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Exclusive: The doctors and education experts who studied AI’s impact on the young call for a 5-year moratorium in schools
The researchers, doctors, and child development experts have studied what generative AI does to developing brains. Their conclusion: it shouldn’t be anywhere near a classroom, and action needs to happen…
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Why no nation is truly ‘energy independent’ while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed
Marine traffic leaving the Middle East has again dropped from a trickle to barely a drip. This comes after a decision by the U.S. to blockade Iran’s ports in response…
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Oil prices may be falling, but for the wrong reason: a ‘demand destruction’ throttling global consumption, report finds
Oil prices are beginning to fall from their March peak, but policy experts warn sinking energy costs don’t necessarily mean the global economy has stabilized as the Iran war continues…
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Meet the Americans refusing to pay their taxes in protest of the Trump administration
Ed Hedemann hasn’t paid federal income taxes since 1970. The Brooklyn freelancer received a draft notice for Vietnam a year earlier and refused his induction because he didn’t believe in…
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Trump administration taps automakers to boost weapons production in WWII-style push
The Trump administration is turning to automakers and U.S. manufacturers to ramp up weapons production in a World War II-style push, a Pentagon official confirmed to FOX Business. “The Department…
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H&R Block wants to be more than a tax company. It wants to be your year-round financial advisor
Curtis Campbell knows exactly what kind of company people think H&R Block is. It is the place you go in late winter or early spring when your W-2s, 1099s, deductions,…
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The CEO of a $24 billion Dutch lender has sandwiches once a week with the staff to hear their views and get them on side with cost cuts
The $24 billion Dutch bank ABN Amro is cutting a fifth of its workforce over the next three years. So how is its CEO, Marguerite Bérard, rallying the troops? By…
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Trumpflation hits the World Cup: Fans face $80–$100 transit fares on top of $4,000-plus tickets
In an economy squeezed by tariffs, elevated fuel costs, and stubborn inflation, the FIFA World Cup was supposed to be America’s summer triumph. For millions of fans, it’s shaping up…
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Snapchat parent company cuts 1,000 jobs in major AI-driven workforce restructuring
Snap on Wednesday announced plans to lay off roughly 1,000 employees as the tech company adopts artificial intelligence (AI) and looks to streamline its operations. The parent company of Snapchat…
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Chili’s takes aim at McDonald’s with new value deal menu offerings
Chili’s is escalating its fight for value-focused diners, taking direct aim at McDonald’s with a new lineup of chicken sandwiches. The restaurant chain announced Tuesday it is expanding its lineup…
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Live Nation says ‘game is not over’ after jury finds company liable for ticketing monopoly
A federal jury in New York delivered a major blow to Live Nation Entertainment on Wednesday, finding the concert giant and its Ticketmaster subsidiary liable for monopolistic practices in the…
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LARRY KUDLOW: Let’s make April 15, Tax Day, a pro-growth tax cut day
Today is April 15, tax day, and it should be a day of celebration for nearly all taxpayers because of President Trump’s one, big, beautiful bill that was signed last…
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Average monthly mortgage payment hits new high, topping $2K for first time ever
Outstanding mortgage payments reached a new high at the end of last year when the typical mortgage holder’s monthly payment exceeded $2,000 for the first time. While the average monthly…
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Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh is worth more than $100 million and has stakes in SpaceX and Polymarket
Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick for the next Federal Reserve chair, is worth more than $100 million, according to a financial disclosure report released by the Office of Government Ethics…
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Teacher, blame thyself: Yale report savages Ivy League schools for destroying American trust in higher education
America’s colleges and universities are facing a crisis of legitimacy, and Yale University just issued one of the most candid institutional diagnoses yet of how they got here — and…
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Elizabeth Warren on her proposal to bring back IRS Direct File: ‘For just one day of bombing Iran, we could pay for 20 years’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has long been a vocal opponent of privatizing the tax filing system—ie, how things are now. When ProPublica completed an investigation in 2019 showing major tax giants…
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Donald and Leo is the latest power-versus-pope showdown stretching back 1,000 years
Alarm over the war of words between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has escalated with remarkable speed, from The New York Times to the Daily Beast and local…
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‘Robbing them blind, baby’: Live Nation and Ticketmaster are a monopoly, jury rules
A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over…
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Pause AI and Stop AI: Meet the anti-AI groups facing questions after the attack on Sam Altman
The attempted firebombing of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco home last Friday, allegedly carried out by 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, has drawn attention to two anti-AI groups with similar names:…
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From wool sneakers to GPUs: Allbirds’ desperate AI pivot and 600% stock surge, explained
Many companies, from Walmart to United Airlines, have been heavily touting their use of artificial intelligence to get some more love from Wall Street during this AI boom—and some have…
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FBI offers urgent guidance on securing home routers after disrupting Russian intelligence hacking network
Foreign hackers are looking to exploit vulnerabilities in Americans’ internet routers and the FBI is offering tips for securing your home or office routers after it announced actions it took…
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This CEO has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey to build an AI degree that could rival Harvard—and it will cost only $10,000 to attend
As millions of young people weigh what comes after high school—whether that’s a traditional college degree, a skilled trade program, or skipping higher education altogether—a new option will soon enter…
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Allbirds ditches sneaker business to pivot to AI compute, stock surges over 700%
Two weeks ago, Allbirds was a cautionary tale. The maker of the wool sneakers seemingly glued to the feet of every Patagonia-vested VC in 2019, once worth $4 billion, had…
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Starbucks wants you to ask ChatGPT about what coffee to get, right as America boils over with AI backlash vibes
Starbucks has a solution for unsure coffee lovers who face a truly dizzying amount of choice: Just let software make a selection for you. The Seattle-based chain is testing a…
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Iran and the U.S. live in 2 different worlds, law of the sea expert says—and both of those are different from most maritime law
The Strait of Hormuz exists in the eye of the beholder. While everyone agrees that, geographically speaking, it is a strait – a narrow sea passage connecting two places that…
