as they travel more than 110,000 miles from home
InnovationArtemis II’s moonbound astronauts capture Earth’s brilliant blue beauty as they travel more than 110,000 miles from home
By Marcia Dunn and The Associated PressApril 3, 2026
Checking a bag on United Airlines now costs $10 more as Iran war sends jet fuel costs up nearly 100% in major hubs
Travel & LeisureChecking a bag on United Airlines now costs $10 more as Iran war sends jet fuel costs up nearly 100% in major hubs
By Rio Yamat and The Associated PressApril 3, 2026
At least one crew member still missing after Iran shoots down 2 U.S. aircraft while Trump says ‘it’s war’
PoliticsAt least one crew member still missing after Iran shoots down 2 U.S. aircraft while Trump says ‘it’s war’
By Sam Mednick, Konstantin Toropin, Seung Min Kim and The Associated PressApril 3, 2026
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CybersecurityInternet Watch Foundation finds 260-fold increase in AI-generated CSAM in just one year, and ‘it’s the tip of the iceberg’
By Catherina GioinoApril 3, 2026
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Health6 Best Vitamins to Boost Energy (2026): Top Recommendations From Experts
By Emily PharesApril 3, 2026
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HealthWhat Is NMN: Everything You Need to Know From Experts
By Katherine Van DisApril 3, 2026
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Personal FinanceBest certificates of deposit (CDs) for April 2026
By Glen Luke FlanaganApril 3, 2026
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By Emily PharesApril 3, 2026
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EconomyGen Z and young millennials are the only ones feeling good about the economy. Everyone else is worrying about trade and inflation
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 25, 2026
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    North AmericaMexico’s latest cartel violence prompts fears of ‘narcoterrorism’ in replay 1990s Colombia
    By María Verza and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
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AIMore than half of teens are using AI for schoolwork—and many parents don’t know it
By Jake AngeloFebruary 25, 2026
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InvestingHome Depot CEO says with the housing market stalemate, ‘our customers are telling us that they’re not investing’
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 25, 2026
Some Waymo riders are so lazy that gig workers are getting paid $24 to close the door for them
InnovationSome Waymo riders are so lazy that gig workers are getting paid $24 to close the door for them
By Catherina GioinoFebruary 25, 2026
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EconomyTrump vows, ‘We will always protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid,’ but his signature tax cuts shortened their life span
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 24, 2026
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Personal Finance‘Trump Accounts’ for kids: Which American children are eligible for the investment program Michael Dell poured $6.25 billion into?
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 24, 2026
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    InnovationSelf-driving taxis hit London, a city with such complex streets that it has a ‘Knowledge’ test that takes cabbies years to pass
    By Kelvin Chan and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
Trump celebrates 2.4 million Americans ‘lifted’ off SNAP benefits after his tax-cut law slashed funding and tightened work requirements
PoliticsTrump celebrates 2.4 million Americans ‘lifted’ off SNAP benefits after his tax-cut law slashed funding and tightened work requirements
By Jason MaFebruary 24, 2026
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InvestingThe AI love-hate trade roars as Meta-AMD $100 billion deal cheers traders’ spirits after doom spiral
By Stan Choe and The Associated PressFebruary 24, 2026
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CommentaryTrump is set to throw another tariff tantrum at the state of the union. Economists know better
By Steve H. HankeFebruary 24, 2026
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Economy‘The state of our union is more indebted than ever’: Budget watchdog continues war of words with Trump White House
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 24, 2026
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EconomyPeople are getting fake news on their phones and that’s increasing the risk of a market crash
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 24, 2026
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    Economy‘A deal is a deal’: EU demands Trump stand by his word amid ‘pure tariff chaos’ after Supreme Court ruling
    By The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
Moody's Mark Zandi pictured during a Senate hearing.
EconomyTop economist says stock market has gotten ‘increasingly disconnected from the economy’
By Tristan BoveFebruary 24, 2026
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SuccessNearly half of companies are turning to poor ‘peanut butter’ raises—following the same pattern of the 2008 recession, an expert says. And it could take years to recover
By Emma BurleighFebruary 24, 2026
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AIAnthropic claims 3 Chinese companies ripped it off, using its AI tools to train their models: ‘How the turn tables’
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 24, 2026
JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon
EconomyJamie Dimon’s got some advice for investors riding high on asset prices: ‘Take a deep breath and watch out’
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 24, 2026
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BankingWith his tariff plan in tatters, Trump vows ‘to do absolutely terrible things to foreign countries … in a much more powerful and obnoxious way’ 
By Jim EdwardsFebruary 24, 2026
U.S. debt concerns weigh on Trump’s plan to supersize the Pentagon’s budget to $1.5 trillion, highlighting this law about great-power status
EconomyU.S. debt concerns weigh on Trump’s plan to supersize the Pentagon’s budget to $1.5 trillion, highlighting this law about great-power status
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
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North AmericaHow Mexico took down ‘El Mencho’: tracking a girlfriend and some crucial help from U.S. intelligence
By María Verza and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
Waller speaks and points with a microphone in his hand.
EconomyBelow zero: Fed governor wouldn’t be surprised at negative job growth number
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
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CommentaryTrump’s tariffs: a lesson in economic and legal ignorance
By Steve H. HankeFebruary 23, 2026
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EconomyIn less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Economy‘Maya MacGuineas should be ashamed’: Scott Bessent launches war of words with the nonpartisan think tank that agrees with Trump on tariffs
By Tristan BoveFebruary 23, 2026
Scott Bessent sits during a testimony with both hands raised beside him.
EconomyGoldman Sachs says U.S. consumers are stuck with higher prices even after Supreme Court ruling opens door to $180 billion in tariff refunds
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 23, 2026
A convoy of National Guard vehicles in Mexico City
EconomyDrug use is on the rise as U.S. spending on the War on Drugs tops $1 trillion and cartel leaders drive violent eruptions in Mexico
By Tristan BoveFebruary 23, 2026
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InvestingMorgan Stanley hails rare ‘reindustrialization renaissance’ of AI economy—but it’s better for computers than humans
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
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EconomyTrump has already hit peak tariff, Morgan Stanley says. His new 15% levy might not even be legal
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
Photo: Inside a data center.
AIWithout AI spending, U.S. corporate investment in equipment would be negative, a decline that’s ‘worryingly broad-based,’ Pantheon analyst says 
By Jim EdwardsFebruary 23, 2026
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InvestingThe stock market bubble will burst in 2027, and the current rotation is a ‘warning of trouble ahead,’ Capital Economics says
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
The record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns 
EconomyThe record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns 
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
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AI‘Ghost GDP,’ a white-collar recession, and the death of friction: Substack’s top finance writer warns of the 2028 AI crisis nobody sees coming
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
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