It was supposed to be another boom year for the economy. March changed everything.

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Between high energy prices and a partial government shutdown, air travel was a disaster in March.

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TSA workers are getting paid again, but airport chaos isn't going anywhere

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Travelers at US airports are experiencing long wait times at TSA checkpoints.

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I made $37,000 assembling Ikea furniture last year. It gave me the flexibility to run my own business and farm.

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Sandra Navarro said she has carved out a niche on Taskrabbit, assembling dressers from Ikea.

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A new billionaire class is supercharging superyachts

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The superyacht Breakthrough was 2025's largest yacht sale, by value. Its final asking price was $793 million.

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How one factory supplies NYC's corner store delis

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Bodegas are one of New York City's oldest and largest neighborhood institutions, with more than 10,000 spread across the city's five boroughs. But this century-old industry is fighting to stay alive under rising rents, cutthroat competition, and Zohran Mamdani's city-run grocery initiative.

Millions of student-loan borrowers kicked off Biden's affordable plan are required to restart payments this fall

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Student-loan borrowers enrolled in SAVE will soon need to find a new repayment plan.

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Is AI coming for your job? Take this quiz to find out.

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Is your job at risk of being taken by AI?

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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart are dangling new incentives as gas prices squeeze drivers. We break them down.

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DoorDash launched an "emergency relief program" to combat rising gas prices on Monday.

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A senator is pressing the IRS to raise the mileage deduction that Uber drivers rely on to offset spiking gas prices

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A woman sits behind the seat of a Honda car while driving. In a smartphone holder to her right, a phone shows a ride-hailing app with directions for completing a ride.
Senator Ruben Gallego asked for a higher per-mile deduction from the IRS in a Thursday letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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FedEx and UPS charged fees for collecting tariffs. Now, customers want that money back.

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FedEx charged some customers brokerage fees that were nearly as much as the tariffs themselves.

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