The ‘FIFA 15’ is American culinary diplomacy in action
The world came to America for soccer and discovered ranch dressing. As the FIFA World Cup has drawn hundreds of thousands of international fans to host cities across the U.S.,…
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Yes, Europe’s heat waves are deadlier than American gun violence
You’ve probably seen it by now. A chart, passed around on social media with the kind of grim satisfaction that only statistics can produce: more Europeans die each year from…
Mamdani lives up to campaign promise, freezing rent for about 1 million New Yorkers
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani barreled into City Hall vowing to tackle the city’s notoriously high cost of living, partly by fulfilling a campaign promise repeated with almost monomaniacal…
In deep‑red Idaho, even Republicans break with Trump on farm labor
Under the second Trump administration, the United States has seen mass deportations and a sharp escalation in immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security says the crackdown pushed nearly 3…
Everyone agrees that you hate AI, but only Mark Cuban sees why Silicon Valley is powerless to fix it
On Thursday afternoon, Mark Cuban posted what amounted to an unsolicited intervention for the AI industry. “It’s time for everyone to realize that the fight against data centers has nothing…
Alan Greenspan said 3 years with Gerald Ford beat 18 at the Fed. His death at 100 raises the question: was he right?
Alan Greenspan, who died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 100, is best remembered for his 18 years at the helm of the Federal Reserve. What many people…
Ray Dalio says the U.S. just had its ‘Suez moment’—and history says what comes next could end an empire
“Watch out for allies and creditors losing confidence, the loss of its reserve currency status, the selling of its debt assets, and the weakening of its currency, especially relative to…
Meet Micron, the under-the-radar chipmaker that just reported a 346% sales surge and helped stop a global AI selloff
Micron may not be a household name but it may just be among the most important tech companies in the AI era, and definitely one with a surprising backstory. On…
Washington gutted the office that manages your student loans. Next week, it has to reinvent them
Next week, how Americans fund higher education will change forever. On July 1, sweeping changes to student loan borrowing will take effect, setting lifetime caps on previously unlimited loans and…
Bill Ackman, David Tepper, and other billionaire fund managers are quietly piling into Amazon
A murderer’s row of hedge fund managers agree on one investment move: Amazon is a bargain megacap stock in the artificial intelligence trade that looks expensive. During the most recent…