2025

President Donald Trump’s deportations may give a 17 percent wage gain to American construction workers, according to the New York Times. The wage gain is predicted by a New York Times article that described how cheap migrant labor helped a…

The Chinese Commerce Ministry on Thursday demanded President Donald Trump immediately rescind the tariffs he announced on Wednesday, threatening unspecified “countermeasures” if he does not comply. The Chinese ministry issued a statement…

Larry Summers Is Very, Very Worried About Tariffs The hope that markets had already priced in the cost of reciprocal tariffs was dashed this week by the calamitous decline of nearly every asset traded by man and robot except U.S.…

The IDF killed Hamas commander Hassan Farhat during a strike in Lebanon's Sidon, the military announced on Friday morning.Farhat was the commander of the western sector of Hamas in Lebanon, the IDF said. During the war, Farhat was…

The administration of President Donald Trump plans to freeze $510 million in grants to Brown University over what it calls antisemitism on campus, a US official told Reuters on Thursday, but the university said it had not yet been formally…

A Republican member of the US Senate on Thursday called the chamber's top Democrat Chuck Schumer - the highest-ranking Jewish US elected official - "Fuhrer," a reference to the title used by Adolf Hitler.Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno, who…

HEAVEN — Representatives from the Pearly Gates have unveiled a special, exclusive VIP lounge for faithful believers who took the time each week to attend Wednesday night church services."We know it's hard to get your family to church in…

With persuasion from a shareholder and attorneys at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), Mastercard has agreed to “independent decision-making in advertising” that will fend off “viewpoint-discriminatory advertising decisions” by the…

The field of quantum computing, like qubits themselves, exists in a state of indeterminacy, with multiple companies making big claims about wildly different approaches. On Thursday, DARPA—the Defense Advanced Projects Research…

Chris, Melanie, and Zack are joined by a special guest for a big announcement. They also lament the demise of the Office of Net Assessment, debate the merits of DOGE, and discuss Secretary Hegseth’s visit to Asia and the strength of those…