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Single Gen Z women are destroying their male counterparts when it comes to buying their first house

The National Association of Realtors looked at the data and found Gen Z women are nearly twice as together when it comes to homebuying.

By Alex Veiga and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
Shaquille O'Neal
Despite a $500 million net worth, Shaq just finished his fourth degree. He warns graduates: ‘Your character will take you further than your resume’
By Preston ForeMay 20, 2026
Accenture exec says the consulting giant is hiring more entry-level workers out of college compared to last year
Accenture exec says the consulting giant is hiring more entry-level workers out of college compared to last year
By Emma BurleighMay 20, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a 'Rose Garden Club' dinner for National Police Week in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.
U.S. national debt officially hits $39 trillion—adding approximately $5 billion a day since October
By Eleanor PringleMay 20, 2026
microsoft
America’s new AI map shows something surprising: ‘A lot of normal people are adopting AI’
By Nick LichtenbergMay 20, 2026
soumaya
The definitive guide to trade wars just dropped. Its authors have one message for Washington: Study your enemy
By Nick LichtenbergMay 20, 2026
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PoliticsAnti-Trump Republicans are dead pols walking. Call them the ‘YOLO caucus’
By Steven Sloan, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
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North America56-year-old woman dies after stepping out of car and into open manhole in New York City
By Dave Collins, Julie Walker and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
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AISan Francisco thinks AI can save the whales. Here’s how
By Annika Hammerschlag and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
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Politics‘We will not be intimidated into silence’: George Soros foundation pledges $300 million toward democratic rights
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
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RetailTarget posts biggest jump in comparable sales in 4 years as turnaround takes shape
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
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AIThe sound of graduating from college in the AI summer of 2026: boo!
By Heather Hollingsworth, Jocelyn Gecker and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
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PoliticsTrump gets revenge on Epstein rebel Thomas Massie in Kentucky GOP primary
By Jesse Bedayn, Dylan Lovan and The Associated PressMay 20, 2026
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AI3 reasons kids hate AI—especially the ones who refuse to even try it
By Nick LichtenbergMay 20, 2026
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EconomyThe global economy has a month—eight weeks at most—to avoid a recession, warns top economist
By Eleanor PringleApril 30, 2026
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    EnergyOPEC shocker as UAE leaves oil cartel days after negotiating swap lines with Scott Bessent’s Treasury
    By Nick LichtenbergApril 28, 2026
Global investors are shrugging off Iran worries and returning to markets in Asia, the ‘backbone of the whole AI value chain’
AsiaGlobal investors are shrugging off Iran worries and returning to markets in Asia, the ‘backbone of the whole AI value chain’
By Angelica AngApril 30, 2026
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CommentaryThom Tillis: Free markets built American prosperity. Government intervention puts it at risk
By Thom Tillis and John StanfordApril 30, 2026
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CommentaryThe Strait of Hormuz is a data problem, not just a military one
By Erik Bethel and Ami DanielApril 30, 2026
Piles of U.S. one-dollar bills split into sections of various height
EconomyThe debt crisis Congress has been ignoring could cost the average U.S. household $18,000 a year, according to a Brookings analysis
By Shawn TullyApril 30, 2026
A broken grounded plane sits on the tarmac surrounded by machinery
North AmericaTrackers will be added to emergency vehicles at LaGuardia following deadly March collision
By Bruce Shipkowski and The Associated PressApril 29, 2026
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    PoliticsCalifornia is angry about billionaires: the one-time wealth tax will be on the ballot in November
    By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressApril 28, 2026
People wait in long lines at the airport.
PoliticsMore airport disruptions may be coming as White House warns pay for TSA workers will ‘soon run out’
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressApril 29, 2026
Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta
EconomyHilton’s CEO says the economy is actually C-shaped to the benefit of the middle class. Most of his competitors disagree
By Tristan BoveApril 29, 2026
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EconomyThe national debt fix would cost $827 billion—roughly what America spends on its entire military, economists warn
By Jake AngeloApril 29, 2026
A UPS employee pulls a cart full out packages.