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‘I am certain’: Harvard policy expert warns the true cost of the Iran war to U.S. taxpayers will exceed $1 trillion
Following the 2003 Iraq war, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected the U.S. had spent $500 billion in direct costs on the conflict, but economics and policy experts Joseph Stiglitz…
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WWE’s WrestleMania 41 generated historic economic numbers for Las Vegas, TKO Group says
WrestleMania 41 proved to be as impactful to Las Vegas as it was to the pro wrestling industry as fans who were in the city last year saw John Cena…
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Hochul tax plan targets high-end second homes amid revenue pressures
A new tax proposal targeting high-end second homes in New York City is drawing renewed attention to the growing financial pressures facing the state as leaders look for new revenue…
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Costco quietly rolls out new long-awaited product, triggering shopper excitement
Costco has rolled out a new milk product in select locations that lactose-intolerant customers say they had long been “waiting for Costco to put out,” marking a release that shoppers…
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Disney World revives ‘Ladies and gentlemen’ greeting after years of gender-neutral messages
A Disney World fan account shared video suggesting the Florida theme park has revived its famous “Ladies and gentlemen” greeting, after ditching such phrases for gender-neutral messages years ago. The…
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Walmart gives Great Value its first refresh in over a decade, spanning thousands of products
Walmart is giving one of its most recognizable brands a fresh look for the first time in more than a decade. The retail giant announced Wednesday that it is rolling…
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How a free tax filing system from the government went from 296,000 users to zero in just one year
This 2026 tax season is the first in which Americans can’t use Direct File, a short-lived IRS initiative intended to save 30 million Americans time and money they would have…
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5,000 infant car seats sold at Target, Walmart recalled due to injury risk
More than 5,000 Graco infant car seats sold through Target, Walmart and other major retailers are being recalled in the United States after the company and federal regulators warned of…
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Markets haven’t rallied this fast since COVID. Iran volatility is just another ‘notch on the belt’ for investors, says J.P. Morgan strategist
Markets are trading strongly this week on hopes the Iran war might soon be coming to an end. A fragile ceasefire has held despite peace talks collapsing, but President Trump…
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Trump says the Iran war is ‘very close to over’—despite no deal, a live blockade, and threats mounting
President Donald Trump told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo Wednesday that the U.S.-Iran war is “very close to being over”—even as negotiations haven’t restarted and the U.S. and Iranian naval forces…
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Tax refunds are bigger than ever this year, but residents of 5 states are cashing in the most
Americans are facing a midnight deadline to file their 2025 tax return, but the refunds that await the majority of taxpayers are larger on average than a year ago –…
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ADL warns Meta policy shift could hurt ad revenue as report notes rise in hateful, extremist content
Meta announced a rollback of its content moderation policies last year in a major shift from what it had done in the past. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is warning that…
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Bessent warns gas stations that Treasury Dept will keep them ‘honest’ after spike in prices
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a veiled warning to gas stations that jacked up the prices on consumers under the guise of global oil supply concerns: President Donald Trump will…
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The org chart isn’t ready: How AI exposed the hidden crisis inside the American corporation
Something is breaking inside the American corporation. Not the balance sheet, not the brand, not the technology stack — those are mostly fine. What’s breaking is harder to see on…
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News outlets like NYT and USA Today are blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to prevent AI training models from using their content
What some consider to be the digital library of Alexandria is in danger of losing valuable scrolls. Major media outlets are blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from saving web pages to…
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Trump threatens to fire Powell, blasts Fed leadership as ‘incompetent’
President Donald Trump unloaded on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday, threatening to fire him over his alleged “incompetence” if he fails to leave his position. “I’ve held back…
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Iran, U.S. close to agreeing cease-fire extension, officials say
Mediators moved closer Wednesday to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week. A senior Iranian military official…
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Snap to cut about 1,000 jobs, or 16% of its global workforce
The owner of social media platform Snapchat said Wednesday it’s eliminating about 16% of its global workforce, or about 1,000 jobs that will be culled in its latest round of…
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Hampshire College closes, the latest in a string of small schools to fold under demographic, financial pressure
Hampshire College, which includes award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced on Tuesday that it was closing later this year. The school’s Board of Trustees voted to close…
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Current price of oil as of April 15, 2026
At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, the price of oil sits at $96.83 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s a decrease of…
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Tax Day is here: Advice for last-minute filers racing against the clock
The tax filing deadline for 2025 tax returns is here, with taxpayers having until just before midnight on April 15 to file their returns or request an extension. Last-minute tax…
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Online response to the attack on Sam Altman’s house shows a generational divide
For years, the resistance to artificial intelligence looked manageable. There were academics writing open letters, Hollywood writers striking over contract language, and think-tank reports warning of job displacement. Tech executives…
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I was a government official in the 1990s and watched the economy get turned upside-down. It’s happening again
Today’s economy is being shaped by a range of competing forces: technological disruption, a rapidly globalizing marketplace, and a workforce caught in between — largely without a safety net designed for…
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A retired general’s warning: America can’t fight the AI arms race on tech it doesn’t control
The United States is entering a new phase of strategic competition—one where artificial intelligence is no longer an emerging capability, but a decisive element of military power. In this unfolding…
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Citi’s new CFO touts AI gains as bank posts record $24.6 billion revenue quarter: ‘This is not the spell-checker working better’
Good morning. Gonzalo Luchetti stepped into his first earnings spotlight as Citigroup’s chief financial officer on Tuesday, holding his debut media call ahead of the company’s Q1 2026 earnings. Citi…
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