Bitcoin closes in on $100,000 in surprise surge
New Year, new hope for Bitcoin. After several months of sputtering, Bitcoin is back on the rise. On Wednesday, the original cryptocurrency surpassed $97,000 for the first time in two…
January 2026
Rural America is getting a bailout, but not from Trumpâbillionaires are riding to the rescue
Rural America is getting a bailout. Billionaires are increasingly stepping in to plug gaps in services, education, and opportunity that many small towns say have been ignored for years. While…
Americans have been quietly plundering Greenland for over 100 years, since a Navy officer chipped fragments off the Cape York iron meteorite
President Donald Trumpâs insistence that the U.S. will acquire Greenland âwhether they like it or notâ is just the latest chapter in a codependent and often complicated relationship between America…
Why a college degree is still worthwhileâand the 3 things it can teach you that AI canât do
College is expensive, and a growing number of skeptics have questioned its value proposition. Palantir CEO Alex Karp has said it doesnât really matter where his employees went to college,…
Meld raises $7 million to integrate stablecoin networks, build the âVisa for cryptoâ
When a company wants to pay its employees in different countries using stablecoins, it encounters a roadblock: many countries use different stablecoin service providers: there is Yellow Card in South…
Courts keep telling Trump that he canât cut funding for âsanctuary cities,â but now heâs going to try to cut states off, too
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting his administrationâs immigration policies, expanding on…
49-year-old former CEO of camp for sick kids charged with embezzling over $50 million from Paul Newman-founded nonprofit
The former CEO of a camp for kids with serious medical conditions has been been charged with 15 felonies after prosecutors said he embezzled more than $5 million over seven…
Jamie Dimon warns $38 trillion national debt is going to âbiteâ: âYou canât just keep borrowing money endlesslyâ
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon had a dose of reality for analysts and investors tuning into his companyâs earnings call this week: At some point, governments around the globe are…
The Philippines, ASEANâs new chair, starts 2026 on a âweaker footingâ after trade tensions and a $2 billion corruption scandal
The Philippines is on a âweaker footingâ heading into 2026, thanks to corruption scandals and a complicated trade environment, testing President Ferdinand âBongbongâ Marcos Jr. as he assumes the chairmanship…
What Appleâs AI deal with Google means for the two tech giants, and for $500 billion âupstartâ OpenAI
Apple and Googleâs surprise AI partnership announcement on Monday sent shockwaves across the tech industry (and lifted Googleâs market cap above $4 trillion). The two tech giantsâ deal to infuse…