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Facing a 682% inflation rate, Venezuelans work three or more jobs and still can barely afford any food. ‘Everything is so expensive’

Facing a 682% inflation rate, Venezuelans work three or more jobs and still can barely afford any food. ‘Everything is so expensive’

“Inflation and more inflation and devaluation,” Roa says. “It’s out of control.”

By Regina Garcia Cano, Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press

January 10, 2026

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Entrepreneur Dhruv Arora launched Syfe in 2019, just a few months before a global crisis: the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the pandemic ended up being an opportunity for fintech platforms like Syfe.

Asian households still save as much as half their wealth in cash. Fintech platforms like Syfe want to change that

By Angelica Ang

President Donald Trump listens as he was speaking with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, as returning to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fractures start to show in Trump’s GOP as some Republicans push back on Greenland, Venezuela, and health care

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump pushes for $100 billion in oil investments in Venezuela while Exxon and others say it’s currently ‘uninvestable’ without major reforms

Minneapolis shooter revealed as Jonathan Ross, Iraq War veteran with nearly two decades of Border Patrol, Immigration experience

By Ryan J. Foley and The Associated Press

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Ray Dalio on the $38 trillion national debt: ‘My grandchildren and great grandchildren not yet born are going to be paying off this debt’

By Nick Lichtenberg

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Former White House advisor on the real reason your health care costs are going up: Medicare’s doctor pay gap

By Tomas J. Philipson

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Wall Street has written off a Fed cut this month as it awaits 2 market-moving events today

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Google billionaire Larry Page copies the Jeff Bezos playbook, buying a $173 million Miami compound that will save him millions in taxes

By Nick Lichtenberg

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By Eva Roytburg

January 8, 2026

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Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget would add $5.8 trillion to the national debt, with interest, CRFB says

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 8, 2026

America’s healthiest state has clean air and water, good education, and safe cities—And says a lot about the country’s rural-urban divide

America’s healthiest state has clean air and water, good education, and safe cities—And says a lot about the country’s rural-urban divide

By Tristan Bove

January 8, 2026

Trump would have wide-ranging ability to impose taxes if Supreme Court sides with his tariff plan, experts say

Trump would have wide-ranging ability to impose taxes if Supreme Court sides with his tariff plan, experts say

January 8, 2026

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State Department suspends all U.S. aid to Somalia, citing ‘zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, and diversion of life-saving assistance’

By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press

January 8, 2026

Nela Richardson, chief economist at Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP).

For jobless Gen Z, healthcare is the place to be as blue-collar hiring outstrips office jobs, says ADP’s top economist

By Eleanor Pringle

January 8, 2026

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If the Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs it could threaten one third of his proposed military budget

January 8, 2026

US President Donald Trump, alongside Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country.

The U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela has cost $700 million already—and is rising by $9 million daily

January 8, 2026

An elderly man prepares ingredients, grating carrots on a plate in a home setting, emphasizing independence and routine.

More Americans will die than be born in 2030, CBO predicts—leaving immigrants as the only source of population growth

By Eva Roytburg

January 8, 2026

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By Jacqueline Munis

January 7, 2026

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By Nick Lichtenberg

January 7, 2026

Trump threatens to ban Wall Street from buying the house next door, saying ‘American Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people’

Trump threatens to ban Wall Street from buying the house next door, saying ‘American Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people’

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 7, 2026

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The $38 trillion national debt is one thing 82% of Americans agree on: ‘Voters are understandably concerned,’ watchdog says

By Nick Lichtenberg

January 7, 2026

Americans missed out on a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ chance to buy a house—the 3 shifts it would take to make housing affordable are ‘very unlikely’

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January 7, 2026

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Trump’s Greenland takeover would require ‘billions upon billions’ spent over decades for a mineral industry that doesn’t yet exist, experts say

By Lily Mae Lazarus

January 7, 2026

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Top economist says latest jobs data shows a ‘jobless expansion’ with no historical precedent—and it’s ‘gut-wrenching’ for the middle class

By Eva Roytburg

January 7, 2026

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By Jacqueline Munis

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Hero Alaska Airlines pilot who landed plane missing its door sues Boeing in unusual move, saying he was scapegoated

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press

January 7, 2026

The Education Department is garnishing wages for millions of student loan borrowers in default. Who is affected and how much they can take

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The Education Department is garnishing wages for millions of student loan borrowers in default. Who is affected and how much they can take

January 7, 2026

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January 7, 2026

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Trump’s Venezuela plan just got a whole lot more expensive, as he says the U.S. could give ‘tremendous’ sums to oil companies building there

By Eleanor Pringle

January 7, 2026

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Business leaders are growing more optimistic, JPMorgan survey finds

By Carlos Garcia

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By Nick Lichtenberg

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Trump may be raising your taxes with his tariffs but he could actually cut inflation with them, too, SF Fed says

January 6, 2026

Ray Dalio says AI is in ‘the early stages of a bubble,’ so watch out for 2026

Ray Dalio says AI is in ‘the early stages of a bubble,’ so watch out for 2026

By Tristan Bove

January 6, 2026

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Mark Cuban on the $38 trillion national debt and the absurdity of U.S. healthcare: we wouldn’t pay for potato chips like this

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