The Future of the Democratic Party Runs Through Michigan
The path to the future of the Democratic Party — and to the White House in 2028 — may well run through Michigan. The state's upc...
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‘Skimpflation’ Could Be the Sneakiest Consumer Grift
From margarine to chocolate treats, some brands are swapping in cheaper ingredients to save money on their most beloved products. It's a tre...
Can We Trust Election Prediction Markets?
With the US midterms fast approaching, voters and the media are increasingly looking to a new forecasting tool: prediction markets. The lead...
How India’s Cockroach Party Became a Political Force
Weeks of student-led protests forced the resignation of India's education minister, in a rare public setback for Prime Minister Narendra Mod...
Trump Rebuilds His Tariff Wall, Brick by Brick
As President Trump paused strikes on Iran over the weekend, he ratcheted up pressure on another front: his renewed trade war. On Friday, the...
Weekend Listen: Can the US Actually Tax Billionaires?
As wealth becomes increasingly concentrated — and artificial intelligence threatens to shift even more income from workers to investor...
One Weird Trick to Get Your Credit Card Charge Reversed? Fraud.
American consumers disputed nearly 30% more credit card transactions in 2025 than they did just four years earlier. Some of those "chargebac...
Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Manufacture Medical Gloves
After the pandemic-era run on medical gloves, the US government set a plan in motion to reshore manufacturing. Roughly six years and almost...
The Trump Insiders Who Shaped Crypto Law
How did Tether — the largest stablecoin issuer in the world — go from fighting stablecoin regulation to supporting the Genius Ac...
Chasing the Ancient Stolen Statues of Cambodia
When a 1,000-year-old Cambodian statue came up for auction at Sotheby's in New York, it sparked off an investigation that uncovered one of t...
Polymarket and Kalshi Grapple With A New Class of Insider Trader
From celebrity wedding details to the timing of military strikes, prediction markets have opened the door to gambling on almost anything. Th...
Weekend Listen: Tucker Carlson on How Trump Failed America
Tucker Carlson was one of Donald Trump's most prominent allies when he campaigned for re-election and through his first year back in the Whi...
The Great American Fun Shortage
There's a historic mismatch between fun-supply and fun-demand in the US this summer. Americans are clamoring for places to relax and sociali...
Inflation Is Cooling. Why Are Americans Still Sweating?
A slate of new data this week painted a tepid but slightly optimistic picture of the US economy: Consumer prices declined in June for the fi...
All the President's Profits
President Donald Trump's 2025 financial disclosure showed earnings unlike anything Americans have seen from a sitting US president: $1.4 bil...
Xi Jinping Loves Soccer. Why Is China’s Team So Bad?
China's men's soccer team has qualified for the World Cup just once, despite millions in investment and a personal push from President Xi Ji...
The New Middle East Emerging From the War in Iran
The last few days have brought a flurry of developments in the Iran war. As armed hostilities between the US and Iran resumed over the weeke...
Weekend Listen: Is the world prepared for a 'super' El Niño?
The great famine of the 1870s killed 50 million people – and El Niño was a key driver. Another El Niño phase has just be...
The Grueling Economics of Tennis
Some of the world's top tennis players will face off at the Wimbledon finals this weekend. The players who make it to Centre Court have alre...
Trump is Protesting His Own Party
Maine Democrat Graham Platner's withdrawal from his US Senate race is ratcheting up an already intense run-up to the US midterm elections. A...