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Donald Trump has been very clear that he plans to use tariffs as a tool to pursue U.S. geopolitical interests.

Illinois has the worst public employee pension shortfall in the country, even worse than the more populous California.

President Joe Biden’s administration will loan $6.6 billion to electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive to build a Georgia factory.

Construction bosses are complaining that Trump will stop them from hiring and continuing to employ hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry warned the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump to avoid taking the Communist Party’s “goodwill for granted” and suggested “no one will win a trade war” after Trump announced a plan to impose a ten-percent tariff on Chinese goods on Monday.

A proposal by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to offer rebates to electric vehicle buyers if President Donald Trump repeals federal subsidies on EVs would exclude Elon Musk’s  Tesla from the program.

The FTC is launching an investigation into Microsoft’s alleged anticompetitive practices, some of which may have been directed at the U.S. government, according to a recent report by ProPublica.

Consumer confidence climbed in November, reaching its highest level in over a year, as Americans responded to an improving economy and Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index rose to 111.7, up from a revised

President-elect Donald Trump has kicked off his diplomacy by promising a 25 percent tariff until Mexico and Canada shut down their inflows of migrants and deadly drugs.

The Biden-Harris administration on Sunday said it plans to cut its grant to Intel, dealing a blow to the Democrats’ industrial policy vision.

In Scott Bessent, Donald Trump has chosen a capable lieutenant to ensure his economic policies can be revived after the inflation-ridden interregnum of the Biden administration.

Elon Musk’s X/Twitter is objecting to the sale or transfer of any X accounts maintained by Alex Jones or Infowars in a new court filing. The company claims that Jones and Infowars do not own their accounts — Elon Musk and his company own them along with all other accounts on the platform.

Jaguar’s managing director responded to the backlash the company received over its new advertisement featuring androgynous models but not a single car, saying the ad was “bold” and never intended to be “woke,” adding that the company’s message was lost “in a blaze of intolerance” by critics on social media.

President Biden may have pardoned the White House turkeys this year but American households are still serving the stiff sentence of Bidenflation.

A plurality of Americans believe President-elect Donald Trump will bring down the cost of food and groceries, a recently released CBS/YouGov survey found.

The rapid growth of AI and cloud computing is leading to a surge in the power consumption of data centers, with individual campuses potentially using far more electricity than some U.S. cities and states.

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, believes that AI will change the face of the work week and increase the lifespan of Americans to 100 years. A larger population of people with more free time is the dream of Silicon Valley’s relentless flow of consumerism and mindless distraction.

Ending inflation and price increases is the “greatest hope” people have for the incoming Trump administration, according to the latest survey by the Harris Poll and HarrisX.

Apple CEO Tim Cook joined a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and executives from global companies to discuss trade and supply chain matters amid economic uncertainty in the communist country.

U.S. stocks and bonds climbed Monday as investors welcomed President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Treasury secretary.

There is strong support for DOGE, a McLaughlin & Associates survey taken on behalf of Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA) found.

A near-consensus 73 percent of adults — or three in four Americans — say President-elect Donald Trump should prioritize the repatriation of illegal migrants, according to a CBS News poll conducted by YouGov.

California is producing so much solar energy that it has to pay other states — or energy traders — to use it, making electricity cheaper for other states’ residents, while raising energy bills for local residents.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that tariffs were a “tax on the consumer,” because international trade has made Americas richer.

Some of President Joe Biden’s poor migrants are turning to prostitution as they try to pay their smuggling debts in the high-cost U.S. economy. 

During an interview with CBS’s “The Takeout” podcast released on Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) said that the 17 Nobel laureates that the Biden administration used to justify spending in the American Rescue Plan were “17 educated idiots” who told

“A secure border saves lives not just of our citizens, but of migrants themselves,” incoming border chief Tom Homan told Breitbart News.

Americans may find it hard to get eggs this holiday season due to bird flu outbreaks and the economy.

A new wave of AI-generated influencers is taking over Instagram, built on content stolen from real porn stars and models without their consent. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta does not appear to be taking action against the scam dubbed “AI pimping.”

American workers’ opinion on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have soured over the last year, according to a survey.

President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of Scott Bessent, a prominent investor and CEO of Key Square Capital Management, for Treasury Secretary.

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary said on Friday on Fox News Channel’s “The Story” that President-elect Donald Trump would take on China with tariffs.

The numbers don’t lie. Hope and confidence are back in style, and the economy is starting to feel it.

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele shared a photo of the country’s Bitcoin cryptocurrency portfolio on Thursday, showing that the country has over $573 million worth of bitcoin and a 113.84 percent profit as a result of the cryptocurrency’s recent surge in value.

Executives are begging President-elect Donald Trump to keep in place President Joe Biden’s Electric Vehicle (EV) mandates.

A recent study found there is a stark difference in what Gen Z and Boomers think about financial success.