EconomyFedEx and UPS are pledging to give their tariff refunds back to consumers, and the sum will likely top $5 billion
By Sasha RogelbergApril 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs during a hearing to "examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress" on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Powell says that the central bank will wait for clearer economic signals on the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs on the economy before cutting interest rates, despite pressure from the President and divisions among Fed officials. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
BankingJerome Powell defies Trump one last time, holding rates steady: ‘The facts have moved decisively in the hawkish direction,’ top economist says
By Eva RoytburgApril 29, 2026
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    CryptoTen years after Ethereum’s DAO disaster, it’s time to try again
    By Emin Gün SirerApril 28, 2026
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EuropeThe EU just blessed a car industry patent cartel—and the U.S. DOJ is fighting back
By Ike BrannonApril 29, 2026
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CommentaryAI won’t kill your job — it will kill the path to your first one
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Stephen Henriques, Johan Griesel, Andrew Alam-Nist and Peter YuApril 29, 2026
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CommentaryNo, tariffs are not strengthening the economy
By Alex DuranteApril 29, 2026
Nicolai Tangen, chief executive officer of Norges Bank Investment Management, left, and Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., at the Norges Bank Investment Management annual investment conference in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
EconomyJamie Dimon gets candid about national debt: ‘There will be a bond crisis, and then we’ll have to deal with it’
By Eleanor PringleApril 29, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sits at a cafeteria table with schoolchildren.
EconomyMore than two-thirds of U.S. schools say they’re unable to afford the cost of student free lunch—and MAHA’s dietary guidelines may make it worse
By Sasha RogelbergApril 29, 2026
AI
AIThe uncomfortable truth about AI and the American worker
By Nick LichtenbergApril 29, 2026
‘Take the money and run’: Johns Hopkins economist Steve Hanke on why the UAE quit OPEC
Energy‘Take the money and run’: Johns Hopkins economist Steve Hanke on why the UAE quit OPEC
By Shawn TullyApril 29, 2026
AWS CEO Matt Garman sees huge business opportunity for Amazon in AI-powered software: ‘Everything is going to be remade’
AIAWS CEO Matt Garman sees huge business opportunity for Amazon in AI-powered software: ‘Everything is going to be remade’
By Alexei OreskovicApril 29, 2026
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EconomyThe $39 trillion national debt just got its own version of the viral Doomsday essay
By Nick LichtenbergApril 28, 2026
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AIA 160-year-old paradox explains why AI will create more lawyers and accountants—not fewer, top economist says
By Jake AngeloApril 28, 2026
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AITech is in turmoil—but the rest of corporate America isn’t. One Silicon Valley CEO knows why
By Nick LichtenbergApril 28, 2026
GM expects $500 million in Trump’s tariff refunds—just a fraction of the $3.1 billion in tariffs it paid last year
EconomyGM expects $500 million in Trump’s tariff refunds—just a fraction of the $3.1 billion in tariffs it paid last year
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 28, 2026
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Retail‘Our fans have an obsession with beverages’: McDonald’s jumps on ‘dirty soda’ trend from TikTok and ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’
By Dee-Ann Durbin, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressApril 28, 2026
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio
EconomyRay Dalio says the U.S. is ‘certainly in a stagflationary period,’ and what the Fed does next could make or break the economy
By Tristan BoveApril 28, 2026
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EconomyU.S. consumer confidence inches up even as the Iran war sends energy prices soaring
By The Associated Press and Matt OttApril 28, 2026
Zelenskyy speaks into several microphones
PoliticsZelenskyy accuses Israel of ‘purchasing stolen goods’ when it imported Russian grain, and threatens sanctions
By The Associated PressApril 28, 2026
A driver pumps gasoline at a gas station in Brooklyn, New York, in March.
EnergyActivists call surging oil and gas profits ‘horrifying’ as energy giants post profits twice as high as 2025
By Tristan BoveApril 28, 2026
Janet Yellen on her legacy as the first woman to lead the Fed, Trump’s central bank clash, and Kevin Warsh’s tightrope
EconomyJanet Yellen on her legacy as the first woman to lead the Fed, Trump’s central bank clash, and Kevin Warsh’s tightrope
By Emma HinchliffeApril 28, 2026
Justin Trudeau wearing a suit
SuccessJustin Trudeau warns AI boom could create hundreds of trillionaires—and it will mean there’s something ‘fundamentally wrong with the world’
By Preston ForeApril 28, 2026
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By Preston ForeMay 19, 2026
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By Jake AngeloMay 12, 2026
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By Mike Householder and The Associated PressMay 17, 2026
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