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On May 10, 1869, workers drove a golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, and the Union Pacific met the Central Pacific. For the first time, freight could cross the country by rail. More than 150 year ...

Twelve state Attorneys General have just settled their lawsuit that tried to block Paramount from acquiring Warner Brothers. The case was brought under federal antitrust law. The settlement ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to drive a human knowledge explosion. The latter speaks to the genius of machines that do and think for us. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Backtrack ...

Congress is acting rationally, and in sober fashion. As the wealth pie grows so does federal tax revenue, along with the ability of Treasury to borrow in growing amounts for a Congress that is still n ...

Here's one thing you'll never hear out of the mouth of a shopper: "I sure like going to Costco, but I wish they had higher prices." Yet believe it or not, there's a band ...

Lawfare has long been used against politicians in Europe, including Marine Le Pen (the leading candidate for the French presidency will now have to campaign wearing an ankle bracelet), and Alternative ...

August's ugly $105.6 billion trade deficit tells two very different stories. One begins with the Supreme Court's February decision knocking down President Trump's broad reciprocal ta ...

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Microsoft is rationing artificial intelligence. Not selling less of it -- using less of it, inside its own walls. The Information reported this week that Microsoft has cut its projected spending ...

The US debt load crossed $40 trillion in August 2026. The Treasury publishes the number and updates it every business day. $32.4 trillion of it is borrowed from investors, pension funds, and foreign g ...