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Investing
Do New Tariff Cut Offers Validate Trump’s Approach on Trade?
Colin Grabow As President Donald Trump threatens so-called “reciprocal tariffs” on US trading partners, some countries are offering lower duties…
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If Student Loans Are Removed From the Department of Education, Where Should They Go?
Andrew Gillen As momentum for closing the US Department of Education gains steam, questions about the transition are starting to…
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Investing
End Federal School Food Programs
Chris Edwards President Trump is moving to shut down the federal Department of Education. Congress will need to make any…
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Economy
MCP: The new “USB-C for AI” that’s bringing fierce rivals together
What does it take to get OpenAI and Anthropic—two competitors in the AI assistant market—to get along? Despite a fundamental…
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Investing
Fed’s IOR Gamble Results in Second Straight Year of Operating Losses
Jai Kedia The Fed’s audited financial statements for 2024 show that it suffered operating losses of $77.6 billion. That’s on the…
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Economy
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s…
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Economy
Scientists are storing light we cannot see in formats meant for human eyes
Imagine working with special cameras that capture light your eyes can’t even see—ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn, infrared heat signatures…
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Economy
Oracle has reportedly suffered 2 separate breaches exposing thousands of customers‘ PII
Oracle isn’t commenting on recent reports that it has experienced two separate data breaches that have exposed sensitive personal information…
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Investing
Trump’s Automotive Tariffs Will Hurt American Consumers and Producers
Scott Lincicome and Tad DeHaven President Donald Trump’s decision this week to implement a “permanent” 25 percent tariff on imported…
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Investing
Immigration Benefits the Destination Country
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter Debates about immigration often emphasize the alleged harms. President Trump, for example, has claimed that…
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