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US President Donald Trump speaks during a "Rose Garden Club" dinner in honor of Police Week at the White House in Washington, DC.

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Social Security now poised for big ‘Trump Bump’ in the months ahead — here’s how much extra cash you’ll likely get

Social Security benefits are going up, but will the bump be enough to cover the massive cost-of-living increase retirees are suddenly dealing with?

Target CEO Michael Fiddelke.

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'Target went to hell' — and the man tasked with saving it started there as a summer intern 20 years ago

Layoffs, changes in leadership, growth promises — the new CEO has hit the ground running, winning over analysts. His forecasts are worth watching.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on It's Open with Ilana Glazer.

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AOC claims extreme wealth in America is ‘unearned’ — and says billionaires create myths to justify their fortunes

“You can abuse labor laws — you can pay people less than what they’re worth — but you can’t earn that.”

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Pokemon cards on display with their sale value next to them

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People are paying $5,000 for a pack of Pokemon cards at GameStop. For some, it's paying off big time

One pack contains a card worth $68,000, but your odds of getting it are ridiculously slim.

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A retiree says he'd have millions if he invested his Social Security in the S&P 500 — here's what he's missing

If you’ve ever questioned whether Social Security is actually worth it, there’s a few things that you might consider.

Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer of Digital Realty, looks at active servers in the Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) data center in Ashburn, Virginia.

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‘AI is going to gut white-collar employment’: What a ‘compute tax’ is and why the idea is now gaining traction

As fears grow over AI job losses, some economists want to tax AI computing power. Here’s how the tax would work and who’d be on the hook.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Military Mother's Day Event in the East Room of the White House.

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The White House warned staff not to abuse insider info. Then $1.7 billion changed hands 1 hour before an Iran war reveal

Well-timed oil bets that seemed to be able to predict the future started making headlines in March.

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists as he makes his way to board Marine One before departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC.

News May 12

Trump invited only 2 women executives on his first trip to China in nearly a decade — an increase from last time

The last time President Trump visited China, he took an even larger delegation, but didn’t invite a single woman.

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A close-up shot of a US marshal badget

News May 12

A Chicago man lost $69,000 — almost half his life savings — to a scammer with a fake AI-generated U.S. Marshal badge

The FBI warns AI-powered government impersonation scams are surging nationwide, with criminals cloning voices and images to steal millions from Americans.

University students sit in a lecture hall on their laptops

News May 12

Your kid's school data may have been hacked — here's how to protect your family

High schools and universities from across Australia, Canada and the United States have been hit by the extortion scheme.

Photo of White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett

News May 11

Hassett brags that credit card spending is 'through the roof' — as delinquencies climb and farm bankruptcies jump 46%

The blowback from Kevin Hassett’s interview came quickly, from political commentators to social media users. Is credit card spending really a sign of American prosperity and an improving jobs outlook?

A customer holds a Nintendo Switch 2 box.

News May 11

Switch 2 price goes up, Nintendo's share price goes down — and more trouble is coming to derail Big N's runaway success

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have all raised their console prices as AI companies drive up memory costs.

A photo of an older couple reviewing their finances together

News May 11

His wife waited 30 years for her pension — now he's not sure the company can pay it

David wonders if his wife, Linda, should take a lump sum while her questionable company still has the money — or whether his worries are outpacing any actual risk.

Passengers are evacuated by small boat from the MV Hondius.

News May 11

If you catch hantavirus on a cruise, the cruise line probably doesn't owe you a cent — here's why

A 1991 Supreme Court decision and an obscure maritime treaty explain why passengers rarely win.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has said he currently doesn’t own shares in the company due to its nonprofit origins.

News May 11

600 OpenAI employees scored $6.6 billion in a single day — with 75 of them walking away with $30 million

OpenAI employees are getting richer than anyone in tech history, and the company isn’t even public yet.

A photo of a US passport

News May 11

2,700 parents just lost their passports — and anyone owing $2,500 in child support could be next

Parents with unpaid child support will soon lose their U.S. passports, according to the State Department. Here's when it will happen and who will be affected.

A photo of two male students using laptops in a classroom

News May 11

A Florida student went from 18% to 75% in a single day — and her teacher says the system is broken

Course recovery programs are raising concerns about whether diplomas still reflect real learning.

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'I've just ruined their lives': Nashville bar owner's property tax bill soars from $129K to $589K

“You just open up the envelope and say, ‘What? This can’t be right.’”

Person on Trump Mobile website on a smartphone with T1 phone preorder page up in the background.

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590,000 buyers paid $59 million for Trump's gold phone — not 1 has shipped and refunds look unlikely

Customers paid a collective $59 million toward a gold smartphone that Trump Mobile promised would be “Made in the USA” — but that doesn’t seem to have actually been made.